March 2002 Rising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming could lead to an increase in the incidence of allergies to ragweed and other plants by mid-century, according to a report appearing in the March Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology by Harvard University researchers. The study found that ragweed grown in an atmosphere with double the current carbon dioxide levels produced 61 percent more pollen than normal. Such a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide is expected to occur between 2050 and 2100. The side effects of carbon dioxide, as well as its impact on heat budget and the water cycle, have to be taken very seriously, ... I believe this study can help us understand the true costs of burning fossil fuels.
Quotes about mid-century (6 Quotes)
It's funny now, when we watch television we get more excited watching the commercials because so many of them feature mid-century design.
The original architects aimed for what was really a quintessential, mid-century, California type of color. I think they got it just right. Sometimes it's just best to recognize when something is done just right the first time and try to duplicate it as best you can.
The science overwhelmingly shows that we have to reduce emissions by at least half by mid-century to avoid catastrophic consequences. This isn't gonna get us even close, or started on the right foot.
Frary executed tremendous abstract paintings. Frary contributed significantly to mid-century modernist art in Texas.
No culture on earth outside of mid-century suburban America has ever deployed one woman per child without simultaneously assigning her such major productive activities as weaving, farming, gathering, temple maintenance, and tent-building. The reason is that full-time, one-on-one child-raising is not good for women or children.