He said the worst situation would be a major earthquake induced by pressure from the rising water — a possibility that officials have long discounted.
Similar, patterns of variation in antioxidant activity of different fractions were observed, which give rise to a possibility of multipotent activity of antioxidant compounds in the fractions.
He also said the company was bracing for an increase in destructive hurricane activity because of rising ocean temperatures, a possibility that the state's hurricane loss projection models do not take into account.
Longer execution time rises the possibility of deadline violation of real-time applications, which may cause serious consequences in hard real-time systems.
Moreover, the composite design is predestined to integrate piezo-ceramic actuators into the laminate lay-up and thus rises the possibility to design structure-integrated drives.
Another barometer is the price of insurance that investors can buy against losses on Treasury bonds, known as credit default swaps, which rises as the possibility of a default rises.
"The continued fall in P.M.I. in May, after a drop in April, shows the rising possibility of a slowdown in economic growth," Zhang Liqun, a government researcher, said in a statement accompanying the data release.
"When you put a lot of people in a small place you have the potential for stress levels to rise, and when stress levels rise, violent acts are a possibility," he said.
But as Republican optimism rises at the possibility of defeating Mr. Obama, a new air of urgency has gripped the nomination fight, with early strategies beginning to take shape.
It is not all gloom: Our columnist Roger Cohen espies a silver lining, a rising Age of Possibility, though Jeffrey Sachs warns that we are losing our souls in the tumult.
