Sentence examples for irreversible devastating from inspiring English sources

Rockström, an environmental science professor at Stockholm University and executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has since transferred a fourth category, deforestation, to his list of "planetary boundaries" in the danger zone, which threaten irreversible, devastating consequences to the planet.

"By doing so, they are willful accomplices and supporters of a development strategy that will have irreversible devastating impacts on the environment and natural resources and will destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people".

She evinced a kind of helplessness, whereas a report by the Oakland Institute into alleged cover-ups of human rights abuses noted that DfID and USAid are, "wilful accomplices and supporters of a development strategy that will have irreversible devastating impacts on the environment and natural resources and will destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people".

Many non-natives and invasive species cause devastating and irreversible damage to their new ecosystem.

Dr. Steinbrook said potential donors included patients on ventilators after devastating and irreversible brain injuries, as might follow a hemorrhagic stroke, as well as patients with high spinal cord injuries and terminal musculoskeletal diseases like ALS, for whom further medical treatment is deemed futile.

"The effect on our town centre will be devastating and irreversible and we are shocked that councillors have listened to the arguments of just one employer over the voices of dozens of smaller businesses whose livelihoods will be so dramatically affected by this mad and bad decision".

The plaintiffs say their children have suffered "devastating and irreversible health problems," including learning disabilities and weight loss.

The environmental cost of the project would also be devastating, causing irreversible damage to miles of fertile land and to Lake Nicaragua, the largest source of freshwater in Central America.

The pace of confirmation will slow if the Senate flips to Democratic control – but the irreversible harm will be completely devastating should this president remain in office for eight years.

In Tanzania and Mozambique, drought conditions were associated with outbreaks of konzo, a devastating neurological disease that causes irreversible paralysis.

This gives hope that the worst effects of climate change – devastating droughts, floods, heatwaves and irreversible sea level rises – may be avoided, according to a letter published in the journal Nature this week.