Sentences with phrase «improving over the past few decades»

The ability to find and study the remains of animals, plants and other organisms that lived millions of years ago is extraordinary, and as technology has improved over the past few decades, scientists have realized that fossils contain more information about the stories of extinct life forms than even Charles Darwin could have imagined.

The fuel grade has also improved over the past few decades.

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Over the past few decades, stock exchanges have made more and more decisions designed to improve their business results at the expense of supporting long - term investors and public companies.

Hormone replacement therapy has been controversial over the past few decades as studies have associated it with both health benefits — lowering the risk of osteoporosis and improving some measures of heart health, for example — and risks, including links to cancer and stroke.

Still, Action on Sugar does have the potential to significantly improve health in the UK, which, like much of the rest of the world, has seen steadily climbing obesity levels over the past few decades.

She added, «It is clear that growth has improved for infants and toddlers with Down syndrome over the past few decades, and that males are taller.

In an attempt to improve environmental governance of Sumatra's once - extensive tropical forests, a publicly accessible Web site showing detailed maps of widespread deforestation on the Indonesian island over the past few decades has just been launched.

«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.

Over the past few decades, yolk - free recipes have become increasingly popular and even synonymous with «healthy» to many people who want to improve their way of eating.

Over the past few decades, the nation has focused on improving math achievement for girls, and this effort is paying off.

Over the past few decades, improved academic - achievement data have given us unprecedented insight into the strengths and weaknesses of America's system of education.

Over the past three decades, Chicago Public Schools have been improving; here are a few things to know about Chicago as we search for answers about how and why.

BMW's 5 - Series full size luxury sedan has become an iconic vehicle over the past few decades with the wide bodied M5 with its wide mouth front bumper smiling proudly at the top of the heap, so it would take a trio of tuners to improve upon the classic design.

(And commensurately, the models have improved significantly over the past few decades).

Although it's possible that stronger winds in the Southern Ocean over the past few decades may have caused the increase, satellite - based studies showing that transport has remained fairly steady during this time suggest that improved measurement tools, not increased wind, are responsible for the discrepancy.

Lots of suggestions over the past few decades: more research, robustifying the infrastructure, improved irrigation and flood control, saving more resources for disaster recovery.

Over the past few decades, Oklahoma has passed a number of specific nursing home abuse laws, most recently in 2013; the laws were amended to allow for video surveillance in private rooms to help improve the safety of patients further.

Over the past few decades, treatment for burn injuries has improved and has allowed more people to survive their injuries.