Sentences with phrase «unprecedented number of events»

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One degree may not sound like much, but Stefan Rahmstorf, a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute in Germany, says, «Every tenth of a degree increases the number of unprecedented extreme weather events considerably.»

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up.

On February, 12, at the time and place set by the Facebook event, over 3,000 citizens gathered on the streets of Targu - Mures, a number unprecedented for this post-communist country since the early 1990s.

At 1:30 p.m., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will unveil an unprecedented lineup of free and low - cost events, including a number of brand new announcements, for festivities across the Coney Island Amusement District on New Year's Eve, Steeplechase Plaza, West 16th Street and Boardwalk First, Coney Island.

The 1980s was easily the warmest decade on record and exhibited an unprecedented number of extreme climatic events, such as storms and droughts.

In addition, 2011 is a year that will see an unprecedented number of large - scale projects — both new - build and redevelopments — opening their doors to provide yet more choice for meeting planners and event organisers.

Committed to ensuring exhibitor success at the 2009 event, organizers launched an unprecedented number of new programs and promotions, such as moving the exhibit contract deadline back one month.

To help exhibitors connect with relevant, quality buyers and maximize their time while at the 2010 SEMA Show, there are an unprecedented number of new and improved programs available for this year's event taking place Tuesday — Friday, November 2 — 5, 2010, in Las Vegas.

Silicon Beach Fest 3rd edition took place at Cross Campus Santa Monica on June 18 - 21, 2014 and featured an unprecedented number of women VC's, speakers, panelists, startup owners, etc to the event, which was a huge step forward for the conference!

«This is a man - made event of unprecedented scope and duration that is adversely impacting a significant number of families» vacation plans and, as a result, finances.

First he claims we said that the last decade experienced an unprecedented number of extreme weather events — which we do not say anywhere in our paper.

While some places can expect disproportionate amplification of higher frequency events and thus primarily a greater number of historically precedented floods, others face amplification of lower frequency events and thus a particularly fast growing risk of historically unprecedented flooding.

«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards», said the PIK study's lead author, Jascha Lehmann.

«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards,» says the lead author, Jascha Lehmann, a PIK researcher into climate impacts and vulnerabilities.

«This is a man - made event of unprecedented scope and duration that is adversely impacting a significant number of families» vacation plans and, as a result, finances.

Since the events of September 11 rocked the financial world, and more recently the mortgage crisis of 2007/2008, American business leaders in unprecedented numbers have been put into the unaccustomed position of having to reinvent themselves in the job marketplace.

More than 850 National Close the Gap Day events have been registered in schools, workplaces and other community venues across all states and territories in an unprecedented show of support for the campaign.This is almost a 50 per cent increase in the number of events registered last year.

[52] In discussions with a number of Torres Strait Islander people, the impacts are already being felt, with unprecedented flooding from surging king tides and the increasing intensity of extreme weather events [53]: