Sentences with phrase «affecting global ecology»

A document discovered by DeSmog reveals that Exxon was aware as early as the late 1960s that global emissions of CO2 from combustion was a chief pollution concern affecting global ecology.

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«Through this study, the pandas at the San Diego Zoo have made a significant contribution to our understanding of what may be affecting panda reproduction in habitats in China,» said Ron Swaisgood, director of applied animal ecology, San Diego Zoo Global.

«We're interested in how urban warming affects the ecology of insects and what implications that might have for understanding how global warming might impact insects outside of the city, «said Elsa Youngsteadt, an entomology research associate at NCSU and co-lead author of the study.

Through her research, Dr. Gallagher addresses questions about the mechanisms governing how global climate change affects plant - pollinator interactions and the extent to which changes in the levels of pollination influence the ecology and evolution of plant populations.

Britain's Royal Society has published a helpful new collection of papers in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B that provide fresh insights on how the global buildup of carbon dioxide released by human activities could affect ocean ecology.

Used incorrectly, it has the potential to alter weather patterns, depress global agricultural output, affect ocean ecology, and cause large environmental shifts.

They will inevitably be affected by the increasing temperatures and thermal stratification of the top layer of the ocean, since these are prime controls on their ecology, although it is not clear whether global warming would result in net increase or decrease of coccolithophores.