Sentences with phrase «as animal migration»

But our study shows that we also have to include the active biological processes, such as animal migrations, to predict and calculate the ocean's ability to absorb anthropogenic emissions of CO2,» says Professor Katherine Richardson of the University of Copenhagen, who is also one of the authors behind the study.

The warmth did have an influence on such things as animal migrations but talk of continuing warming from Hansen & Co. is just rubbish.

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A large herd of caribou reportedly drowned in Canada in the 1980s, and there are still some huge migrations of animals, such as reindeer.

The wildebeest migration is the largest terrestrial migration on the planet, and others of its kind have largely disappeared as humans have killed off animals or cut off their migration routes.

As a comparison, annual mass migrations of animals across the Serengeti plains of Africa cover about 800 kilometers.

Studies on animals with mating or migration patterns that revolve around lunar cycles could also illuminate the underlying biological drivers as well as the evolutionary benefit of having a moon - synced clock.

The wildebeest migration is the world's most massive animal movement: 1.2 million animals cross the savanna in an 1800 - kilometer circuit between Kenya and Tanzania as they follow the rains.

By using fruit fly as a model system, Minna Poukkula working at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, has found out how actin - rich protrusions contribute to cell migration in animal tissues.

«Finding these animals is going to take some effort, as our computer - simulation analysis of the data showed that we need more photos from more localities just to get a better estimate of migration patterns at even regional scales,» Dr Meekan said.

Malaria cases increase with deforestation, researchers have found, while new roads through the rain forest provide corridors for the migration of people, insects and animals that serve as intermediate hosts for pathogens, Wilson said.

This great nocturnal animal pack includes nocturnal animals as well as information about hibernation and migration.

Tracking the mass migration of birds and other animals might help warn of natural disasters, as they are known to sense tectonic activity well before seismic shifts.

Discouraging wild animals such as squirrels and neighbors» cats from visiting can also stem the migration of ticks onto your property.

The world's largest mass land migration with around two million animals on the move is an awe - inspiring sight, a quite breathtaking spectacle, as wildebeest, zebras, gazelle and eland make their journey from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara.

Visitors to the Serengeti during this time can witness this impressive migration, gaping with awe as wildebeest, accompanied by other herd animals such as zebra and antelope, thunder across the endless plains.

The migration includes millions of animals moving in large herds as they search for water and fresh pasture through the year.

In a book, «Grass - Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef,» the author Julius Ruechel theorized that soil was enriched as a result of the migration of giant herds of ruminants and other animals across the world's great plains.

Several researchers have pointed to various other indicators as evidence of «global warming», e.g., Arctic sea ice records, ocean heat content measurements, or animal and plant migration patterns.However, all of these indicators are either too short to compare recent temperatures to temperatures before the 1950s, or else are affected by non-climatic biases.

I'd say it'd be more apocalyptic (as per Dr. Venkman's «dogs and cats, living together» dictum) if the animals were migrating to environments * more * likely to result in their extinction;) Having said that, I acknowledge that a common view is that humanity is doing exactly that — not a physical migration, but an enforced anthropogenic man - handling of the entire biosphere towards a bad neighborhood in Earth's «state space», where we risk being stabbed by shadowy tipping points, mugged by run - away processes and distressed at the sight of an anoxic ocean vomiting over the local fauna.

changing migration patterns of birds and other animals that affect by direct means (foraging, excrement) and indirect means (control of pests, affects on populations of beneficial insects such as bee populations and so on) 5.

You know, the good old scare mongering stuff we've heard from green lobby groups, etc.: increased vector borne diseases, migrations of unpleasant animals as well as millions of «climate refugees» escaping torrid temperatures, etc. etc..

Animals are changing migration patterns and plants are changing the dates of activity,» such as trees budding their leaves earlier in the spring and dropping them later in the fall, Josef Werne, a professor of geology and environmental science at the University of Pittsburgh, told Live Science.

Animals that migrate great distances, as do most of the great whales and seabirds, are subject to possible disruptions in the distribution and timing of their food sources during migration.

For example, it remains unclear how the contraction of ice cover would affect the migration routes of animals (such as whales) that follow the ice front.

So as climate change intensifies around the world, it's no surprise that the migration patterns of animals are being impacted.

DeFries went on to say that in tropical nations as rural to urban migration increases resource use from the countryside increases — with more processed foods and animal products being consumed due to increases in income.