Sentences with phrase «changed over the last few centuries»

Perfect means «whole», not how we see the word today — the meaning has changed over the last few centuries.

Not exact matches

In addition to inviting contemporary artists to be involved in the project, historical representations of atmospheric conditions will be exhibited that illustrate how the idea of «air» has changed quite dramatically over the last few centuries.

Attitudes won't change the fact that the Earth has already warmed about 0.7 C over the past century and mostly in the last few decades, and the warming has been accelerating.

There are plenty of reasons to respond rationally to the very rapid changes in climate (rapid in geological terms) over the last few centuries, whether you accept they are man - made or not.

This discussion suggests three important conclusions: (i) the effect of changes in terrestrial water storage on sea level may be considerable; (ii) the net effect on sea level could be of either sign, and (iii) the rate has increased over the last few decades (in the assessment of Gornitz et al. (1997) from near zero at the start of the century to 0.8 mm / yr in 1990).