Sentences with phrase «broad change in activity»

Last year, he discovered that four areas of the brain that are largely linked to inner ear function each showed a broad change in activity when pigeons were exposed to magnetic stimulation.

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The landscape of funding options is rapidly changing, driven by new SEC no - action letters and changes stemming from the JOBS Act that are permitting a broader scope of activity in the space outside of the traditional networks.
In particular, RNA enzymes can not readily adjust their activities to temperature changes likely to have happened as the earth cooled, and so can not perform the very broad range of catalytic accelerations that would have been necessary to synchronize the biochemistry of early cell - based life forms.
New data have more accurately quantifi ed changes in solar spectral fl uxes over a broad range of wavelengths in association with changing solar activity.
The Secretariat also seeks to build broad partnerships for activities in synergy with its main missions, namely facilitating research at or in the vicinity of the station, promoting and implementing scientific programs and ensure dissemination of knowledge linked to Antarctic research and climate change.
Changes in the workplace, and in research activity, increasingly require multidisciplinary teams to tackle a broad range of scientific problems that may have implications for society.
connects contemporary art devoted to social change with historic moments in creative activism, highlighting activities that seek to motivate broad and diverse publics.
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.
New data have more accurately quantifi ed changes in solar spectral fl uxes over a broad range of wavelengths in association with changing solar activity.
the ACS has on its website a Climate Science Tool Kit (http://www.acs.org/climatescience) that provides a broader, in - depth view of the underlying science of how human activity can bring about climate change.
(IPCC, 2007) «Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.»
While some individual scientists are skeptical about the tenets of human - driven climate change, there is a broad consensus among climatologists — 97 percent to 98 percent of them agree that climate change is occurring and that it is driven by human activity, according to a 2010 paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems,» the report concludes.
Even without my work, or that of the entire sub-field of studying past climates, scientists are in broad agreement on the reality of these changes and their near - certain link to human activity.
In saying that IPCC reports issued over the past 20 years had «created an ever - broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming,» the Committee linked those reports to potential violent conflict and wars that could result should extreme climate change occur.
Solar irradiance measurements from 1978 to 2013 will have sampled only three 11 - year irradiance cycles, which alone is insufficient time to determine whether long - term irradiance trends occur or to quantify the broad range of irradiance changes possible in activity cycles of varying strength.
With regard to wildfires, see Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large area.»
Ordinarily I do this as part of my week - to - week networking activities, but I decided that, in the face of a rapidly changing employment landscape, it was time to take a more broad - brush approach.
The recent amendments to the Native Title Act to allow for broader settlement packages, discussed in Chapter 1, should help facilitate economic development on Indigenous lands and assist communities to take advantage of new opportunities, such as climate change mitigation activities.
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