Sentences with phrase «where accelerating change»

Spencer Wells explores adapting to a world where accelerating change is the new status quo.

Spencer Wells explores adapting to a world where accelerating change is the new status quo.

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In a world of rapidly accelerating change, where technology threatens to remake almost every aspect of every company in every industry, how do large corporations, built for predictability and stability, adapt and innovate fast enough to survive and thrive?

Without the economy accelerating, or policy makers changing their mind about the need for stricter oversight of the banking industry, chances are high that small - business credit will remain well below where it was in 2007.

Conditions in the Arctic, where several environmental records were broken this year, are slipping rapidly from bad to worse as the pace of climate change accelerates in that region

The melt rates are comparable with the Arctic, where accelerated melting of permafrost has become a regularly recurring phenomenon, and the change could offer a preview of melting permafrost in other parts of a warming Antarctic continent.

The results are preliminary, Haussler cautions, but he considers it «a tantalizing hypothesis» that HAR1 is involved in the changes that led to our bigger, more complex cortex.The comparison turned up 49 places where an accelerated rate of mutation stood out in the human genome.

«Those arms races can be pretty intense and not dissimilar to things like antibiotics and bacteria, where you have a really strong, kind of do - or - die selective pressure that can accelerate the pace of evolution and intensify the changes that take place over time.»

Some experts say that by 2020 we'll see level 4 vehicles where the car makes key decisions such as accelerating, braking, and changing lanes in a controlled environment.

Linked to an impressively smooth changing nine - speed automatic transmission this means there is enough energy to accelerate the car to 62mph in a brisk 7.3 seconds and, where legal, on to a top speed of 150mph.

And in a world of accelerating sea level rise and climate change, in which farmland is being degraded and turned to desert, in which ever more land is set aside for carbon storage in the form of forest, and in which the strains of survival increase social divisions and social conflict, there is a new challenge: where will the 2bn climate refugees find new homes?

Icebergs have always calved off of glaciers where they hit the sea, but the rate of calving is accelerating with climate change.

Picking up on Pete's point in # 123 that he is troubled by not knowing exactly what climate scientists are trying to tell us about where we currently stand in regard to tipping points and todays ABC article on the acceleration of climate change which includes the comment: «But many experts confide privately what they aren't yet ready to announce publicly: Change is accelerating at a dramatic rate» (URL below) I would find it very helpful if someone from Real Climate could tell us the summary message you want to get across to the public regarding tipping points — is it the «alternative version» I set out in # 75 above or is it a modified version of this, if so it would be great if you could post the modified version up here — I would love to hechange which includes the comment: «But many experts confide privately what they aren't yet ready to announce publicly: Change is accelerating at a dramatic rate» (URL below) I would find it very helpful if someone from Real Climate could tell us the summary message you want to get across to the public regarding tipping points — is it the «alternative version» I set out in # 75 above or is it a modified version of this, if so it would be great if you could post the modified version up here — I would love to heChange is accelerating at a dramatic rate» (URL below) I would find it very helpful if someone from Real Climate could tell us the summary message you want to get across to the public regarding tipping points — is it the «alternative version» I set out in # 75 above or is it a modified version of this, if so it would be great if you could post the modified version up here — I would love to hear it.

In March, 2011 En + Group joined The Climate Group, where it will help build climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial centers.

If you want to see changes happen really quickly and you can set aside time in your schedule to accelerate the counseling process, you might want to consider intensive couples counseling where you meet with a therapist 4 - 5 hours per day.