Sentences with phrase «widespread extinctions on»

This «central Atlantic magmatic province» (CAMP) released carbon dioxide and sulphurous compounds into the atmosphere — supposedly triggering global warming, acid rain and widespread extinctions on land and at sea.

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Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

Der Spiegel has picked up on language that implies the climate panel is retreating from some 2007 statements on risks of widespread species extinctions (use Google Translate to get the idea).

So Nature published Pounds» more adamant connection to CO2 in «Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming».17 Embodying the forceful storyteller Pounds boldly stated, «we conclude with «very high confidence» (> 99 %, following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC) that large - scale warming is a key factor in the disappearances.