Sentences with phrase «decreasing the oxygen available»

Additionally, increasing the algae blooms would likely wreak havoc by decreasing the oxygen available for other marine life.

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Scientists have been warning that decreasing amounts of available oxygen will increase stress on a range of species, even as they also face the effects of rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

Circulation to the brain can be decreased by atherosclerosis, leading to lower available oxygen.

The tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol in EVOO may decrease the likelihood of cancer cell regeneration by interfering with angiogenesis and lowering the supply of oxygen that would otherwise be available for new blood vessel formation.

As a result of the decreased flow of blood to your digestive system, the muscles in your stomach and intestine slow down, putting the brakes on digestion and reducing the amount of oxygen available to this area of the body.

The percentage of oxygen in air remains essentially constant with altitude at 21 % up until 70,000 feet (21,330 m), but the air pressure (and therefore the number of oxygen molecules) drops as altitude increases — consequently, the available amount of oxygen to sustain mental and physical alertness decreases above 10,000 feet (3,050 m).

Measured decreases in the fraction of other forms of carbon (the isotopes 14C and 13C) and a small decrease in atmospheric oxygen concentration (observations of which have been available since 1990) show that the rise in CO2 is largely from combustion of fossil fuels (which have low 13C fractions and no 14C).