Sentence examples for decrease in extent from inspiring English sources

Over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass, glaciers have continued to shrink almost worldwide, and Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent (high confidence).

Over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass, glaciers have continued to shrink almost worldwide, and Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent (high confidence) The rate of sea level rise since the mid-19th century has been larger than the mean rate during the previous two millennia (high confidence).

AR-5 asserts that: "Over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass, glaciers have continued to shrink almost worldwide, and Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent (high confidence).

And despite claiming "high confidence", the statement that Northern Hemisphere snow cover has "continued to decrease in extent", the IPCC is wrong.. Snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere hasn't declined since 1967, and five of the six snowiest winters have occurred since 2003.

Further, a significant decrease in extent of lipid peroxidation (in terms of MDA level) was also observed in the presence of CFS and co-trimoxazole both.

Marked sensitization was again observed, with only a slight decrease in extent of sensitization (~2 fold) compared to a 24 h concurrent treatment.

Spatially, desertification has increased in extent north of the Great Wall and decreased in extent in the Wuding river valley and north-western Shenmu County.

First, introduction of A74 in place of C74 caused a significant increase in the extent and rate of addition of U 2, with a corresponding decrease in the extent of addition of G 2 (Table 4).

Largest decrease in saltmarsh extent occurred between 1942 and 1952 (-136%) and between 2008 and 2013 -811%).

A decrease in the extent of granulation was induced by increasing the hydrophobicity of the ballotini, which was ascribed to a decrease in capillary pressure of the system.

The advent of sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy in the staging of breast cancer has resulted in a significant decrease in the extent of axillary nodal surgery.