Sentences with phrase «greatly accelerated rate»

Now that enough glaciers have melted, ocean circulation has probably increased to the point that future melting will increase at a greatly accelerated rate.

The breakup of these ice shelves is a concern, because that would essentially remove the stopper and greatly accelerate the rate at which glacier melt finds its way to the ocean.

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First, the rate of social change has been greatly accelerated because of dramatic technological advances and other factors.

Would not a weakened polar field over a period of, say, a few hundred years result in a greatly accelerated mutation rate due to direct cosmic - ray bombardment?

I strongly believe that the increased summer melts of Arctic ice are in part a result of black carbon from Asia coal burning landing on the ice and reducing its albedo (and greatly accelerating melt rates).

A report from Trendforce says that Apple's move to OLED panels will greatly accelerate the panel's adoption in the smartphone market, with the adoption rate hitting 50 % by 2020.