Based on updated studies, AR4 conclusions regarding
global increasing trends in drought since the 1970s were probably overstated.
# New results indicate that AR4 conclusions regarding
global increasing trends in droughts since 1970s are no longer supported
• «Based on updated studies, AR4 [the 2007 IPCC report] conclusions regarding
global increasing trends in drought since the 1970s were probably overstated.»
That is why HadCRUT4 is more sensitive to ENSO than other surface temperature indices, and a significant factor in why making the index truly
global increases the trend significantly.
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And while the industry is seeing some dividend
increases, cash is increasingly the currency of choice for acquisitions, as equity multiples have been crushed by
global macroeconomic
trends.
A year of synchronized
global economic growth Economies are on the rise with
global growth
increasing in 2017 and on track to continue the
trend this year.
Changes within the strategic allocation tend to result from broader
global macro
trends that are
increasing either risk or opportunity.
He notes, «China has
increased investment in the hospitality sector by 80 % from 2012 to 2016» and urged us all to «remember these
global trends have been positive».
Although gold prices have fallen from their record highs,
global economic
trends — and in particular,
trends in China — would indicate that the precious metal's value is poised to
increase significantly.
Talk about a green light situation, leading up to last Friday's release of the February employment data, the investing landscape had three forces acting as potential headwinds to an otherwise secular bullish
trend —
increasing interest rates, rising inflation and
global trade tariffs.
The higher level of liabilities that must be serviced would normally have significantly
increased the NID over this period, but this effect was substantially offset by
trend declines in
global interest rates over the past two decades.
Emerging markets have been demanding an
increasing share of
global resources, and we anticipate that
trend to persist.
By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important
trend: As the McKinsey
Global Institute has documented, variance in corporate earnings has
increased substantially as well.
As all of these
trends and developments illustrate, safety in the cross-border
global food supply chain is receiving ever -
increasing attention by U.S. and Brazilian officials.
This
trend will continue as
global population growth
increases and incomes rise.
Another significant
global consumer
trend is an
increasing health consciousness — related to both physical and mental health.
It is no surprise that a
global consumer
trend, not just in alcoholic drinks, is the
increasing role of the internet in retail.
Increased quality and a greater focus on digitisation in factories are two key
trends identified in a recent
global survey of 120 decision makers in the international food and beverage industry.
«These are impressive results, particularly in light of the challenges posed by
global mega
trends impacting our industry, from macroeconomic and political volatility, the continued rebalancing of the economic world, to shifting consumer preferences and
increasing demand for healthier products, to the disruption of retail caused by the rapid growth of e-commerce and the blurring of channel lines,» Ms. Nooyi said.
Performance Nutrition and Weight Management are seeing a
global trend of protein level
increase and balanced nutrition intake while lifestyle consumers are leading the way for Active Nutrition.
The figures, published the day after the launch of the World Health Organisation's #safeHANDs
global hand hygiene campaign, show an
increasing trend despite the successes with reductions in MRSA bloodstream infections.
However, solar variability alone can not explain the post-1970
global temperature
trends, especially the
global temperature rise in the last three decades of the 20th Century, which has been attributed by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to
increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.»
Increased global productivity improved the availability of food over the last 50 years, but this
trend must continue between now and 2050 to buttress food security.
As
global temperatures have risen over the past 20 years, satellite data reveals that
global rainfall has also
increased — and the
trend may continue as the climate changes
But projections spelled out in a new report reviewing the issue by the Pew Center on
Global Climate Change suggests that by 2050 the total amount of carbon pollution from these sources could
increase tenfold, depending on population, economics, and technology
trends.
The
increased emphasis among survey respondents mirrors a
global trend: Eighty - six percent of citizens worldwide believe that companies need to place at least as much emphasis on society's interests as they do on business interests, according to a 2010 study by Edelman Global Public Relations (www.goodpurposecommunity
global trend: Eighty - six percent of citizens worldwide believe that companies need to place at least as much emphasis on society's interests as they do on business interests, according to a 2010 study by Edelman
Global Public Relations (www.goodpurposecommunity
Global Public Relations (www.goodpurposecommunity.com).
This deceleration in the
global trend was in part due to
increases in the number of smokers since 2006 in several large countries including Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Russia.
Multiple high - resolution climate models confirmed that the
increasing trend is due mainly to human - caused
global warming.
Researchers in California say climate change could spur an
increase in
global violence by as much as 50 percent over the next forty years if current temperature
trends continue.
This
trend was also accompanied by slower
global growth in petroleum use and faster growth in renewables, with wind and solar capacities achieving record
increases in 2014.
Their research shows that during the past 32 years there have been widespread
increases in both plant growth and evaporation due to recent
global climate
trends.
«It has been generally assumed that population slowly
increased, in line with long - term continental and
global trends,» Shennan says.
The findings show a slight but notable
increase in that average temperature, putting a dent in the idea that
global warming has slowed over the past 15 years, a
trend highlighted in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Daily records from Manhattan's Central Park show that average monthly temperatures already
increased by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit from 1901 to 2000 — substantially more than the
global and U.S.
trends.
Although this
increasing trend is modest, it is surprising given the overall warming of the
global climate and the region.
While centennial
increases in ocean surface temperatures have been extensively reported35, 36,
global trends in ocean temperature extremes remain largely unexplored.
If these
trends continue,
increased wildfire potential may have pronounced
global socio - economic, ecological and climate system impacts.
Long - term
global trends in crop yield and production reveal no current pollination shortage but
increasing pollinator dependency.
Since the mid 1970's,
global estimates of the potential destructiveness of hurricanes show an upward
trend strongly correlated with
increasing tropical sea - surface temperature.
There were no significant
trends in mean annual total precipitation or total precipitation affected area but we did observe a significant
increase in mean annual rain - free days, where the mean number of dry days
increased by 1.31 days per decade and the
global area affected by anomalously dry years significantly
increased by 1.6 % per decade.
Based on the linear
trend, for the 0 to 3,000 m layer for the period 1961 to 2003 there has been an
increase of ocean heat content of approximately 14.2 ± 2.4 × 1022 J, corresponding to a
global ocean volume mean temperature
increase of 0.037 °C during this period.
IPCC [26] projects the following
trends, if
global warming continue to
increase, where only
trends assigned very high confidence or high confidence are included: (i)
increased malnutrition and consequent disorders, including those related to child growth and development, (ii)
increased death, disease and injuries from heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts, (iii)
increased cardio - respiratory morbidity and mortality associated with ground - level ozone.
The long - term
global warming
trend is predominantly a forced climate change caused by
increased human - made atmospheric gases, mainly CO2 [1].
Study team member Robert Dudley says
global warming could be involved but that the aim of the study was only to determine whether snowmelt runoff into rivers was
increasing or decreasing; it will be up to other scientists to examine what factors might be responsible for the
trend they found.
So - called «fitcations» have become a major travel
trend: according to the
Global Wellness Institute, there was a 14 % increase in global wellness tourism from 2013 to 2015, and Pinterest reports that searches for «fitness travel» jumped an astounding 618 % between 2016 and
Global Wellness Institute, there was a 14 %
increase in
global wellness tourism from 2013 to 2015, and Pinterest reports that searches for «fitness travel» jumped an astounding 618 % between 2016 and
global wellness tourism from 2013 to 2015, and Pinterest reports that searches for «fitness travel» jumped an astounding 618 % between 2016 and 2017.
There's a large
global trend in urbanization, and there are also large
increases in inflammatory disorders.
NLD aims to reverse this downward
trend and inspire students in order to
increase general science - based literacy, as well as to stay competitive in the
global market.
Although the observations that follow are based mainly on UK experience, similar
trends appear to be emerging across
global education systems:
increased public accountability in tandem with greater autonomy for schools; an urgent imperative to close the opportunity gap between affluent and poorer communities; national, public or state authority over schools being replaced by stakeholder communities or not - for - profit mission - driven organisations impatient with endemic failures of the status quo.
In an age of
increased global interdependence, with migratory patterns and new technologies throwing the world's peoples into constant interaction with one another, the Journal now seeks submissions that examine
trends across countries and that extend their evidentiary base beyond the Anglosphere.
This
trend of
increasing ebook sales is partially driven by the emergence of
global ebook markets.