degradación
cheapening ; deterioration ; debasement ; degradation ; downgrading ; demise.
The cheapening process takes place when we just use the work at hand and don't do any additional work.
And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.
Duplication of publications, debasement of quality, misleading titles, and an unplanned, uncoordinated and piecemeal growth of secondary publications are part and parcel of this information indiscipline.
This article describes how the property of chemiluminescence - the faint emission of light from organic materials undergoing oxidisation - may be used to measure the rate of degradation of paper.
Children's librarians have perpetuated beliefs and behaviour patterns that may lead to the elimination, downgrading or ostracism of children's services.
Murra described a number of these enterprises, their virtues and weaknesses and the possible explanations for their demise.
degradación del clima
climate deterioration
A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
degradación del suelo
land degradation
In fact, it is believed that land degradation contributed to, if not caused, the decline of some of the world's great civilizations, including those in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, North Africa, and China.
degradación medioambiental
environmental degradation
Saltwater fishing using seines can contribute to overfishing and subsequent environmental degradation.
