Sentences with phrase «in a few countries cause»

Surely the obvious rational conclusion is the climate is generally warming, but local weather conditions in a few countries cause some glaciers to advance for a few years.

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Regulations have twisted the laws of supply and demand, causing Western Canada's biggest metropolitan area to have fewer taxis per capita than any other city in the country.

Some of the formula recalls in the last few years have been triggered by the discovery of high levels of phytoestrogen hormones, high levels of aluminum and lead, bacterial contamination, unsanitary production linked to gastrointestinal illness, salmonella, and glass particles mixed in with the powder Researchers in the Netherlands found dangerous bacteria, which can cause meningitis and sepsis, in 52.5 percent of the formula samples they cultured from 35 countries.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

In the Netherlands, heavy rains cause relatively little damage compared to countries in Central Europe, where nature has been reduced and few space for rivers is kept freIn the Netherlands, heavy rains cause relatively little damage compared to countries in Central Europe, where nature has been reduced and few space for rivers is kept frein Central Europe, where nature has been reduced and few space for rivers is kept free.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

The work shows that socioeconomic and political pressures on honey production over the past few decades has caused a long - term reduction in the number of colonies in production in the USA, Europe and many other countries.

Our findings show that drug - resistant tuberculosis cases in these countries are expected to rise over the next two decades, and that fewer cases over time will be caused by acquired drug resistance during tuberculosis treatment.

A search by the WHO in developing countries has so far revealed fewer than 20 cases of the unexplained HIV - negative immune deficiency syndrome that caused uproar at the international AIDS conference in July.

As one of the few physicians in the country with dual certification in Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics, Dr. Wiesner has devoted her career to understanding the factors that cause cancer susceptibility.

Also note that in a few countries, certain brands of table salt are fluoridated and are known to cause acne.

I've driven this vehicle across the country a few times now and it's great cause all my luggage fits in the very back.

Just like any other beaches in the country and in the world, there are a few drowning instances in the island which are sometimes caused by the strong current in the water during the rainy season and / or sometimes lack of swimming skills.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

While the slowdown in emissions over the past few years and the «peaking» of emissions by a number of countries has been cause for cautious hope, this is tempered by the uptick in emissions projected in 2017.

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

Technology and tactics like this mean landslides cause very few injuries and deaths in the United States even though significant landslide potential exists in many parts of the country.

Law enforcement in these countries has reported few problems caused by the similarity of industrial hemp and marijuana.

Severe winter storms moving from the Midwest to the Northeast these past few days have caused travel delays and cancellations at some of the busiest airports in the country.