Sentences with phrase «relatively gradual process»

However, that will be a relatively gradual process, and I think it's safe to say that our actions over the next few years would be unlikely to have any impact on that BAU path of pain for some time... couldn't say how long that is.

This revolution may or may not make use of violence: it may be sudden or it may be a relatively gradual process spanning a few decades.

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Other species undergo a more gradual process, in which the newly hatched young are more similar to the adult but are small in size, lack wings, are sexually immature, and may differ in other, relatively minor ways as well.

Geologic records indicate that when the increase in atmospheric CO2 is gradual, oceanic pH and carbonate levels remain relatively stable due to processes that occur in equilibrium, such as dissolution of CaCO3 shells, weathering of terrestrial rock, and tectonic processes.