Instead, in that panel, we have a mixed bag of up and down trends of very low magnitude — no strong signal of any kind, no sign of global warming. (cato.org)
He also thinks that although the current risks are real, they are unlikely and would be of low magnitude if they did occur. (scientificamerican.com)
But you can't have an unreliable standard star, and the system moved on, demoting Polaris to a slightly lower magnitude in the process. (discovermagazine.com)