Sentences with phrase «human activities further»

«This is an example of how the human activity far from the poles can affect the life at thousands of kilometers far from our homes,» Barbosa told LiveScience.

The massive, ongoing additions of carbon to the atmosphere from human activity far exceed the carbon storage capacity of global grasslands.

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«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Indeed, one could argue, following the historian Christopher Shannon, that the agenda of modern cultural criticism, relentlessly intent as it has been upon «the destabilization of received social meanings,» has served only to further the social trends it deplores, including the reduction of an ever - widening range of human activities and relations to the status of commodities and instruments, rather than ends in themselves.

Huntington, for example, contends that «far more significant than the global issues of economics and demography are problems of moral decline», an «increase in antisocial behavior», decay of family structures, weakening of the «work ethic», and decreasing commitment to intellectual activity.12 Similarly Brzezinski refers to a current global crisis of spirit which has to be overcome if the human race is to regain some control over its destiny.

Far from being an act of rebellion or an open attempt outwardly to overthrow abused power, it was a quiet, constrained, symbolic act that ironically caught the person of highest power in the midst of a most ordinary human activity.

Suffice it to say that it reached its culmination, so far as scriptural witness is concerned, in the affirmation that in Christ the Word (the self - expressive creative Activity which is divine in nature) «became flesh and dwelt among us,» while in formal theological statement the climax was the declaration that in him there is a genuine union of divine Activity («true God») and human activity like our own («true human being&Activity which is divine in nature) «became flesh and dwelt among us,» while in formal theological statement the climax was the declaration that in him there is a genuine union of divine Activity («true God») and human activity like our own («true human being&Activity («true God») and human activity like our own («true human being&activity like our own («true human being»).

Simply phrased, God now has available for further divine activity in the human order the reality of what occurred in Jesus Christ.

We can go further and say that under human limitations we can mediate the grace of God through the spirit and activities of resistance to evil, of mercy and reconciliation in the human community.

It is true, of course, that the social sciences go as far as they can toward formulating «laws» governing human activity.

[The earlier passage is here inserted:] «The essential principle is this: That human psycho - physical activity must exceed a certain intensity for any waking consciousness at all to occur, and that during the waking state any particular specification of the said activity (whether spontaneous or due to stimulation), which is capable of occasioning a particular specification of consciousness, must exceed in its turn a certain further degree of intensity for the consciousness actually to arise...

But from that assumption we want to suggest something further which might surprise you: thinking theologically is also a normal human activity.

I should, however, also remark that the more subtle developments of Whitehead's thought seem to have been the inspiration for one of the most thorough and impressive discussions of the evolution of human mentality and language in its relation to cognate activities in earlier evolutionary forms, namely Suzanne Langer's impressive work, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised human mentality and language in its relation to cognate activities in earlier evolutionary forms, namely Suzanne Langer's impressive work, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised Human Feeling, of which two volumes have so far appeared and a third is promised soon.

What I then propose to do is, briefly stated, to test saintliness by common sense, to use human standards to help us decide how far the religious life commends itself as an ideal kind of human activity.

Though there are «social» or human sciences that attempt to go as far as they can in achieving a scientific understanding of human activity, there is always a residue of the human that eludes scientific prediction, namely, our freedom.

Watching the latest, entirely hapless, efforts of Theresa May to seem like a normal human person by attempting to participate in that most regrettable of group activities, a Mexican wave, your columnist was struck by how apt a metaphor it was for the ineptitude shown by Liverpool FC in their transfer strategy so far this summer.

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The MWA is located in Western Australia's remote Murchison region, one of the most radio - quiet areas on the planet and far from human activity and radio interference caused by technology.

«Our research so far has shown pretty clearly that although most farmers believe that climate change is occurring, a minority attribute it to human activity,» said Arbuckle, an associate sociology professor at Iowa State University.

However, the study points out that continued warming from human activities would overwhelm those weather patterns over time to further increase melting.

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Relative isolation from damaging human activities adds further conservation benefits.

Beyond human activity, tropical sea surface temperatures further back in time are affected by volcanic eruptions, changes in the intensity of sunlight and natural events like El Niño.

With extinction rates at their highest levels ever and numerous species under threat due to human activity, the findings are a further warning about the consequences of eroding biodiversity.

Since 2013, exploration and survey of around 70 cave systems — part of an interdisciplinary study of past human activity on Mona Island — has revealed that Mona's caves include the greatest diversity of preserved indigenous iconography in the Caribbean, with thousands of motifs recorded in darkzone chambers far from cave entrances.

The jolt was buried rather far back in the newspaper, given its importance: That once celebrated human activity known as Thought, also known as Thinking, is apparently not that useful after all.

Further experimentation in vitro with human osteoclasts and in vivo in mice identified a portion of the Del - 1 protein that was particularly important for containing osteoclast activity, though additional parts of the molecule were needed to have the most potent inhibition of inflammation and bone loss.

Interestingly, some scientists argue that without the cooling effect of major volcanic eruptions such as El Chichn and Mount Pinatubo, global warming effects caused by human activities would have been far more substantial.

Today, even if the population were to decline substantially or land use to become far more efficient, the extent, duration and intensity of human activity has altered the terrestrial biosphere sufficiently to leave an unambiguous geological record differing substantially from that of any prior epoch.

What's more, many other human activities, from building cities to planting crops, alter albedo, and these activities have a much greater impact because they affect a far greater proportion of Earth's surface.

The researchers further found that miR - 486 is itself regulated by the tumor - suppressor gene p53, the most frequently altered gene in human cancers, and that activity of miR - 486 is partially dependent upon functional p53.

Continuous data streaming back to Canada's University of Victoria will enable rapid responses in the choices we make about Arctic shipping and other human activities in the far north.

The two papers released yesterday follow research published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found that human activity could make another Hurricane Harvey far more likely.

«There are far more human settlements and activities near the slopes of glaciated active volcanoes today than there were 10,000 years ago, so the effects could be catastrophic,» he says.

New research shows how human activity deep underground combines with natural earthquakes far away to set off potent local temblors

The Exxon Valdez oil spill recently marked its 20th anniversary, a reminder of the devastating impact that human activity can have on even the farthest reaches of the planet.

Exploration and surveys of around 70 cave systems — part of an interdisciplinary study of past human activity on Puerto Rico's Mona Island — revealed that Mona's caves include the greatest diversity of preserved indigenous iconography in the Caribbean, with thousands of motifs recorded in dark zone chambers far from cave entrances.

Brain activity in fearful humans occurs in the cognitively advanced prefrontal cortex when the threat is far away but switches to the midbrain as the threat draws near.

The often - overlooked impacts of noise, driven by expansion of human activities and transportation networks, are encroaching into the furthest reaches of remote areas, according to the study.

Land based and sea - going human activities are affecting the ocean in both near field and far field.

One of the great challenges for researchers studying the human brain is working out which areas of the brain are involved in specific activities, and this in itself poses a further challenge: how to measure activity in the brain whilst humans are behaving normally in a way that can be repeated and compared.

So far, two - thirds of HARs tested for enhancer activity turned on a gene during development.4 For 26 HAR enhancers, we repeated the experiment with the human sequences.

After years of discussions, proposals and various agreements, two locations were selected, far away from any human activity and any interference emitted by TVs, radios, mobile phones and the like.

With similar results from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other researchers elsewhere this is further proof that the observed temperature rise we have seen can be attributed to human activity.»

For instance, studies reveal that isothiocyanate metabolites can be detected in the blood and urine after cooked glucosinolate - containing foods are eaten, although to a lesser extent than their raw glucosinolate - containing counterparts.69 In far messier studies, scientists have taken cooked watercress and simply mixed it with human feces, which converted the glucosinolates to isothiocyanates through their intrinsic myrosinase activity.

In the classroom: The Dust Bowl is far from the only ecological disaster that's been compounded by human activity.

What has happened to atmospheric concentrations of CO 2 and other infrared - absorbing gases so far and what have these gases to do with human activity?

As for the main threats to wildlife, leading biologists and environmental watchdogs agree: human - led activities — including climate change, habitat destruction, and development — are far and away the number one cause of wildlife depletion.

Experts agree that habitat loss, pollution, collisions with buildings and cars, and other human - led activities account for far more bird deaths than cat predation.