Human activities can accelerate the rate at which nutrients enter ecosystems.
"We have the opportunity to accelerate the rate of innovation."
Enzymes are proteins that accelerate the rate of chemical reactions in the body.
The 1967 Detroit riot only accelerated the rate at which people, mainly white, were moving to the suburbs, with some 88,000 leaving in 1968 alone.
A limited root system will accelerate the rate at which drought stress develops.
Television, radio, and increased mobility have all played a part in accelerating the rate of change.
Testosterone also accelerates the rate of recovery from physical injury.
"But human activity is greatly accelerating the rate of climate change"
Humans have accelerated the rate at which species disappear.
Cocaine and methamphetamine also accelerate the rate of fly development.