"So you have these kind of catastrophic consequences from what seems a minor change in the environment."

In normal war circumstances, this event would have had catastrophic consequences.

Failure to do so in an emergency at sea could have catastrophic consequences.

Testing is vital for modern, complex games as single changes may lead to catastrophic consequences.

Their continued firing could have catastrophic consequences for Kuwait, the officials said.

The lessons of the past had been forgotten, with catastrophic consequences.

If the trend continues, however, it will have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet.

They may think it is 1900, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

A scenario such as this could have catastrophic consequences for human health.

The possible chain reaction set off by an attack could have catastrophic consequences.