The phrase "acted to decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing actions taken with the intention of reducing something, such as costs, risks, or negative impacts.
Example: "The organization acted to decrease its carbon footprint by implementing more sustainable practices."
Alternatives: "took steps to reduce" or "worked to lower".
Fuel substitution has acted to decrease emissions but while renewable energy has reduced emissions with the increasing importance of biomass, wind and solar, the decline in share of nuclear has acted to increase emissions.
Determining the kinematics of Laetoli hominins will allow us to understand whether selection acted to decrease energy costs of bipedalism by 3.6 Ma.
Furthermore, these authors demonstrated that carotenoid-dependent pigmentation in non-isogenic clinical isolates positively correlated with increased survival from LC-uFFAs and showed that the carotenoid staphyloxanthin acted to decrease membrane fluidity and reduce its damaging effects.
This layer acted to decrease demineralization and promote remineralization [ 19].
Benthic alleles at this locus acted to decrease approaches to the school (Table 3), with a mixture of additive and dominant effects (estimated effects: additive: 1.42, dominance: −0.23).
Sunitinib acted to decrease the zero-order production rate (Kin) of sVEGFR-2, sVEGFR-3, and sKIT (Eq. 1) and to inhibit the degradation (Kout) of VEGF (Eq. 2).
Coenzyme Q10, also known as ubiquinone, is an antioxidant which may act to decrease blood pressure by acting directly on vascular endothelium.
In the pituitary gland, the target gland hormone acts to decrease the secretion of the appropriate pituitary hormone, which results in less stimulation of the target gland and a decrease in the production of hormone by the target gland.
Increasing elevation acts to decrease average temperatures, and such locations as the Cameron Highlands in peninsular Malaysia and Baguio in the Philippines have become popular tourist destinations in part because of their relatively cooler climates.
It acts to decrease the electric field along the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Titan.
