Sentences with phrase «already endangered»

Manatees were already endangered in Florida, but they've apparently just become even more so because of a toxic red algae bloom off the western coast of the state.

«They are banned in several states now because they are an African species and a threat to native fish and amphibians, some of which are already endangered.

Habitat loss threatens already endangered wildlife and drives animals into areas where people live and farm.

Already an endangered species, this bird of old - growth forests is projected to lose 98 percent of its current winter range by 2080, according to Audubon's climate models.

As the climate of the Pacific Northwest warms, more winter precipitation is falling as rain, compared with historical averages.2 With declining snowpack in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, peak stream flows are occurring earlier, and summer flows are declining.2 These changes are expected to continue as heat - trapping emissions grow, putting more stress on already endangered salmon that return to the Columbia and other rivers in the region to spawn.2

Of particular concern is the «Southwestern» Willow Flycatcher, already endangered, and currently distributed east to New Mexico, and west to southern California.

China's rush towards urbanization and economic growth has only furthered the stress on already endangered animals in the country.

Infectious viral diseases are a major issue, since they are difficult to treat (particularly in young elephants) and Asian elephants are already endangered.

Instead of revering the «bow in the cloud» of Genesis, that ancient sign of His promise never again to destroy Earth's living creatures, the cultists said to look to the white comet, to a new covenant in which animals didn't fit, and on one continent after another, they found ways to tip already endangered whole ecosystems toward their bowls of ashes.

Today's technology has already endangered a large range of 20th century jobs and will continue to impact tomorrow's jobs.

Today's technology has already endangered a large range of 20th century jobs and will...

Hundreds of thousands of hectares of the forests and wetlands would be cleared for the canal, destroying the habitats and food sources of already endangered species such as the Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) and the jaguar (Panthera onca), a creature of mystical importance to Mesoamerican cultures.

Downstream, near where the river empties into the East China Sea, the land around the Yangtze contains some of the densest clusters of human habitation in the world, and overfishing there has already endangered 25 of the river's 177 unique fish species.

«The woodland caribou is already an endangered species in southern Canada and the United States.

Biologists are concerned because the species is already endangered — there are no more than 1,400 of the animals — but recently they've had reason to be optimistic.

Already endangered, Southwestern species struggle to survive in a landscape remade by fences, roads and border patrols.

Although the remark sparked controversy, it nonetheless brought to light an essential question that we must answer: Should more affordable houses be built at the expense of Britain's already endangered countryside and wildlife?

The impacts of climate change on our states are already endangering lives.

Not exact matches

«Each purchase of a white Coca - Cola can supports: false testimony on global warming; perpetration of the myth about endangered polar bears... activism to fight the development of affordable coal, oil and natural gas; hypocrites who won't follow their own recommendations; and expansion of already excessive environmental regulations.

The genuine causality of finite being would be endangered, and all the problems would arise regarding the correct understanding of the ontological relation between infinite being and finite beings which we have already indicated as the starting - point of all these reflections.

40 % of what's caught globally is discarded, in the form of undersized fish, endangered sharks, turtles, and dolphins — left to die, or already dead;

Ecological research already carried out in these national parks and surrounding coffee plantations has shown the presence of more than 300 species of birds, (including endemic species, threatened forest specialists and birds of prey e.g. Black Hawk - Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus), 31 mammals species (some of them are endangered species such as the ocelot, cacomistle and Mexican porcupine), 26 reptile species, and 326 tree and bush species.

There is ample evidence that the combination of stockmen and federal poisoners has already succeeded in eliminating certain animal populations and endangering others.

He already worries about crime, poverty, endangered animals, global warming, and war without exposure to current events.

This is a hugely controversial policy which has already received widespread opposition, with claims it could endanger liberties and even disrupt the Northern Ireland peace process.

MASSOB warns government to quickly release Nnamdi Kanu now or face an eruption of Biafra world wide demonstration and protest which will endanger the already battered image of Nigeria before the International communities».

The rising phenomenon has already deprived many families off their bread winners and if we quantify the overall impact of the situation on families, companies and the national economy in general against the impressive statistics enumerated earlier, then everything possible ought to be done to ensure this category of Ghanaians do not continue to become endangered species.

On knife crime, he added: «We have already announced that we are bringing in an automatic prison sentence for any adults who use a knife to threaten and endanger.

But the congressman — who is on the cusp of losing the endorsement of every influential labor union in the city, and was already denied the backing of major city pols like Comptroller Scott Stringer and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — has never been so endangered.

Mayor de Blasio also slammed Cuomo, saying the move further endangers an already at - risk population.

Led by scientists from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, the study highlights how African wild dogs — already classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List — raise fewer pups at high temperatures.

Alaskan scientists aren't the only ones who have noticed: Climate change activists have already adopted the walrus's cause, and the U.S. Interior Department is now deciding whether to list the walrus as endangered species.

Given that leatherback turtle populations have declined by 98 % in the past 40 years (mostly due to being caught in fishing nets), this migration map is crucial in helping to save leatherback lives: thanks to this map, the scientists have already singled out 11 countries that can be invited to help conserve this endangered species.

EBay has already banned the sale of bullets, guns and pornography on its site and plans to crack down on endangered animal sales with the help of software filters that flag words such as «ivory» and prevent sellers from posting listings of illegal items, Cartwright said.

These diseases would endanger the already - threatened wild population if the orang utans were released back into their native forests of Indonesia and Malaysia.

After all, a growing number of young people in their society were already flouting the traditional beliefs, illegally hunting endangered species such as the giant indri and eating their meat as a cheap bar snack.

The ocelot, a small native wildcat listed as an endangered species, has already suffered from severe habitat loss; the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department estimates there are no more than 120 left in Texas, and scientists worry that the wall would further deplete their numbers.

The listing of the coho salmon seems likely to fuel the already heated debate surrounding the Endangered Species Act this year.

KatharoSeq has already revealed new insights about the three testing sites that could help optimize how the Mars 2020 Rover is assembled, how bacteria are tracked in hospitals, and how endangered white abalone are raised and returned to the wild.

The bad news is that 188 species are critically endangered, and 29 of them, such as a freshwater dolphin from China called a baiji (Science, 22 December 2006, p. 1860), may already be extinct.

Assisted colonization has already been used for plant species, such as Torreya taxifolia, an endangered conifer native to the Florida panhandle.

The move by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the animal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act includes scenarios for establishing wolverines in their former range, with Colorado taking the lead; the male stranded in Colorado, M56, had chosen an excellent spot in the southern Rockies and was already fitted with a transmitter.

«The discovery of Shell indicates a clear path toward more intensive use of already planted lands, and thus should lessen pressures to expand the land area devoted to oil palm, notably onto endangered rainforest land — a major concern for the environment and a rallying point for activists in recent years,» says Robert A. Martienssen, Ph.D., scientific co-founder of Orion Genomics, who is also a professor of plant genetics at CSHL.

New studies reveal the pesticides are especially harming already - endangered Pacific fishers

Biologists already knew that fishing gear posed a problem for the endangered turtles, which can get entangled in trawlers» nets, but they were not sure exactly where and when they were running into trouble.

We already knew about two species of orangutan: the Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo abelii), both of which are critically endangered.

And unfortunately, it's already critically endangered.

Monsanto Roundup already has been liberally over-prescribed to the point of endangering the public food supply and health.

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The local judge (Graf, The Brady Bunch Movie) in the small town is so fed up with seeing her face, and the fact that she has had four children already (all of which had to be given up for adoption due to their mother's behavior), that when he discovers she is pregnant again decides to make law history and have her put in prison for endangering the life of her fetus, making it clear he would be a bit more lenient with her if she were to have it aborted.