UN experts said recently that the Earth's atmosphere would "enter a new permanent reality" in 2016 when the CO2 concentration is predicted to pass 400ppm.
Scientists are much more excited about next year's Leonids, when the Earth is predicted to pass directly through a couple of dust trails and meteor rates are predicted to hit 250 a minute.
Hong Kong will also have a close call with Mangkhut, which is predicted to pass near the city of 7 million over the weekend, probably as a low-end Category 1 equivalent.
With winds of 135 miles per hour, Hurricane Earl is predicted to pass the Outer Banks region of North Carolina by Friday morning and then the New England coast by Saturday morning.
That Aten asteroid, which has a diameter of about 375 metres (1,230 feet), is predicted to pass within 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of Earth i.e., closer than communications satellites in geostationary orbits—on April 13 , 2029 during that passage its probability of hitting Earth is thought to be near zero.
The polypeptide segment C-terminal to the TMD of integrated 126-mers is predicted to pass through the Sec61 channel and into the ribosomal exit tunnel.
As The Economist went to press, ISON was making its closest approach and was predicted to pass around 1.1m km from the solar surface.
Two independent teams used Spitzer in late 2004 to stare at each star for several hours, spanning the times when each planet was predicted to pass directly behind its sun.
Zubair Malik has tailored it to the needs of the class, most of whom are to take GCSE and are predicted to pass.
That led to great consternation as Earth was predicted to pass through the tail of the comet.
Mr. Turner noted that in recent days storms that were predicted to pass through the region had suddenly dissipated, underscoring the difficulties that come with fighting wildfires.
