Sentences with phrase «over the past couple decades in»

Scientists have observed the CO2 fertilization effect in natural ecosystems, including in a series of trials conducted over the past couple decades in outdoor forest plots.

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In the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this perioIn the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this perioin the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this period.

Over the past couple decades, Turkle has become a leading voice in the ways technology has been tearing at our social fabric.

Of course, the move would also cost them billions in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231 in set - top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decades.

Over the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (GraphOver the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (Graphover the past couple of years (Graph 3).

Currently, business investment is equivalent to around 16 per cent of GDP — not far below its peak level in the past four decades — and is expected to rise a little further over the next couple of years (Graph 2).

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

Though quite a lot has changed in the consumers tech landscape over the past couple of decades, Dolby's (DLB) brand still remains synonymous for many consumers with high - quality audio experiences.

Still more broadly, the Internet as it has evolved over the past couple of decades is essentially a data gathering machine, in which we all trade information about ourselves — our likes and dislikes, what we look at on the Web, our countless online utterances — in exchange for free services we need, or merely enjoy.

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

While it's impossible to predict exactly what the stock market will do, investing pros over the past several months have been reducing their expectations for what they think the stock market will return, not only in the next year, but potentially over the next couple of decades.

And over the past couple decades, I think we are finding out the real story... have faith in yourself and live a life of simple Karma... it works...

As you might have seen written in this space and elsewhere at SB Nation over the past few weeks, MLB's owners are engaging in what we've dubbed a «legalized» form of collusion: The cartoonish villainy of the collusion of the»80s has been replaced by a far more subtle force that has given nearly all power to the owners over the past couple of decades.

Regardless of the quality of their playing squad over the past couple of decades, one thing Scotland has never lacked in is decent managers, with names such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Sir Matt Busy at the forefront of footballing folklore.

Men have, of course, become much more involved parents over the past couple of decades, and that, too, suggests broad support for big changes in the way we balance work and family.

I think it's become quite clear over the past couple of decades that these skills matter a whole lot and that they are malleable in kids, but we still don't have a great way to measure them.

Its use has steeply declined in the U.S. over the past couple of decades, particularly on food crops.

Traditionally confined to latitudes north of European cities like Frankfurt and Brussels, over the past couple of decades they have been observed in the Northern Hemisphere at latitudes as far south as Budapest, Hungary, (47 degrees) and Logan, Utah, (41 degrees).

Over the past couple of decades, authorities fear, lingcod stocks in some areas along the Pacific coast have been dangerously depleted by overfishing.

Over the past couple of decades, astronomers have been able to detect hundreds of disks of dust and gas surrounding very young stars, which signify new planets in the making.

Over the past couple of decades, intense effort in both theory and observation allowed astronomers to develop a coherent, consistent picture of how single stars were born that included gas disks and jets.

«Some fungal outbreaks over the past couple of decades, such as Dothistroma needle blight, could likely have been anticipated by tracking how temperature and precipitation were changing together,» said Mahony, who has worked as a forester in British Columbia for 10 years and has witnessed the impacts of climate change on the ground.

What has become very clear over the past couple of decades is that, in fact, there is considerably more generation of new neurons even in the adult brains than had it once believed.

There have certainly been some large El Nino events over the past couple decades, and this leverages any linear trend estimates of the long - term behavior (such as those shown in the recent Vecchi et al paper, which we'll be talking about more in a follow - up post to this).

A number of approaches have been developed over the past couple of decades and these are well documented in the literature.

Over the past couple of decades, scientists have taken an interest in examining the effects of spirituality on health.

Diets that are low in carbs have gotten very popular over the past couple of decades.

The favorite macronutrient of bodybuilders, athletes and steak aficionados, protein has seen a massive spike in popularity over the past couple of decades.

The work was kept alive over the years by a small group of Pilates» devoted students until its popularity blossomed in the past couple of decades.

According to a 2011 National Household Survey, 4.6 % or slightly over 360,000 couples in Canada were in mixed - race (interracial) unions, this represented a 2 % increase over the past two decades.

Over the past couple of decades, filmmakers and TV producers have used the pop artist in a bunch of different ways: to tell true stories about the New York art world, to quickly signal «the 1960s,»...

fills viewers in on what the cast and crew have been up to over the past couple of decades, «We Told You So!»

Daniel Day - Lewis has played a couple of the most memorable on - screen villains over the past decade with Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood and Bill «The Butcher» Cutting in Gangs of New York.

The United States has wasted well over $ 60 billion «cramming» technology in schools in this way to little effect over the past couple decades — and predictably so, according to our research.

Over the past couple of decades, many schools in the United States have cut down recess time for their students.

Hardcore work rigs like the 2015 Ford F - Series Super Duty have graduated from jobsite necessities to big - ticket investments over the past couple of decades, due in large...

Within a continent where automobile sales over the past couple of decades have declined in favour of pickups, crossovers, SUVs and minivans — to the point where «light...

Index funds are responsible for saving investors like you and me untold billions of dollars in fees over the past couple decades.

Mutual funds that invest in Canadian and U.S. stocks have returned 9 % a year or less over the past couple of decades.

Dog training has come along in leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades.

Over the past couple of decades medical and surgical advances in veterinary medicine have demanded better care and expertise.

However, given the epidemic rise in demyelinating diseases in humans over the past couple decades (MS, ALS, Parkinson's and others) I wonder if some enviromental, diet or pathogenic process is responsible.

They have made pets more pervasive and prominent in U.S. households over the past couple of decades, vaulting consumer spending in the category up to nearly $ 60 billion per year, according to the American Pet Products Association.

She has over the past couple of decades become nothing less than a cultural force majeure — a «monstre,» in the sense of sacré, as she was described in Connaissance des arts last fall when her current traveling retrospective opened in Paris at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

A number of approaches have been developed over the past couple of decades and these are well documented in the literature.

There have certainly been some large El Nino events over the past couple decades, and this leverages any linear trend estimates of the long - term behavior (such as those shown in the recent Vecchi et al paper, which we'll be talking about more in a follow - up post to this).

The trend over the past couple of decades points toward a continuing decline in extent in the near future.

The world has gotten a taste of prosperity over the past couple of decades due to freer trade and globalization, and a reduction in living standards is certain to cause widespread unrest.

There's been global warming over the past couple of decades, as observed in ocean warming, surface warming, warming of the troposphere, and Earth's energy balance (i.e. comparing the amount of energy the Earth takes up vs. the amount of energy the Earth releases):

And as Figure 2 demonstrates, there has been absolutely no pause over the past couple of decades in the warming found in the upper 700 meters of the ocean.