Sentence examples for tragic impacts from inspiring English sources

On the eve of the bicentenary of the great eruption, Tambora tells the extraordinary story of the weather chaos it wrought, weaving the latest climate science with the social history of this frightening period to offer a cautionary tale about the potential tragic impacts of drastic climate change in our own century.

Small Island Developing States around the globe are already bearing the brunt of the tragic impacts of climate change, suffering from rising sea levels, severe storm surges and declining ecosystems.

The suffering caused by beliefs in both witchcraft and "holy anorexia" [ 7] carried tragic impacts.

Brandstrup envisions it as a happy conclusion; Mukhamedov is keen to make a tragic impact.

The illness is having a tragic impact on the Pader, Lamwo and Kitgum districts of northern Uganda.

"We thought it was such an honest and powerful representation of the tragic impact of the bombings," Mr. Cohn said.

I also felt that Cusk ultimately dilutes the play's tragic impact by striving to turn Medea into an identifiable modern woman who eschews actual violence.

Insurer AXA plans to divest €1.8bn (£1.4bn) of tobacco investments and called upon rivals to do the same, citing the industry's "tragic" impact on public health.

Yet the work has a shattering tragic impact and bears out the precept stated by another German tragic dramatist of the 19th century, Friedrich Hebbel: "One need only be a man, after all, to have a destiny".

We now are living the tragic impact of this false assumption, as we desperately try to rejoin the perhaps irreparably disturbed balance of life.

To see poverty and do nothing is to contribute to its tragic impact on our civilization.