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... increased steadily since 1900 , and the rate of increase is accelerating . Now the output of carbon dioxide is believed by some to have reached a point such that it may exceed both the capacity of plant life to remove it from the ...
... increased steadily since 1900 , and the rate of increase is accelerating . Now the output of carbon dioxide is believed by some to have reached a point such that it may exceed both the capacity of plant life to remove it from the ...
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... increase . These priorities are measured by economic statisticians in the form of income elasticities of expenditure , defined as the percentage increase in the consumption of an item divided by the percentage increase in income that ...
... increase . These priorities are measured by economic statisticians in the form of income elasticities of expenditure , defined as the percentage increase in the consumption of an item divided by the percentage increase in income that ...
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... increase acidity in the tubules ; tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) , mescaline , psilocybin , and osmotic agents ( e.g. , mannitol ) act after excretion of various tryptamine derivatives . LSD , which has been stud- urine to increase the ...
... increase acidity in the tubules ; tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) , mescaline , psilocybin , and osmotic agents ( e.g. , mannitol ) act after excretion of various tryptamine derivatives . LSD , which has been stud- urine to increase the ...
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