Sentences with phrase «increase over the coming decades»

These four, often interacting factors, are expected to increase over the coming decades depending on the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

This brief describes the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia, noting that landslides may increase over the coming decades, in part due to climate change.

Such fires across the northern U.S. and Canada — which last month forced the evacuation of 80,000 from the Alberta tar sands town of Fort McMurray — were projected to increase over the coming decades as the climate continues to warm.

Not exact matches

While both provinces have set laudable targets for increasing the share of renewable power on their grids over the coming decades, they're still burning fossil fuels for power.

While I continue to believe that the dollar faces substantial risk of further erosion in its exchange value, as well as a near doubling of the CPI over the coming decade or so (both reflecting the massive increase in U.S. government liabilities in recent years), those prospects are not likely to emerge until risk - aversion about credit default materially abates.

The main impetus to this increase has come from China's demand for resources, with resource exports having grown at an average annual rate of 15 per cent over the past decade (Graph B2).

Over the last several decades, the SBC's public profile has increased significantly due to the actions of its leaders and as a result of the media scrutiny that has come from solidly positioning itself on the conservative wing of American evangelicalism.

Similarly, the status of the human embryo, and the value placed upon it, have come under increasing scrutiny over the past decades, and even since DP in 2008 it has become increasingly normal to assume that it is morally acceptable to destroy embryos or to experiment upon them.12 The increasing sense of a loss of respect for human life in its earliest stages is linked to the abandonment of male - female lifelong marriage as the normal structure in which human life begins and is cherished.13 DP emphasises that «human procreation is a personal act of a husband and wife, which is not capable of substitution» (DP 16).

The more recent years have seen increased investment in the team, with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech coming in, while three FA Cup triumphs and a top two finish in the League for the first time in over a decade, has constituted into small steps of improvement again.

«Crossrail will significantly increase the capacity of the rail network into and across London and relieve congestion and overcrowding on the existing Rail and Underground networks to meet the substantial growth in demand for travel over the coming decades.

«We plan to increase capital investment in house building, reform housing benefit, and build up to 400,000 affordable homes over the coming decade.»

According to the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, climate change over the coming decades is likely to increase rates of allergies, asthma, heart disease and cancer, among other illnesses.

As the world's population grows, and the proportion of elderly people increases, the number of people living in suboptimum health is set to rise rapidly over coming decades, warn the authors.

Over the course of coming decades, though, trade wind speed is expected to decrease from global warming, Thunell says, and the result will be less phytoplankton production at the surface and less oxygen utilization at depth, causing a concomitant increase in the ocean's oxygen content.

Researchers have increasingly sought alternatives to semiconductor - based electronics over the past decade as the increases in speed and density of microprocessors come at the expense of greater demands on electricity and hotter circuits.

«Furthermore, model projections suggest that over the coming decades that South Georgia will experience increased stress from ocean - wide acidification.»

Analysis of simple models and intercomparisons of AOGCM responses to idealised forcing scenarios suggest that, for most scenarios over the coming decades, errors in large - scale temperature projections are likely to increase in proportion to the magnitude of the overall response.

But the researchers warn coping with the kind of temperature increases expected in some cities over the coming decades could present a major financial and logistical challenge.

A little more background on the report: it basically says that, based on numerous papers that have come out over the past several decades (some of them are, ahem, 60 years old), saturated fat increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and should therefore be limited in the diet.

It is a welcome move by the Australian Government, as over the past decade the number of students from India coming to Australia has steadily increased.

Over the coming decades, expectations will only increase.»

It comes more than three weeks after the Federal Government announced it would increase its school funding offer by $ 18 billion over a decade.

If the company recovers and increases exponentially over the coming decades, those 7 shares will not participate in the growth of the stock price after the split event — you will only get the much lower cash - out amount for the shares.

The fact is that more and more people are going to college, in fact the number of college graduates in the U.S. over the past decade is up well over 30 percent, and with that increase in students comes a lot of new debt.

It seems like this one should be the most obvious — well, besides # 1, maybe — but given the ever - increasing scarcity of arcades over the past decade, perhaps this one should come as no surprise.

Analysis of simple models and intercomparisons of AOGCM responses to idealised forcing scenarios suggest that, for most scenarios over the coming decades, errors in large - scale temperature projections are likely to increase in proportion to the magnitude of the overall response.

There are some painful, and even dire, concerns expressed about the potential that Greenland ice sheets could be «entirely lost» if emissions continue at a business - as - usual pace; about the rate of sea - level rise increasing «faster and faster with time»; and about the planet's ice sheets likely becoming «more active» over coming decades than they have been over recent decades.

However, if the roughly 10 - year oscillation of global temperature we have seen over the last several decades (be it due to the solar cycle or internal) holds on, we will see a considerable temperature increase during the coming years, since we are at the minimum now.

More widespread recognition that human actions are driving far - reaching changes to the life - supporting infrastructure of Earth may well have increasing philosophical, social, economic and political implications over the coming decades.

Fixed - bottom offshore wind has proven its ability to deliver against all of these and is expected to be rewarded in the form of increased deployment on a global scale over the coming decade.

If so, this is one way in which global warming may end up causing a decrease in Atlantic hurricane activity over the coming decades, since the increased wind shear over the Atlantic during El Niño events greatly reduces the number and intensity of these storms.»

Given that it is all eventually going to come back to the issue of the gradual gain we've been seeing in ocean heat content over many decades, the most accurate thing we can say is that 2014's warmth is very consistent with the general accumulation of energy in Earth's climate system caused by increasing GH gases and is well accounted for dynamically in global climate models.

The estimates of future costs and benefits of AGW depend on the damage function which we know little about and the decarbonisation rate which could and probably will increase rapidly over the coming decades.

One recent Nature study, however, found there was substantial potential for sugarcane biofuel to expand in Brazil over the coming decades, while also protecting forests under conservation and accounting for increases in food and animal feed production.

Brazil's energy demand is set to expand significantly over the coming decades, with demand for all fuels likely to increase.

Over the coming decades, Atlantic hurricanes are likely to increase in strength as sea surface temperatures increase, fueling the intensity of storms in the Atlantic Ocean, and significantly increasing rainfall rates over those of present day stoOver the coming decades, Atlantic hurricanes are likely to increase in strength as sea surface temperatures increase, fueling the intensity of storms in the Atlantic Ocean, and significantly increasing rainfall rates over those of present day stoover those of present day storms.

Already 4 percent of our planet's land surface is urbanised and that percentage is likely to increase over decades to come.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is incIncreased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is incincreased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is incincreased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increasedincreased.72

It indicates how rising prosperity is driving an increase in global energy demand and how that demand may be met over the coming decades through a diverse range of supplies including oil, natural gas, coal, and renewable energy.

While it is possible that páramos will survive by migrating upslope as temperatures rise, Vuille says the rate of temperature increase forecast over the coming decades could overwhelm the ability of these ecosystems to adapt.

Somehow, even as humanity increases the production of food over the coming decades, it must reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture.

As the companion article to this one points out, virtually every major prediction of catastrophe that global - warming alarmists have made about the coming state of the environment over the past several decades — from melting sea ice and flooded nations to loss of snowfalls and increased climate refugees — has proven utterly incorrect.

Every science based blogger should answer the question: Over the foreseeable coming decades, there is an overwhelming consensus that CO2 emissions will increase a lot (industrialization of China, India, etc.).

Temperatures in the Arctic have increased by an astounding 1 °C in response to anthropogenic forcing over the past 20 years and are expected to rise further in the coming decades.

Over the coming decades, urbanisation and industrialisation will increase as SDGs are realised.

There's been a huge increase in the number of in - house corporate lawyers in America over the last couple of decades, creating an opening for a whole new function of legal ops, which are the professionals charged with driving efficiencies, and coming up with a new way to deliver legal services.

The survey also said that profits, which have surged to record levels over the past decade, are likely to suffer this year as they come under increasing pressure from flattening revenues and increasing costs from salaries and other expenses.

Wolfram Alpha is an ambitious, long - term intellectual endeavor that we intend will deliver increasing capabilities over the years and decades to come.

«FAs recognition of the value of patents has increased dramatically over the past decade, so too has the amount of litigation associated with patent enforcement and validity challenges before U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) In response to this ramp up, both in terms of volume and complexity, tribunals have come to recognize the substantive, procedural, and administrative challenges posed by patent litigation.

With the increase in movement of people around the EU and internationally over the past decade has come an increase in the number of international marriages and relationships and therefore inevitably an increase in the breakdown of those relationships.