Sentences with phrase «by cyclical changes»

There is some evidence that changes in the monsoon are driven at least in part by cyclical changes in sea - surface temperatures.

As for the cause of the ice ages, it is generally but cautiously accepted that they were triggered by cyclical changes in the earth's orbital inclinations.

In the distant past, warming episodes appear to have been initiated by cyclical changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun that caused more summer sunlight to fall in the northern hemisphere.

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My opinion expressed elsewhere is that almost all the temperature changes we observe over periods of less than a century are caused by cyclical changes in the rate of energy emission from the oceans with the solar effect only providing a slow background trend of warming or cooling for several centuries at a time.

Specifically, he states «Research indicates, more and more, that recent warming at the surface of the Earth is mainly influenced by cyclical changes at the surface of the sun...» I am not in the field but I was not aware of any recent research about the sun affecting recent warming.

What's interesting is that magnesium appears to become depleted by cyclical changes in the female sex hormones during the luteal phase, which leads to PMS symptoms like migraines and bloating [4].

The advance and retreat of ice sheets is paced by cyclical changes in the shape of Earth's orbit.

Not exact matches

The effects of interest rate changes in the 1990s are visible as cyclical rises and falls in debt servicing, around a slowly rising trend, caused by the increase in debt levels.

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

The response of the antarctic system to climate change is just one mechanism by which Earth's system will continue its cyclical evolution, with no concern for man's industrial and political motivations.

Currently, the shifts between ice ages and warm interglacial phases are thought to be influenced by three cyclical changes to Earth's motion.

Unemployment can be caused by people changing jobs, by seasonal fluctuations in demand, by changes in the skills needed by employers, or by cyclical fluctuations in the level of national spending.

One change we need is addressed correctly above: government policies need to be counter cyclical during boom times — no nation wants to be hamstrung by the pro-cyclical «Bling Standard» — government systems should be counter-cyclical.

The FIG index attempts to forecast changes in the cyclical direction of inflation by tracking such things as materials prices, import prices, and delivery times (ECRI's Weekly Leading Index and Future Inflation Gauge are available on its website at www.businesscycle.com).

Put another way, the hypothesis was that increased correlations were a systemic change caused by the rise of passive investing, rather than a cyclical change that was likely to mean revert.

Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception, a two - part exhibition on view at MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, presents a range of work from the mid-1990s to today by the artist Francis Alÿs (Belgian, b. 1959), who uses allegorical methods to explore the cyclical nature of change in modernizing societies, the urban landscape, and patterns of economic progress.

Initially a great deal of whining takes place. The old guard feeling threatened when some thing happens outside of the cocoon like somnambulism of a functional, institutional, or negotiable arrangement. Eventually the elders have a moment to reflect on what startled them. Then they change their minds. Its almost humorous the cyclical nature of the event, except that the few who disobey are demonized by a crowd of immobiliers wielding snarky crits, bellying a sentimentality.

If we assume for a moment we are indeed in the midst of a historical warming pattern or cycle, and if we also assume that humanity is not the initiator of climatic change, then it follows how important it is to understand that humanity is fully capable of exacerbating the situation, by accelerating the inevitable cyclical.

A rule of this type is both less error - prone than the present rules and more effective in stabilising economic cycles, since cyclical changes in revenue do not need to be offset by changes in expenditure.

If we look at the trends since records began, noting that there are longitudinal problems (changes in locations of weather stations, + UHI effects) and contamination by human analysts (data trickery), the trends seem cyclical in periods of around 60 years.

As Earth descends into an 80 - year, sun - spotless Dalton or Maunder Minimum reinforced by a confluence of deep - ocean magmatism with long - term cyclical reversals, climate - change alarmists will have much to answer for.

Something that develops slowly, like vulcanism, is likely to be finally triggered by a small cyclical change, as it gets slowly closer to that trigger point and the cyclical force makes that last little difference.

The NOAA data set includes a column for seasonally adjusted values, which is generally agreed removes the cyclical patterns caused by the NH season changes (i.e. more growth during NH spring means more CO2 from bio-mass expiration.)

(The modern view has glaciation initiated by cyclical orbital changes and amplified by a strong CO2 feedback.)

Although it is clear that further attention is required in defining and characterizing the aspects of this variation (e.g. frequency and amplitude [44,65]-RRB- that lead to differences in species responses, a more immediate empirical challenge is to characterize and separate the effects of periodic, stochastic and / or cyclical natural variations [61] from directional change imposed by long - term climatic forcing.

Not only was he the victim of a cyclical economic downturn, but he was also discouraged by longer - term changes in the practice of law.

We try to avoid being distracted by short - term cyclical changes in the market and understand the underlying asset, the specific short - term challenges and the long - term potential.

This approach is endorsed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research given that it emphasises participation by the people being studied, cultural respect, capacity building and collaboration.32 The key features of the action research approach to be used in this study are «cyclical activities involving examination of existing processes, change monitoring the apparent effects of the change, and further change».33 This will help the services develop and implement practical strategies to improve the identification and treatment of cannabis and related mental health issues in their young Indigenous clients.