Dramatic lowering of sea level during the last glacial period uncovered extensive stretches of continental shelf that the Komodo dragon colonized, becoming isolated in their present island range as sea levels rose afterwards.

Along the coastlines of certain countries, such as Libya and Israel, population growth has led to over-population, which has caused the lowering of water table and the subsequent contamination of the groundwater with saltwater from the sea ( saline intrusions ).

In winter, navigation on the Sea of Okhotsk becomes difficult, or even impossible, due to the formation of large ice floes, because the large amount of freshwater from the Amur River lowers the salinity which results in lowering the freezing point of the sea.

Unlike usual tsunamiswhich originate from tectonic activity and the raising or lowering of the sea floorknown megatsunamis have originated from a large scale landslide, collision, or volcanic eruption event.

If such an impact occurred on land or the floor of a shallow sea, it could cause large amounts of dust or ash to be thrown into the Earth's atmosphere, blocking the Sun's light and dramatically lowering the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface.

A combination of lowering of sea level and glacially-driven cooling are likely driving agents for the Ordovician mass extinction.

A dark scud lowering on a rolling sea near the walls of Flushing characterizes Everdingens Mouth of the Schelde in the Hermitage at St Petersburg.

When learning of his father's evil schemes, Scott suggests ideas that are more straightforward and that would guarantee success ( e. g., rather than slowly lowering Austin Powers into a pool filled with ill-tempered, mutated sea bass while behind a closed door, Scott pleads with his father to just shoot him immediately with a gun ).

The massive sheets of ice locked away water, lowering the sea level, exposing continental shelves, joining land masses together, and creating extensive coastal plains.

A series of changes began in the relative levels of the land and the sea which reduced the sea level and moved the coastline many kilometres offshore, causing rivers to cut down into their beds, lowering them towards the sea level, thus deepening the coastal gorges.

The basin was finally isolated from the Atlantic Ocean for a longer period, between 5. 59 and 5. 33 million years ago, resulting in a large or smaller ( depending on the scientific model applied ) lowering of the Mediterranean sea level.

Another factor contributing to the continuity of Holarctic ecosystems is the movement between continents allowed by the Bering land bridge, which was exposed by the lowering of sea level due to the expansion of the ice caps.

The authors of the study estimated that construction, either by tunnel boring or lowering pre-constructed tunnel sections to a trench in the sea floor, is beyond the current technological limit due to the depth of the sea floor and scouring of the strait by icebergs.

Through processes of rising and lowering that were brought by the folding of the Alps, the area was twice flooded by a sea.

* Lower freshwater molasse ( around 30-22 millions years ago ): The sea receded because of uplift, but also because of a worldwide lowering of the mean sea level.

Increasing temperatures cause a decrease in sea ice supplying the Norwegian Sea with greater amounts of freshwater and lowering the salinities overall.

The sewerage system in the island is not connected to the sea, hence lowering the chances of polluting the sea water surrounding the island.

They found that the sea level changes due to Pliocene and Pleistocene glacial cycles changed the area of continental shelves which then disrupted the sulfur processing, lowering the concentration of sulfate in the sea water.

The risk of further episodes of diabetic hypoglycemia can often ( but not always ) be reduced by lowering the dose of insulin or other medications, or by more meticulous attention to blood sugar balance during unusual hours, higher levels of exercise, or decreasing alcohol intake.

In some extreme cases the insulin delivery will appear to have no / little effect on lowering blood glucose levels and the site must be changed.

Sudden estrogen withdrawal, fluctuating estrogen, and periods of sustained estrogen low levels correlates with significant mood lowering.

Most oppose high levels of immigration and support the lowering of the current 24 week abortion limit.

By lowering VLDL levels, niacin also increases the level of high-density lipoprotein ( HDL ) or " good " cholesterol in blood, and therefore it is sometimes prescribed for people with low HDL, who are also at high risk of a heart attack.

Scientists estimate that within the next few decades, organism design will be sophisticated enough to accomplish tasks such as creating biofuels and lowering the levels of harmful substances in the atmosphere.

* Lock ( water transport ), a device for raising and lowering boats and submarines between stretches of water of different levels

* Clofibrate is effective at lowering cholesterol levels, but has been associated with significantly increased cancer and stroke mortality, despite lowered cholesterol levels.

Rising and lowering water levels have affected Saltair, and it has burned down twice.

A recent study found that a treatment strategy of intensively lowering blood sugar levels ( below 6 %) in patients with additional cardiovascular disease risk factors poses more harm than benefit.

There is some evidence that dietary interventions ( to lower red meat intake ) can be helpful in lowering albuminuria levels.

These may be marketed to consumers for nutritional purposes, treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders, and for such possible health benefits as lowering cholesterol levels, reducing risk of colon cancer, and losing weight.

The canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers at first.

While detection of high levels of homocysteine has been linked to cardiovascular disease, lowering homocysteine levels may not improve outcomes.

Their narrower grooves, achieved by lowering the cutting levels and, if required, sound compression, enabled them to hold up to 7. 5 minutes per side — but still be played by a standard 45 rpm phonograph.

A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

Antiandrogenic drugs are often indicated to treat severe male sexual disorders, such as hypersexuality ( excessive sexual desire ) and sexual deviation such as paraphilia, a disorder involving intense recurrent sexual urges ), since lowering male hormone levels decreases libido.

If pumping results in a lowering of groundwater levels, then underground structural failure, and thus sinkholes, can occur.

As with saturated fatty acids, there is a positive linear trend between trans fatty acid intake and LDL cholesterol concentration, and therefore increased risk of coronary heart disease, by raising levels of LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of HDL cholesterol.

Music can improve one's mood by reducing stress and lowering anxiety levels, which can help counteract or prevent depression.

Anti-diabetic medications treat diabetes mellitus by lowering glucose levels in the blood.

But whether this was accompanied by a general lowering of the moral life of the membership we do not know.

The acceptance of artificial methods of birth control is then claimed to result in several negative consequences, among them a " general lowering of moral standards " resulting from sex without consequences, and the danger that men may reduce women " to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of own desires "; finally, abuse of power by public authorities, and a false sense of autonomy.

In the ensuing years, Yemen ’ s government attempted to implement recommended reforms — reducing the civil service payroll, eliminating diesel and other subsidies, lowering defense spending, introducing a general sales tax, and privatizing state-run industries.

In 1980 the Swedish attorney general finally dropped the practice of giving waivers for possession of drugs for personal use after years of lowering the thresholds.

On April 14, 1865, four years to the day after lowering the Fort Sumter Flag in surrender, Robert Anderson ( by then a major general, although ill and in retired status ) returned to the ruined fort to raise the flag he had lowered in 1861.

This loss of revenue which would in turn been used to purchase other goods from other firms, lowers demand for the products of firms in other sectors, causing a overall general reduction in output, and thus lowering the demand for labour.

Because enzyme catalysis in general is achieved by lowering the energy barrier between substrate and product, mutation of Q61 to K necessarily reduces the rate of intrinsic Ras GTP hydrolysis to physiologically meaningless levels.

The invention relates to improvements in automatic railway crossing gates and has as its general object " to provide a crossing gate and means for automatically elevating and lowering the same in accordance with the passage of trains over the crossing, so that the services of a watchman at the crossing will not be required ".

Locals of Moomy city on Socotra island use the Dracaena resin as a sort of cure-all, using it for such things as general wound healing, a coagulant ( though this is ill-advised with commercial products, as the Daemonorops species acts as an anti-coagulant and it is usually unknown what species the dragon's blood came from ), curing diarrhea, lowering fevers, dysentery diseases, taken internally for ulcers in the mouth, throat, intestines and stomach, as well as an antiviral for respiratory viruses, stomach viruses and for such skin disorders as eczema.

By buying goods and then reselling them directly to customers, Ward was consequently removing the middlemen at the general store and, to the benefit of the customer, drastically lowering the prices.

In general, they are classified as hypolipidemic agents, although they may be used for purposes other than lowering cholesterol.

It is distinct from the general lowering of the pitch during prosodic contours of a tonal or non-tonal language.

Throughout May 1831 the coal miners and others who worked for William Crawshay took to the streets of Merthyr Tydfil, calling for reform, protesting against the lowering of their wages and general unemployment.

In a 2006 working paper titled " Goodbye Pareto Principle, Hello Long Tail ", Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu ( Jeffrey ) Hu, and Duncan Simester found that, by greatly lowering search costs, information technology in general and Internet markets in particular could substantially increase the collective share of hard-to-find products, thereby creating a longer tail in the distribution of sales.

In general, steps in all directions should be taken first with the ball of the foot in contact with the floor, and then with the heel lowering when the weight is fully transferred ; however, some steps require that the heel remain lifted from the floor.

By buying goods and then reselling them directly to customers, Aaron Montgomery Ward was consequently removing the middlemen at the general store and to the benefit of the customer, lowering drastically the prices.

Recent research has shown that Lithium has been effective with lowering the risk of suicide in those with bipolar disorder to the same levels as the general population.

This cooling and shrinking decreases the thickness and increases the density of the oceanic lithosphere, and the result is the general lowering in elevation of the seafloor away from mid-ocean ridges.

This is achieved by simply lowering the prices of consumer commodities ( thus pushing up the propensity for general consumption ), which in turn is made possible by the considerable reduction in the price of production inputs.