Sentences with phrase «apparent decline in»

His confident claim is based on raw U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) records showing an apparent decline in EF3 to EF5 tornado reports in the past 58 years.

The apparent decline in ocean heating rate after 2004 noted in other studies 2,8 is not statistically significant, nor is it observed by CERES.

According to critics, this «trick» worked in the following way: when temperature readings taken from tree rings showed an apparent decline in temperatures from the 1980s to the present, the researchers added in measurements taken later by more modern instruments, which gave them the answer they wanted.

His confident claim is based on the raw NOAA records showing an apparent decline in EF3 — EF5 tornado reports in the past 58 years (the data are available at / / www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/tornado/clim/EF3-EF5.png).

I have also noticed, within the past 2 - 3 years, an apparent decline in our local coyote population (on cool winter nights, one no longer hears their calls), but in this out - back area of SC we have very little development going on.

In trying to explain the apparent decline in reflectivity, lead author Chris Polashenski, an adjunct assistant professor at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and a research geophysicist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and his colleagues analyzed dozens of snow - pit samples from the 2012 - 2014 snowfalls across northern Greenland and compared them with samples from earlier years.

Dartmouth Adjunct Assistant Professor Chris Polashenski and his colleagues found that degrading satellite sensors, not soot or dust, are responsible for the apparent decline in reflectivity of Arctic snow.

Despite an apparent decline in opportunities for information technology professionals in recent years, the job market for computer science Ph.D. s remains strong, with an unemployment rate below 1 %, according to the latest Taulbee Survey from the Computing Research Association (CRA), which was released in May.

Sullivan said she is most concerned about the «apparent decline in society's confidence in science as an enterprise of special value to society and of scientists as respected and trustworthy people.»

But significant changes are afoot, symbolized both by the apparent decline in the popularity of Clinebell's text and the publication of a revised edition of it.

Indeed, the apparent decline in Trump's spontaneous speech — that is, the unscripted answers he gives in interviews and press conferences — was one of the first behaviors that spurred debate about whether he was suffering cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment.

Two competing arguments have been made to explain these apparent declines in per - rocket lethality.

Not exact matches

In most cases there are two easy ways to tell when Facebook (fb) makes a meaningful change to the algorithm: One is that media companies start to moan about how their traffic from the giant social network has been declining rapidly for no apparent reason.

«The declining momentum should already become apparent in the first quarter, for which we expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth of only 0.4 percent quarter - on - quarter for Germany, whereas GDP grew by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter,» Kraemer said in a note.

If so, apparent neutral real interest rates will decline even if there is no change in properly measured rates.

Note that the decline was already apparent before Iron Dome's introduction in 2011.

The adjustment in the Australian housing market during 2004 should assist prospects for sustainable economic growth, with the decline in house prices and new lending during much of the year alleviating the overheating which had previously been apparent in that part of the economy.

But the decline of the Caliphates, the apparent disruption of the society through revolutionary activities and unrestrained speculation, and in the case of Spain, the advance of Christian power to reconquer the peninsula, led to the resurgence of nomadic power in western Asia and North Africa.

He needs to step down because it is apparent to all except the inherently stupid that Arsenal are in decline and have been for a long time.

No wonder nobody wants to extend and now who will want to sign for a club in apparent decline?????!!!!!

From Karim Benzema's lack of goals, managing just five in 20 appearances so far this season, to Gareth Bale's injury problems and Cristiano Ronaldo's apparent decline, Los Blancos have to make a big decision on their long - term future.

My kind host has already examined Reina's apparent decline, and his fellow Spaniard has been so poor that he will struggle to get back in the side when he recovers his fitness.

«They came in the apparent low bidder,» said Green, who declined to say how many other bids were submitted.

The apparent leveling of the previously declining SIDS rate is occurring coincident with a slowing in the reduction of the prevalence of prone positioning.

Therefore, declining support for the regime was already apparent before United Russia announced Putin as their presidential candidate in September 2012.

A possible corollary of this decline in power has been a decline in the heir apparent's willingness to avoid making politically controversial statements.

The sharp decline in Chinese tourists has been widely expected as Beijing has banned its travel agencies from selling package tours to Korea since mid-March in apparent retaliation over Seoul's deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

Next, Karen Matheson and Eve Fox at M&R Strategic Services have prepared a report about the apparent declines many organizations have seen in the rates at which their activist and fundraising emails are opened by recipients.

The apparent decline is greatest around the ice sheet's edges, but it also is occurring in the high elevation interior known as the dry snow zone, where the reflectivity is effectively reset each winter by new snowfall.

One study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in January, hinted at such a mechanism when it linked sea ice decline to apparent changes in the Arctic Oscillation during several winters preceded by large sea ice losses.

A decline in bone density also becomes apparent at this age around the jaw and eye area however Colman says that these, «obvious areas of volume loss can be maintained through fillers.»

The authors» summary of the available evidence is very specific: «This analysis of apparent consumption, national dietary surveys and food [beverage] industry data indicates a consistent and substantial decline in total refined or added sugar consumption by Australians over the past 30 years [1980 to 2010]» (my bolding; p. 499 of PDF).

I say started in quotes because it probably had been on the slow decline for a long time, but it finally started being more apparent to me.

The display was in marked contrast to Prime Minister Theresa May, who declined to meet victims before the cameras in apparent fear of their wrath.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said Ofsted needed to» address its apparent failure to spot the decline in academic performance in schools that have previously been rated good or outstanding».

«Ofsted needs to address its apparent failure to spot the decline in academic performance in schools that have previously been rated good or outstanding.

Declines in reading scores were less significant — students dropped from the 50th percentile to the 46th percentile after a year in private school — but still apparent.

In short, particularly when major retailers decline to share numbers with us and when tracking identifiers aren't applied to a great many works, it's unwise to underestimate the scope of this apparent groundswell of interest in self - publishinIn short, particularly when major retailers decline to share numbers with us and when tracking identifiers aren't applied to a great many works, it's unwise to underestimate the scope of this apparent groundswell of interest in self - publishinin self - publishing.

For someone who has not researched a company, it is not readily apparent whether a decline in shares is temporary or permanent.

I can not understand this willful blindness, because it's quite apparent they are all in decline.

Only in so much as it «cause» s great concern over the apparent and rapid decline of homo - Americanos» intelligence.

The declining swe - ppt ratio is apparent regardless of elevation in the North Cascades.

Declines in winter mortality are apparent in many temperate countries, primarily due to increased adaptation to cold.

Their web site explains: «In southwest WA, a drying trend has been observed... The rainfall decline has been most apparent in late autumn and early winter, with a major drop in rainfall totals occurring in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990In southwest WA, a drying trend has been observed... The rainfall decline has been most apparent in late autumn and early winter, with a major drop in rainfall totals occurring in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990in late autumn and early winter, with a major drop in rainfall totals occurring in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990in rainfall totals occurring in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990in the 1970s, and possibly another more recently in the 1990in the 1990s.

One study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in January, hinted at such a mechanism when it linked sea ice decline to apparent changes in the Arctic Oscillation during several winters preceded by large sea ice losses.

Average thinning over the glacier during the summer of 2006 declined to near zero, with some apparent thickening in areas on the main trunk.

I have seen some AGW proponents declare that because there was a slow decline in TSI from the peak of cycle 21 to the end of cycle 23 then the globe should have been cooling and the level of TSI could not be the cause of the apparent continued warming.

In June this year, Ridd made the headlines after suspecting something was wrong with photographs being used to highlight the apparent rapid decline of the Great Barrier Reef.

The apparent association in Panels B and C can be explained by the declining trend in the proportion of male stillbirths over time.

The apparent paradoxes of individual tree growth increasing with tree size despite declining leaf - level8, 9,10 and stand - level10 productivity can be explained, respectively, by increases in a tree's total leaf area that outpace declines in productivity per unit of leaf area and, among other factors, age - related reductions in population density.