Sentences with phrase «change in mean level»

A change of the first kind would be a change in mean level, e.g. if you add water.

The combination of a high RE and a low CE or r2 means that the reconstruction identified the change in mean levels between the calibration and validation periods reasonably well but failed to track the variations within the validation period.

Not exact matches

It found the rapid pace of global warming and the slow pace of coral growth meant the reef was unlikely to evolve quickly enough to survive the level of climate change predicted in the next few decades.

Reconciliation instructions may also direct the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to report legislation to change the limit on the public debt in accordance with the spending levels in the budget resolution.

And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agrechange, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris AgreChange and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.

So if our understandings of the bible change over time (towards a greater level of certainty) it means that those before didn't have the «word of god» and thus were handicapped in their journey to god.

The challenge at the cultural level may be too great, and Americans may be undergoing a profound change in the way they relate their society to the realm of ultimate meaning.

However effective such approaches turn out to be as instruments of inquiry and change (and I will explain my doubts about them later), their current vogue is a sign that the crisis in higher education is at least being joined at the level of meaning and purpose rather than merely at the level of methodology.

This natural sugar also has a low GI value (low glycemic index) which means that, unlike other (refined) sugars, it does not cause sharp changes in the blood sugar levels, or the so - called «sugar dip».

In addition, the touchscreen provides different levels of security, meaning that only designated and trained operators are able to make adjustments or change settings.

The level of iron in breastmilk is just where it's meant to be and can not be changed by mother taking extra iron, unless she is very anemic.

This of course is a very rough model and it can not take appropriate account of the fact that changing support levels between elections tend to vary geographically, while it also fails to take account of the local particularities of the different regions in cases where no regional figures are produced in association with different national opinion polls meaning that there is no scope to carry out separate regional analyses based on these poll figures.

However, the fractured political landscape (in particular relating to the likely level of Fine Gael and Labour seat losses) and the favourable impact of the boundary changes associated with the 2012 Constituency Commission report means that Fianna Fail would achieve more success in translating these support levels into Dail seat numbers than they had at the 2011 contest.

I want to stress therefore that the change in the threat level does not mean that the threat has gone away.

This training also seeks to support the FOISECON in order to build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective electoral cycle.

Changing the system would mean putting more financial burden onto the state governments and federal government which in turn would require an increase of state - level and federal - level taxes.

The boundary changes, coupled with the IRA ceasefire, meant that support for Sinn Féin in the constituency soared to new levels and in all elections held in the seat since 1996 they have taken over 50 % of the vote.

On a uniform swing this level of support would still leave the Conservatives 9 seats short of an overall majority, though in practice it is likely that such a reverse in the positions of the parties would be accompanied by changes in the pattern of tactical voting, meaning that the Conservatives might well get an overall majority.

Improving projections for how much ocean levels may change in the future and what that means for coastal communities has vexed researchers studying sea level rise for years, but a new international study that incorporates extreme events may have just given researchers and coastal planners what they need.

If the onset of maturity comes earlier in the season, it means that grapes ripen during a warmer period — affecting sugar levels, aromas and flavors and changing the unique identity that connoisseurs look for in regional wines.

Satellite altimetry methods developed at NOC play a crucial role in helping improve storm surge models and map out regional changes in mean sea level.»

For example, some people have a particular variant of the ADH1B gene that causes an amino acid change in this enzyme, which leads to faster enzyme activity so individuals with this variant metabolize alcohol more rapidly which means that acetaldehyde levels are temporarily increased.

Between 1999 and 2010 changes in seafood consumption meant that blood levels of mercury in women of childbearing age dropped by a third, and the percentage of such women who have worrisome blood levels of mercury dropped by two thirds.

The lakes they examined are so - called closed - basin lakes, which have rivers feeding into them, but not draining them, meaning that changes in lake levels are governed solely by precipitation and evaporation.

The scientists also found that the bears» levels of calcium — of which bone is made — in the blood did not change during hibernation, meaning that even though bone remodeling is suppressed, it remains balanced, which helps limit bone loss.

A working group known as PALSEA2 (Paleo constraints on sea level rise) used past records of local change in sea level and converted them to a global mean sea level by predicting how the surface of the Earth deforms due to changes in ice - ocean loading of the crust, along with changes in gravitational attraction on the ocean surface.

This means that even relatively small marine - protected areas could be effective in protecting the top - level predators and allowing coral reefs to more fully recover from coral bleaching or large cyclones which are increasing in frequency due to the warming of the oceans as a result of climate change.

But the rapid retreat seen in the past 40 years means that in the coming decades, sea - level rise will likely exceed this century's sea - level rise projections of 3 feet (90 centimeters) by 2100, issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said Sridhar Anandakrishnan, a glaciologist at Pennsylvania State University, who was not involved in the study.

«The global mean sea level is rising because of climate change, but the change depends on where you are in the world,» says Rüdiger Haas.

«Now we can measure the sea level both relative to the coast and relative to the centre of Earth, which means we can clearly tell the difference between changes in the water level and changes in the land,» says Johan Löfgren.

The physics underlying sea - level change, which can be mind - bending and counterintuitive, mean there is tremendous regional variability in present and future sea - level changes.

«This work is in no way meant to undermine the seriousness of climate change, and sea level rise is something we're going to have to deal with,» he told BBC News.

For birds and amphibians, we considered exposure to five components of climate change, namely changes in mean temperature, temperature variability, mean precipitation, precipitation variability and sea level rise.

Using the change in temperature from the last glacial maximum as a ruler, if the change in temperature from that is near 6 Kelvin, then 2 K warmer than pre-industrial means a certain level of effects.

The rate of change of the theoretical mean sea level from year to year is not constant either, due to changing rate of the global sea level rise and changes in the Baltic Sea water balance.

Using a statistical model calibrated to the relationship between global mean temperature and rates of GSL change over this time period, we are assessing the human role in historic sea - level rise and identifying human «fingerprints» on coastal flood events.

Glacier response, at least in part, is due to changes in the freezing level - the elevation where mean monthly temperatures are 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit).

That's simply because in climate history, warm climate means small ice sheets, cold climate comes with big ice sheets, and sea level has changed accordingly.

An influential 21 - week study by Ahtiainen J.P. et al. showed a correlation between T levels and the changes in isometric strength and muscle size, which means that both serum basal testosterone concentrations and training - induced acute testosterone responses are strongly associated with muscle and strength gains.

While it takes several years for all the cells of an organ to completely turn around, it means that the changes we make in our diet and lifestyle impact us at the most microscopic level.

In a 2016 study in the journal Pediatrics, transgender children who socially transitioned (meaning they have changed their gender expression, choosing to go by a different name and pronouns and possibly also altering their clothing and hairstyle) and felt supported in their identities had normal levels of depression and only slightly elevated levels of anxiety compared to kids whose gender identity corresponded to their birth seIn a 2016 study in the journal Pediatrics, transgender children who socially transitioned (meaning they have changed their gender expression, choosing to go by a different name and pronouns and possibly also altering their clothing and hairstyle) and felt supported in their identities had normal levels of depression and only slightly elevated levels of anxiety compared to kids whose gender identity corresponded to their birth sein the journal Pediatrics, transgender children who socially transitioned (meaning they have changed their gender expression, choosing to go by a different name and pronouns and possibly also altering their clothing and hairstyle) and felt supported in their identities had normal levels of depression and only slightly elevated levels of anxiety compared to kids whose gender identity corresponded to their birth sein their identities had normal levels of depression and only slightly elevated levels of anxiety compared to kids whose gender identity corresponded to their birth sex.

Again, estradiol levels seemed key: Lower levels meant «more pronounced» changes in brain activity.

The latter is changed to dopamine chemical in the brain, which means it can effectively treat the disease by alleviating the levels of dopamine in the brain.

Now this does NOT mean that I'm saying you have to entirely eliminate wheat and dairy for the rest of your life, but what I am saying is that this is an important test to do for about 2 weeks to gauge if you see some dramatic changes in your body fat percentage, how you look and feel overall, your energy levels, and other health and digestive issues.

The problem is getting a handle on what exactly this means, particularly when these same changes seem to have no effect on lipid levels, and the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease is at best weakly associated with high salt consumption (15 % increase in risk).

I mean, I know what sedentary / moderate activity / high activity levels are to me personally, within my own parameters — which incidentally are changing as my body changes on this lifestyle — but I'm interested in what you've got to say about it, as you've got the years of experience on the lifestyle and have obviously met so many like minded / bodied people.

I don't understand what you mean by «steroids are more prone to insulin resistance...» Changes in steroid levels occur in part due to changes in autonomic fuChanges in steroid levels occur in part due to changes in autonomic fuchanges in autonomic function.

In a «stressed state,» hormonal levels change dramatically, to allow the body to respond to the stressor (in this case a high athletic demand), which means burning more sugar, burning fewer fats, etcIn a «stressed state,» hormonal levels change dramatically, to allow the body to respond to the stressor (in this case a high athletic demand), which means burning more sugar, burning fewer fats, etcin this case a high athletic demand), which means burning more sugar, burning fewer fats, etc..

Rather ominously, phthalates are known as endocrine disrupters, meaning that they can change the body's production of the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen and, in animal studies, alter the onset of puberty in mouse pups exposed to high levels of the chemicals in utero.

And that change has not only opened my eyes to an expanded level of awareness, it has also aided me in concluding how I am meant to continue on this writing journey.