Sentences with phrase «small upward shifts»

These bobbles do not rise to the level of statistical significance, of course, but over time small upward shifts can build into something meaningful.

Not exact matches

«When springtime shifts in wind direction brought deeper, nutrient - rich water upward near the coast, a small population of P. australis became a big population, which was then washed ashore along the West Coast by late spring storms,» said co-author Barbara Hickey, a UW professor of oceanography.

These upward and downward shifts in public beliefs and attitudes are relatively small, compared to the larger declines that occurred between the fall of 2008 and January 2010.

Note that there was also a strong upward shift in response to the 1986/87/88 El Niño and a smaller step in response to the 2009/10 El Niño.