Sentences with phrase «relatively stable level»

''... Through a series of processes involving, among others, ice ages, ocean algae, and weathering rock, the earth has managed to keep the amount of heat - trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and hence the temperature, at a relatively stable level.

The only way to keep premiums at relatively stable levels is to reduce claims numbers and costs.

Not exact matches

Here's my math on the consumer assuming 150k monthly employment growth and relatively stable oil prices from current levels.

Litecoin has been trading relatively stable around the $ 60 level.

Resiliency is defined as «the ability to maintain a relatively stable, healthy level of psychological functioning in the face of highly adverse events» (Vazquez, Perez - Sales, & Hervas, 2008, p. 69).

The relatively stable activity level thereby achieved is an essential prerequisite for maintaining a healthy, adaptable brain.

More than 12,000 years ago, Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers were grounded on top of a large wedge of sediment, and were buttressed by a floating ice shelf, making them relatively stable even though they rested below sea level.

Researchers have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of British Columbia have remained relatively stable over the past 50 years.

«We found that children's cortisol levels remained relatively stable across the three years.

The East Antarctic ice sheet has long been considered relatively stable because most of the ice sheet was thought to rest on bedrock above sea level, making it less susceptible to changes in climate.

Moreover, finding a self - contained lake of carbon dioxide at a relatively shallow 4,600 feet below sea level «is highly suggestive that if you went down a further 4,900 feet you could actually inject liquid CO2 and it would be quite stable,» says Ken Nealson, a geobiologist at the University of Southern California.

«Our simulations show that species - rich ecosystems produce biomass at a relatively stable, predictable level.

Over the nine years that he has been following the Cabots, Flinn has found them to be relatively stable, loving, and relaxed — «just a real happy family» — with a mean cortisol level of -0.29.

The higher CO2 levels of the Pliocene have long been associated with a warmer world, but evidence from tropical regions suggested relatively stable temperatures.

Calvert Island, in particular, is among the few places worldwide with a sea level that has remained relatively stable since the last ice age, a boon for scientists looking to study how people have lived for the past 15,000 years.

During periods when ice sheets have been relatively stable, such as the last several millennia (the late Holocene), sub-millennial sea - level variability arose primarily from changes in atmosphere / ocean dynamics.

In contrast, previous studies have shown that Oct4 mRNA levels can remain relatively stable during DMSO - induced differentiation of P19 cells, although this has been ascribed to undifferentiated, highly proliferative cells present in the cultures following differentiation [22], [34].

And even though the makeup up of our gut bacteria can change hour to hour and day to day based on what we eat, how much sleep we get, our stress levels, and numerous other lifestyle factors, the unique fingerprint of our microbial mix stays relatively stable over time.

High doses of sugars throughout the day sends blood sugar levels on a rollercoaster that should optimally remain relatively stable.

While there are many influences on the production of IGF - 1, levels correlate with overall growth hormone production, are relatively stable in the serum, and are currently the best estimate of growth hormone production and effect.

In the study you quoted it's true the NE levels skyrocketed but the adrenaline levels remained relatively stable (marginal decrease).

So we should all be eating lots of greens; folks on coumadin just need to keep their greens consumption relatively stable and make sure their physician matches that level of consumption with the appropriate dose.

Washington — While the overall level of integration experienced by black students in public schools has remained relatively stable for several years, there are signs that resegregation has been occurring in some Southern states, a new report concludes.

Results remain relatively stable at a national level, with the proportion of A * grades awarded rising 0.6 percentage points to 8.2 per cent of all awards.

This influx of ARRA funds for education expanded the federal share of funding and largely made up for the drop in state education funds to maintain a relatively stable total funding level through the recession (Figure 5).

«The reality is that overall home building has been relatively healthy in the two big cities, and broadly in line with demographic demand — for example, vacancy rates have held relatively stable at fairly tight levels.

2) Relatively stable debt levels until the middle of the Reagan Administration, and then a rapid increase over the next 23 years.

Handling high debt levels can be tricky, but there are ways for dealing with this debt that will allow you to pay down your debts and become more financially stable in a relatively short period of time.

Sea levels in New Zealand have remained relatively stable throughout the past 7000 years, but salt - marsh cores from southern New Zealand show evidence of a recent rapid rise.

For the entire period of human civilization, roughly 8,000 years, the carbon dioxide level was relatively stable near that upper bound.

A new study confirms that carbon pollution has ended the era of the stable climate conditions that enabled the development of modern civilization High levels of carbon pollution have caused global temperatures to rise above the slow - changing, relatively stable conditions that existed «when humans were figuring out where the climate — and rivers and sea levels — were most suited for living and farming.»

The supposed stable configuration of geography, with relatively predictable climate patterns, coastlines and icepacks in familiar locations, and clear demarcations of territorial control on land are increasingly dubious assumptions as weather patterns change, sea levels rise and ice packs disintegrate while technological innovations, communications and global markets cause rapid fluctuations in the price in food and other essentials across boundaries.

On average, sea level has been relatively stable and slow to rise over the past 6,000 years.

CO2 levels remained relatively stable for 10,000 years before the beginning of the industrial revolution at approximately 280 ppm (the lower line in the bathtub).

Since to me (and many scientists, although some wanted a lot more corroborative evidence, which they've also gotten) it makes absolutely no sense to presume that the earth would just go about its merry way and keep the climate nice and relatively stable for us (though this rare actual climate scientist pseudo skeptic seems to think it would, based upon some non scientific belief — see second half of this piece), when the earth changes climate easily as it is, climate is ultimately an expression of energy, it is stabilized (right now) by the oceans and ice sheets, and increasing the number of long term thermal radiation / heat energy absorbing and re radiating molecules to levels not seen on earth in several million years would add an enormous influx of energy to the lower atmosphere earth system, which would mildly warm the air and increasingly transfer energy to the earth over time, which in turn would start to alter those stabilizing systems (and which, with increasing ocean energy retention and accelerating polar ice sheet melting at both ends of the globe, is exactly what we've been seeing) and start to reinforce the same process until a new stases would be reached well after the atmospheric levels of ghg has stabilized.

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.

In examining the record of sea level rise for the past two millennia — this was the first continuous sea level reconstruction of the time period, it should be noted — the scientists found that sea level was relatively stable from 200 BCE to 1000 CE.

No, Isotopious, it's not some kind of dice throwing exercise, it's a sudden sharp rise in temperatures after thousands of years of relatively stable ones, at precisely time CO2 levels in association with population and industrial growth also sharply rise.

When both went up, there were relatively stable warm periods with high sea levels.

Currently methane levels appear stable, but the reasons for this relatively recent phenomena are not yet clear.

Provide stable returns by investing in assets of relatively low to moderate level of risk.

To provide stable returns by investing in assets of relatively low to moderate level of risk.

The phones, which are scheduled for release in October 2013, were specifically designed to deliver a strong entry - level smartphone experience at a relatively low cost compared to Alcatel's current stable of handsets.

For the low group, the trends can be described as a linear growing trajectory, whereas for the moderate and high groups, the trends were stable over time and remained at a relatively high level.

Seniors housing occupancy remained relatively stable at 89.6 % in the fourth quarter, while assisted living occupancy fell to its lowest level since early 2010, and independent living occupancy remained close to its seven - year high.

«The positive evolution of the vacancy rate, together with relatively stable and controlled administration costs, could contribute to an increase in the level of return on assets in the medium term.»