A national moratorium on peat clearing must be installed to prevent further disasters with massive impacts on people and biodiversity.
Unsolved technical issues are associated with massive impacts on health and the environment (e.g., electromagnetic radiation).
Again, we see a similar series of seemingly improbable events with a massive impact on human history occurring with the rise of Islam -- from the perspective of a statistician, how would you explain that someone who lived in Arabia in the sixth century still has such a profound influence over the lives of a billion of the world's people fourteen centuries later?
Combine that with income-generating beekeeping and you've got a little creature with a massive impact on the daily lives of humans.
The dawn of the '80s and the so-called last days of disco saw Moroder moving away from a strict 4/4 dancefloor groove and into the world of pop and rock music – with a massive impact on the mainstream.
Obese people, by their numbers, and seemingly implacable resistance to the heretofore norm, are a big problem, with a massive impact on health-care costs.
Marlon et al. [83] have shown that the decrease in biomass burning, produced by expansion of intensive grazing, agriculture and fire management over the past 150 years, is recorded at a regional and global scale, but in this case, of course, we are dealing with a massive impact of humans on a variety of ecosystems.
Raymond,a dairy farmer himself, said: "The recent milk price cuts from most processors have had a massive impact, with some farmers now facing their lowest milk prices since 2007 at around 20p a litre.
I'll say, though, I mean, I think if you look at communication systems, and usage within business, I mean, Microsoft has had a massive impact with new systems like SharePoint.
"The fact we have 10 athletes potentially at the games, who are very strong, positive representations of people with disabilities will have a massive impact in inspiring younger children to participate initially and then to strive for excellence".
