Sentences with phrase «magnitude of change»

But what we're looking at is a similar magnitude of change happening in less than a hundred years.

Remember that minimizing the number and magnitude of change makes the transition much easier.

The pace and magnitude of the changes observed in this region match the expectation that Amundsen Sea embayment glaciers should be less stable than others.

These are unprecedented observations with magnitudes of changes that are staggering.

The pace and magnitude of change requires trained, dedicated, professional managers committed to applying business discipline to advance the profession.»

But putting the evidence together indicates an overall magnitude of change at least as large as that which ushered in the Holocene, our current geological epoch, and most other epochs.

Despite uncertainty over the exact magnitudes of changes in temperature and precipitation, climate change [continue reading...]

That said, human activities may have already caused changes that are not yet detectable due to the small magnitude of the changes or observational limitations, or are not yet confidently modeled (e.g., aerosol effects on regional climate).

Taking into account the scope and magnitude of the change resulting from accomplishing its goals, Castro's government can not be considered revisionist.

The true magnitude of the change will become apparent when the Conservatives get back into power - if the current chamber survives that long.

Differences exist in projections for the stabilization and business - as - usual emission scenarios, with the former consistently showing lower magnitudes of change than the latter.

that's the thing — you don't need models (or at least not GCMs) at all to predict the overall magnitude of change.

However, human activity may have already caused some some changes that are not yet detectable due to the small magnitude of the changes or observation limitations, or are not yet confidently modeled (e.g., aerosol effects on regional climate).

These changes alone are not sufficient to cause the observed magnitude of change in temperature, nor to act on the whole Earth.

While these events dominated the headlines, one should not exaggerate the magnitude of change.

Although the results showed that the number of price increases in weeks with holidays was actually slightly less than that of normal weeks, the magnitude of the changes were negligible.

Economist Paul Romer once said to me, «we fail to appreciate the magnitude of change because opportunities do not add up, they multiply.»

«we fail to appreciate the magnitude of change because opportunities do not add up, they multiply.»

This lack of change in smoking cessation under such a dramatic tax increase accentuates the difficulty in improving quit rates at the population level.23 It does provide a reference point to evaluate the magnitude of change reported for the 2014 - 15 US Current Population Survey - Tobacco Use Supplement (CPS - TUS).

The magnitude of the change that will occur is dependent on how serious the changes are, and how lasting the impact is expected to be.

The Relative Strength Index is a technical indicator that measures the velocity and magnitude of changes in a stock's price.

Many policy advocates in Washington are innocently unaware of the magnitude of change that shifting to, say, FICO 9 would entail for the housing agencies, the credit rating firms and for major bond investors.

Given the magnitude of change here, shouldn't we be cautious and methodical about the approach?

He recognizes the magnitude of this change.

The similar timing and magnitude of changes in lead deposition across Antarctica, as well as the characteristic isotopic signature of Broken Hill lead found throughout the continent, suggest that this single emission source in southern Australia was responsible for the introduction of lead pollution into Antarctica at the end of the 19th century and remains a significant source today, the authors report.

«Time and again, the models are conservative, and they're underestimating the magnitude of change,» says Robert DeConto, an ice sheet modeler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

What was surprising, said Karoly, was the magnitude of the change in the probability of extremes, given that the Earth has not yet warmed a full degree Celsius.

«The data show that changes in individualism were present way before the Generation X and the Millennium generation, indicating that the magnitude of change in individualism was comparable in the late 19th and early 20th century as it is now,» says Grossmann.

«Despite the small sample size, statistically the results have achieved significance due to the magnitude of change in the performance of the use of the device within each subject.»

For the RCP8.5 projections, which represents stronger increases in greenhouse gas concentrations than RCP4.5, there was a striking level of consistency in the magnitude of change in AR frequency — all models showed an approximate doubling of the number of future ARs compared to the simulations for 1980 — 2005.

«We've been doing this for a very long time, and the magnitude of change is increasing.

Sometimes the magnitude of change Zebker and his colleagues observed amounted to only several centimeters, but at other times, the researchers found up to several meters of deformation.

Field said he was surprised by the magnitude of the change captured by the study.

When Hannah and his team looked at the conservation implications of the wine industry's geographic overhaul, they were «stunned,» he says, by the magnitude of changes that could come over the next few decades.

«The magnitude of the change is what surprised me most,» Høye says.

And lastly, although the models get the precipitation trends spot - on, they «significantly underestimate the magnitude of change [in rainfall],» Hegerl admits, explaining that better modeling is near the top of the agenda for the researchers.

For arterial stiffness, the association was similar to the magnitude of change previously associated with not smoking.

«It's not a magnitude of change that can be easily dismissed.»

It seems unlikely that 60 min of elevated skin temperature and perspiration would be long enough for microbial growth dynamics to effect the magnitude of changes observed, given that bacterial doubling times generally exceed 20 min even in optimal conditions.

«We all recognize that the magnitude of the changes and the rapidity of the changes presents a challenge that no one nation alone can tackle,» said Kelly Falkner, director of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation and a top official for the United States in ongoing negotiations on the issue.