Sentences with phrase «substantial contributions from»

There is very high confidence that maximum global mean sea level during the last interglacial period (~ 129 to 116 ka) was, for several thousand years, at least 5 m higher than present and high confidence that it did not exceed 10 m above present, implying substantial contributions from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

Initially funded by substantial contributions from Peter Flanigan and the Louis Calder Foundation, support for the Curran Catholic School Leadership Academy has grown over the past few years.

In the last two decades, they've received substantial contributions from...

It represents years of collaborative efforts from a large team of international scientists, with a substantial contribution from undergraduate student researchers in the 3 - D laser surface scanning 3 - D of the Thirioux skeletons.

«Combining the evidence from ocean warming and mass loss of glaciers we conclude that it is very likely that there is a substantial contribution from anthropogenic forcing to the global mean sea level rise since the 1970s.»

Net emission includes a substantial contribution from natural sources.

Not exact matches

On the second substantial issue facing the airline, the pension shortfall, Air Canada almost certainly needs to broker a compromise, likely involving contributions from both sides, and perhaps the federal government, to cover the gap.

In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.

A report in February last year from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association suggested default funds for defined contribution (DC) pensions - which 90 per cent of DC savers subscribe to - are vulnerable to a range of environmental, social and governance risks (ESG), including substantial climate risk.

The most substantial contribution comes from Francesca Aran Murphy - «De Lubac, Ratzinger, and von Balthasar: a communal adventure in ecclesiology».

This has led to a substantial 17 % decline in the sugar contribution from our beverages in the Australian diet ².

Since January, Cuomo has raised substantial sums outside New York, with a number of big contributions coming from California and the movie / entertainment industry.

On page 17, while mentioning that Skelos was soliciting substantial campaign contributions from that same company, the Erie County Republican Committee is referenced as an example.

The New York Daily News and other media are reporting that a substantial portion of contributions to the New York state Independence Party in recent months has been from the Republican Party and Republican State Senators.

In advance of the rally, a new Community Defense Fund was set up to support the work of community organizations, which have typically received substantial financial contributions from unions.

Among the many provisions in the bill: end outside employment for lawmakers, ban per diem limits and dramatically tighten campaign contribution limits, restrict contributions by lobbyists, create a public financing system, and provide for a substantial salary increase for legislators while extending their terms from two years to four years.

Currently, 75 percent of the county's budget comes from mandates from both the federal and state governments, the most substantial of which is the county's contributions to Medicaid costs.

«Conservatives and Liberal Democrats meet together to discuss «Coalition 2.0» Main North London Mosque gets no apology from Policy Exchange - and pays «a substantial contribution» towards its costs»

More substantial increases come from a predicted 10 percent rise in contributions to retirement, totaling $ 15,000, and an almost 15 percent rise in health care costs, or $ 40,000.

Vitter has received substantial campaign contributions from the nation's largest formaldehyde manufacturers and users.

To this day, candidates for Clark County and other area commission seats get a substantial amount of their political contributions from the building and development industry.

In 2014 he was selected to receive the Public Service Award from the National Science Foundation / National Science Board which honors individuals and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States.

This severe demographic bottleneck, together with inbreeding resulting from unequal contributions from different captive lineages, likely caused a substantial loss of the diversity once present in Przewalski's horses.

Her current focus is on the effects of anthropogenic sound on the physiology and behavior of fish, substantial contributions to the field on barotrauma (tissue damage) response assessment of fish from pile driving, navy sonar, and tidal turbine noise.

There is medium confidence that the GMST trend difference between models and observations during 1998 — 2012 is to a substantial degree caused by internal variability, with possible contributions from forcing error and some CMIP5 models overestimating the response to increasing greenhouse - gas forcing.»

No, because they are not, their percentages of calories from protein don't matter, because serving sizes are not comparable and greens don't make a substantial contribution to overall calorical intake to be a significant source of protein.

Aggregate dietary changes accounted for substantial differences in weight gain, with additional contributions from changes in physical activity and television watching, thus highlighting specific lifestyle changes that might be prioritized in obesity - prevention strategies.

Not surprisingly, these enhancements have come at a substantial cost: Combined contributions for teachers and districts increased from 16 to 29 percent of salary over this period.

When earnings from 529 contributions accrue over long time periods as they do, for example, when parents establish and fund a 529 plan when their child is young and begin to draw it down when that child enters college, the financial benefit of exemption from federal taxes can be substantial.

Provisions for substantial numbers of sick days as well as collective bargaining agreements and management practices that result in the universal imposition of noninstructional responsibilities have all conspired to ensure that schools do not maximize the contributions from the talent they do have.

About $ 125 million has been secured toward Studio Museum's $ 175 million goal (which includes reserve and endowment), including a substantial $ 53.8 million contribution from the city, with another $ 9 million commitment anticipated over the next two years.

They contain substantial contributions of taxonomic expertise from more than fifty organizations around the world, integrated into a single work by the ongoing work of the CoLP partners.

«With the completion of a successful lease sale, North Carolina will move closer to obtaining substantial contributions to the region's energy supply from offshore wind.

Contribution from working group I to the fifth assessment report by IPCC TS.5.4.1 Projected Near - term Changes in Climate Projections of near - term climate show small sensitivity to Green House Gas scenarios compared to model spread, but substantial sensitivity to uncertainties in aerosol emissions, especially on regional scales and for hydrological cycle variables.

222 Kurt M. Cuffey and Shawn J. Marshall, «Substantial contribution to sea - level rise during the last interglacial from the Greenland ice sheet,» Nature 404:591 - 594 (2000).

Tett SFB et al., JGR 2002 (Estimation of natural and anthropogenic contributions to twentieth century temperature change,) says «Our analysis suggests that the early twentieth century warming can best be explained by a combination of warming due to increases in greenhouse gases and natural forcing, some cooling due to other anthropogenic forcings, and a substantial, but not implausible, contribution from internal variability.

The chapter 9 summary also conceded the discrepancy, but attributed it «to a substantial degree» to natural variability, with «possible» contributions from forcing — mentioning aerosols as well as solar and volcanics — and, «in some models», to too strong a response to greenhouse forcing:

There is medium confidence that this difference between models and observations is to a substantial degree caused by unpredictable climate variability, with possible contributions from inadequacies in the solar, volcanic, and aerosol forcings used by the models and, in some models, from too strong a response to increasing greenhouse - gas forcing.

It presently is not possible to place exact probabilities on the added contribution of climate change to extinction, but the observations noted above indicate substantial risk that impacts from climate change could, within just a few decades, drop the populations in many species below sustainable levels, which in turn would commit the species to extinction.

Where I come from, you can only name yourself as a co-author if you've made some substantial contribution to the content.

The fact that around 26 % of South Australia's power was produced by wind farms in 2011, and greenhouse emissions from power generation in SA declined by about 20 % from 2005 to 2010, with no reduction in power reliability, proves that renewable energy can provide a substantial part of Australia's electricity needs and produce a positive contribution to the climate change crisis.

That would be an absurd response to the additional error from rounding, but even it does not result in substantial probabilities of less than 50 % anthro contribution.

Far from having a substantial impact on reducing net emissions of GHG, Wolf says, European rapeseed oil - based diesel and U.S. corn - based ethanol have in fact only made small contributions - 13 % less than conventional diesel and 18 % less than petrol, respectively.

Substantial contributions of data have come from the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, and Japan.»

Furthermore, the think tank Dr. Singer founded and currently runs, The Science and Environmental Policy Project, has received substantial industry funding, including contributions from Exxon, Shell, ARCO, Unocal, and Sun Oil, calling into question the objectivity of his testimony (Gelbspan, 1998).

We hear constantly from the contras that uncertainty necessitates caution and that there is substantial disagreement among scientists about the human contribution to climate change.

Father argues that the trial court abused its discretion by both refusing to treat substantial and continuing «gifts» — financial contributions from Mother's family — as gross income, and by refusing to consider the parties» education levels when determining earning capacity.

«If retained, Chief Justice Castille vows ethics push»: In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Craig R. McCoy has a front page article that begins, «Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Wednesday that if reelected next week, he would push to ban judges from hiring relatives or hearing cases brought by lawyers who have made substantial contributions to their campaigns.»

Parental social class had a relatively small effect on antisocial behaviour, and although substantial independent contributions came from being male, having a low reading age, and attending more than two primary schools, conduct disorder still predicted the greatest cost.

CCFH is fortunate to have received several substantial and generous contributions from individuals who support our mission to strengthen families.