Sentence examples for steadily increasing levels from inspiring English sources

Economic development in the past decades was characterized by steadily increasing levels of global resource use and rising human pressures on global ecosystems (Giljum et al. 2014; Krausmann et al. 2009; UNEP 2011a).

LPS-treated mice consistently demonstrated earlier and greater peak MPO, TNFα, IL-1α, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, MIP-1α, MCP-1, and Rantes levels that were shorter lasting in duration when compared with our CLP model, which consistently demonstrated steadily increasing levels over time.

The steadily increasing level in the consumption of petrol oil worldwide generates considerable profits for the petroleum industry and an increase in the price of petrol oil.

The pH of the soil steadily increased with increasing levels of fermented COME, reflecting the alkaline nature of the effluent.

Moreover, the environmental association between peer victimization and depression symptoms steadily increased with increasing levels of morning cortisol.

– Mean global temperatures were flat in the past 15 years, and did even slightly decrease in the past 10 years, in spite of steadily increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere which even caused a remarkable greening of some deserts in the past 30 years by fertilizing plants and making them more drought tolerant (CSIRO 2013).

This uncertainty becomes of relevance in view of the steadily increasing nitrate levels in regular drinking water supplies.

Woodcock said: "Russia under Putin has been steadily increasing its level of threat to its neighbours, and after the slaughter it sponsored in Aleppo, it deserves to be treated as a pariah nation.

That has already begun to change the fundamental chemistry of the world's oceans, steadily increasing their level of acidity.

Self-demolitions like this began a few years ago and have continued – albeit somewhat under the mainstream media's radar – ever since, with Palestinians compelled to destroy their own homes in order to avoid the steadily increasing fines levelled by the municipality.

Frankham et al. [ 25] developed a more direct method for measuring the effect of population genetic diversity on adaptive potential by steadily increasing the level of an environmental stressor (NaCl) every generation in laboratory Drosophila populations.