Sentences with phrase «affect sea life»

Ocean temperatures also affect sea life.

Such erosion could dump carbon molecules into the water that increase ocean acidification and affect sea life.

Not exact matches

Scientific research has shown that both oxybenzone and octinoxate destroy coral by absorbing its nutrients, affecting coral - dependent marine life like sea urchins and algae.

Pinter & Martin's series, Why It Matters, seeks to steer a course through this sea of information, to give a broad perspective on the topics that affect family life in the 21st century.

I felt as though I was drowning in a sea of guilt and it negatively affected every aspect of my life.

I remain committed to achieving real action on gun control, sea level rise, healthcare, education and so many other issues affecting our everyday lives and the brighter future we hope to leave to our children that now more than ever require champions.

In turn, giant kelp positively affected the sessile invertebrates — sponges and sea squirts — that live on the bottom but can often be outcompeted for space by algae.»

McKay has visited the Geysir — from which the term geyser originated — multiple times to understand how geysers and deep - sea vents might affect life.

To see how acidification might affect one deepwater creature, marine biologist Taewon Kim and colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California, used a robot submarine to vacuum up some deep - sea hermit crabs (Pagurus tanneri) that live off the coast of California at depths of 900 meters.

«We already know that ocean acidification will affect a lot of marine species that live their entire lives in the sea,» says project leader Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, from the University's Environment Institute.

The finding suggests that sea life is already being affected by changes in the ocean's chemistry caused by rising carbon dioxide levels.

The changing climate will also affect people living well above sea level, making some areas uninhabitable but creating new opportunities elsewhere.

But research that's more precise than ever before is making clear the magnitude and importance of the runoff, which can affect everything from marine life to global sea level.

For example, the project will help reduce seal and seabird mortality by tackling plastic debris and «ghost fishing», when fishing fear is lost at sea and continues to affect marine life.

Continue reading «Trans ‐ life cycle acclimation to experimental ocean acidification affects gastric pH homeostasis and larval recruitment in the sea star Asterias rubens»

Locally, declining sea ice is affecting the feeding and migration patterns of polar bears, whales, walrus and seals, and the people who live in the Arctic and rely on seasonal ice for their livelihoods.

Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats and ferrets, but heartworms also live in other mammal species, including wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions and — in rare instances — humans.

This year also saw the IF Comp entries The Unofficial Sea - Monkey Simulation (a melancholy reflection on life in a dysfunctional home where the only thing you can affect is your sea monkeys» care and feeding) and Transient Skies (another space exploration game, this one interspersed with bits of character - defining flashbacSea - Monkey Simulation (a melancholy reflection on life in a dysfunctional home where the only thing you can affect is your sea monkeys» care and feeding) and Transient Skies (another space exploration game, this one interspersed with bits of character - defining flashbacsea monkeys» care and feeding) and Transient Skies (another space exploration game, this one interspersed with bits of character - defining flashback).

We interpolate each elevation — population relationship to estimate county populations on affected land at sea levels of interest and to estimate the thresholds below which selected fractions of each city population (i) live.

Sea level rise near the end of the century that affects a tiny percentage of the land area of a country, even with a large percentage of population living there today, can be a relatively minor problem if it is managed appropriately.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

*** Weak and loopy jet stream: Arctic ice melt «already affecting weather patterns where you live right now» Melt / compaction of #Arctic sea ice over the last few days esp near Franz Joseph Islands (JAXA AMSR2.

Because of their large size, tabular icebergs often travel great distances, and their movement can affect ocean circulation, the formation of bottom water (the dense layer of water at the very bottom of the ocean) and sea ice, and the productivity of life - forms in their path.

In spite of the scanty evidence of damage to sea life, BP have ponied up billions to help out affected communities.

The punch line is that their best estimate is that, on current lack - of - policy, rapid sea level rise will commence around 2060, so it will affect the lives of people now living.

From a report described on the IPY (International Polar Year) site dated 2/25/09: «Snow and ice are declining in both polar regions, affecting human livelihoods as well as local plant and animal life in the Arctic, as well as global ocean and atmospheric circulation and sea level.»

I can only list a few regular «goings on'that I KNOW affect sea level; I'm certain that there are others: Change in overall temperature of the oceans (a few millidegrees / mm), plate tectonics, slit from rivers, erosion of seashores, extraction of ground water which ultimately returns to the oceans, marine life and its products building up the ocean floors, melting land ice, undersea discharges of a variety of «stuff» from literally hundreds of thousands of sources, often at temperatures in the 1 - 2 thousand degree range, which we are only now beginning to notice, wind carrying dust from the land and dropping it on the ocean.

Floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea - level rise and seasonal unpredictability - hallmarks of climate change - are affecting people's rights to life, security, food, water, health and shelter in all corners of the world today.

Sea ice is melting, which is opening up the Northwest Passage and other routes to shipping, and as the tundra also warms, the Arctic becomes more accessible to development and human population growth, which will affect the people who already live there, particularly indigenous populations.

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