Sentences with phrase «few decades of scientific research»

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In an article published in the journal Scientific Reports, the research team estimates that given the rate at which the peatland is now losing mercury back to the atmosphere, it will take just a few decades for all of the mercury pollution accumulated in the peatland to have disappeared, with most of it going back to the atmosphere.

«While advances in science and technology and improved safety practices have significantly reduced the threat of oil spills in Canadian waters over the past few decades, much about the fate, environmental impacts and remediation of oil spills remain poorly understood,» said Kenneth Lee, the director of Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Perth, Western Australia and chair of the seven - member panel.

Despite the tremendous growth in global collaborative efforts such as Human Genome Project and Human Frontier Science Program during past few decades, only about 30 % of research output from the United States is internationally collaborative (Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century, 2011, The Royal Society).

Educators have implicitly understood this for decades, but with an increased focus on developing student - centered learning models, scientific research has begun to back up the idea that a sharper focus on understanding how the brain works — and training teachers to factor in the more complex equation of neuroplasticity and psychology can help kids learn better with fewer bumps in the road.

That's why the same Democrat Party that slips on rubber noses and clown costumes when it's time to investigate the IRS abuse of power is ready to launch detailed investigations of a few churlish scientists, stretching back for decades, on the theory that Big Oil covering someone's cab fare automatically invalidates their scientific research.

However, her press secretary explained in an email that «the proposed scientific expert advisory panel would build on the existing body of knowledge developed by Canadian and international scientists over the past few decades, and ensure that measures to safeguard Canada's oceans and coastal communities continue to incorporate expert advice and Indigenous traditional knowledge, as well as ongoing scientific research.