Sentences with phrase «expected by mid century»

Scientists placed dogfish sharks into water treated with levels of carbon that are expected by mid century and by 2100.

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Estimates suggest that in the U.S., Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects 12 percent of people over age 65 and nearly 50 percent of those over 85, with predictions for this to include 16 million people by 2050.1 National healthcare costs associated with AD are expected to surpass one trillion dollars by mid - century.1

The IPCC projections of sea level rise are based largely on the slow, steady and inexorable thermal expansion of the oceans (as water heats, its volume increases) with some additional contributions from the melting of mountain glaciers (almost all of which are expected to be gone by mid century).