Sentences with phrase «about biodiversity levels»

Vegetation productivity or leaf cover can, for example, be measured across continents from space while providing information about biodiversity levels on the ground.

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There, you can read about Hispaniola's great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.

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.

Walking on moderate hiking trails to about 4,600 ft (1,400 m) above sea level, you can compare the biodiversity of the higher cloud forest to the lusher rainforest you've left behind.

To address the knowledge gap about the globally - relevant ecosystem process of nutrient uptake, researchers worked to identify how different levels of microbial biodiversity influenced in situ phosphorus uptake in the Western Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean.

Sea level rise caused by global warming can prove extremely destructive to island habitats, which hold about 20 % of the world's biodiversity.

Learning through play, your students will be able to not only learn about where the parks are and when they were established, but they will also be able to look for relationships between accessibility and biodiversity levels as well as being introduced to the rich physical geography of the USA.

I know there have been surveys that aim to show the level of consensus on the existence of man - made climate change, but were climate scientists polled about «potentially serious adverse effects... on human health, agriculture and biodiversity»?

With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benefits.

In between our series about the global temperature trend and our (upcoming) series about climate & biodiversity, let's do a short series about sea level rise, shall we?

Adaptation Will Be Expensive, But We Won't Have Much Choice The original article goes into some detail about efforts underway to confront water scarcity, adapt to rising sea levels, slow the spread of disease, and preserve biodiversity.

It took about 50 million years for biodiversity to regenerate to previous levels.

Melbourne About Blog John Englart write on the effects of human induced climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, environmental and social impacts of global warming, and climate protests.