Sentences with phrase «less than the current level»

The Governor recommended a reduction of $ 168 million, representing 2.8 percent less than the current level of funding.

For example, if the CO2 - ice threshold for present - day Earth is 500 ppm, the equivalent threshold during the Late Ordovician (450 million years ago)-- when the solar constant was about 4 % less than current levels — would be 3000 ppm.

In other words, 13 W / m2 less than current levels.

Not exact matches

The bill would scrap the personal exemption but increase the standard deduction to slightly less than double its current level.

The economic gains and market returns that emerged during the Reagan Administration began from a starting point of 10.8 % unemployment, a current account surplus, and market valuations that - on the most historically reliable measures - were less than one - quarter of present levels.

In a report the bank assigned a 25 % probability to a near - term (less than six months) currency devaluation change, increasing to 40 % if oil stays at current levels throughout 2016, rising to 60 % if oil stays sub - $ 50 per barrel for the next two years.

At current levels, Japanese equities are both absolutely and relatively cheap; the equity risk premium is about 7.8 % and the forward price / earnings ratio is less than 13.

The current rate of burning fossil fuels adds about 2 ppm per year to the atmosphere, so that getting from the current level to 1000 ppm would take about 300 years — and 1000 ppm is still less than what most plants would prefer, and much less than either the nasa or the Navy limit for human beings.

Today, it was Arsene Wenger's turn, leveling equal criticism at the ex-Arsenal players who are less than impressed with the team's current form:

Mothers will be excluded from the study if they are less than 19 years of age; have a history of institutionalization fro psychiatric reasons; didn't complete secondary level schooling; has a current psychiatric diagnosis, and / or is on psychotropic medication; has no partner (married or de facto) and have significant hearing and or visual problems and or are not fluent in English.

Education advocates, including Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education, says the $ 807 million dollar school aid increase Cuomo is seeking is less than half of what's needed just to maintain the current level of teachers and programs.

Only 9 % think the current level of public spending should be maintained, with more than two thirds believing that less should be spent on administration in public services.

During speeches in each city, Cuomo argued that the current minimum wage, which will rise to $ 9 an hour at year's end, provides less income than the federal poverty level.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would get $ 5.2 billion — «a $ 274 million cut below current levels, and far less than the president's request for $ 5.98 billion.»

That amount is $ 193 million below the current level, $ 140 million below Trump's request, and $ 287 million less than the House mark.

The odds of reaching recommended levels of leisure - time physical activity increased from 60 to 900 percent, depending on whether adult residents were former or current members of the program, and if the duration of their participation lasted for less than six months or for six or more months.

«Less than two decades ago, the ratio of human to natural emissions was 0.59 to 1, or less than half the current level,» Schlesinger sLess than two decades ago, the ratio of human to natural emissions was 0.59 to 1, or less than half the current level,» Schlesinger sless than half the current level,» Schlesinger said.

The data indicates that since the 1980s more than 2 million turtles have been caught, although current levels are less than 60 % of those in the 1980s.

But approximately 90 percent of the participants in the PURE study had either a high (greater than 5.99 grams per day) or moderate (3 to 5.99 grams per day) level of sodium excretion; approximately 10 percent excreted less than 3 grams per day, and only 4 percent had sodium excretion in the range associated with current U.S. guidelines for sodium intake (2.3 or 1.5 grams per day).

The aircraft and road traffic noise exposure levels estimated for their postcodes at that time — less than 50 decibels to more than 60 dB — were used for the current study in 2013.

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation praised the bill's recommended FY2016 funding level for commercial crew (which is the same as the President's request under the aspirational scenario; less than the request, but more than current funding in the constrained scenario) and for Advanced Exploration Systems (AES).

Budget limited to no more than amount of current parent award; Can be from less than $ 5,000 to more than $ 100,000 depending on career level of candidate; End with competitive cycle of parent grant

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

Each daily calorie target considers current weight, such as more than or less than 250 pounds, and activity level, such as office work or more physical labor, before recommending how many calories to consume and how much weight to lose weekly.

Among individuals without any prior cardiovascular disease or diabetes, 72.1 percenthad admission LDL levels less than 130 mg / dL, which is the current LDL cholesterol target for this population.

When the public is provided with specific information on the current level of expenditure in the local school district, it is less willing to spend more money on schools than when this information is not given.

For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should receive less weight than factors such as teacher observation, day - to - day classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude.

The spokesperson claimed that Tory plans to freeze spending for five to 16 - year - olds at its current level, leading to a cut in real terms and the threat of further slices from unprotected education budgets, would mean overall spending of # 5bn less than the Lib Dems by 2020.

Statewide Voucher Program — Income Eligibility Limit: Increase the annual family income eligibility level, beginning in the 2018 - 19 school year, so that a pupil could participate in the statewide voucher program with a family income of less than 220 percent of the federal poverty level rather than less than 185 percent of FPL as under current law.

Lumina's goal is to ensure that, by 2025, 60 percent of Americans hold high quality degrees, certificates and other credentials - up from the current level of less than 40 percent.

This, he says, will take more than 10 years and require innovation to reduce the cost of Li - ion materials to less than half current levels, a 10-fold increase in the speed of production and battery recycling to extract and reuse rare metals.

Based around a carbon - fiber monocoque, it is also claimed to weigh less than 1,100 pounds — or less than half the weight of Audi's current entry - level model, the A1 sold in European markets.

That heralds an entry - level price that could be less than the current $ 14,800.

It's expected the engine would be turbocharged to meet performance targets and would use 8 — 12 % less fuel than the current six - cylinder engines found in Porsche's two entry level models.

Charging time is approximately seven hours on house current and slightly less than three hours on a level 2 charger.

Replacing the current BMW X3 xDrive20d as the entry - level model, the xDrive20i petrol comes with the same amount of power but less torque than the diesel.

For instance, we don't expect that Amazon will put out an e-ink e-reader for less than $ 79 (the current entry - level Kindle sells for $ 79).

If the overall wealth they expect to have by the time they die is less than $ 5M (+ something, the current level of the estate tax exemption), this translates to having pay no tax whatsoever.

The impact of such a structural change in the mean is twofold: First, it implies that the current cyclical extreme in the level of corporate profits as a proportion of GDP is less extreme than it appears on its face; and, second, that the ratio of corporate profits - to - GDP is less predictive as an indicator than it has been historically.

In addition, concentrating more on character development and less on ludicrous leveling of weapons and accessories would create a need for equipment rather than the game's current minimalist implementation.

At the current rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 levels (around 2ppm / yr), we'll pass 426ppm within less than another 2 decades.

The good news is that even with a reduction to less than 50 % of the current amount of sea ice the ice will not reach a point of no return: a level where the ice no longer can regenerate itself even if the climate was to return to cooler temperatures.

However, I would like to believe that if conversations such as this can find some purchase in our current less - than - optimal state of wisdom, we will use our significant cleverness (combined intelligence and creativity) to find humane ways to ease the population down to some sustainable level while evolution does its thing.

Even for a million years, the change is still less than 1 / 100th of 1 % (relative to current levels).

The current rate of sea level rise is 2.4 mm / year, which is less than one foot per century.

Why should warming during the current Holocene Interglacial be significantly different / less than during the previous Eemian Interglacial (MIS5e), when sea levels were, per the IPCC's own comments, above modern levels or for that matter above the purported mid-Holocene highstand?

The current rate of burning fossil fuels adds about 2 ppm per year to the atmosphere, so that getting from the current level to 1000 ppm would take about 300 years — and 1000 ppm is still less than what most plants would prefer, and much less than either the nasa or the Navy limit for human beings.»

This is still 3 to 6 times the current rate of sea level rise, but less than the staff's proposal of using RPC8.5.

Thus any theoretical contribution from human warming to current sea level is most likely less than 3 inches, and less than 3 % of Sandy's high - water levels.

Their enormous volumes of water can not become acidic — that is, plummet from an 8.2 pH level 150 years ago and their current 8.1 pH into the acidic realm of 7.0 or lower, due to the tiny amount of atmospheric CO2 attributable to fossil fuel use, in less than five centuries.