Sentences with phrase «as other human impacts»

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Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

BOEM seeks a wide array of input, including information on the economic, social, and environmental values of all OCS resources, as well as the potential impact of oil and gas exploration and development on other resource values of the OCS and the marine, coastal, and human environments.

When I reflect on the infinite pains to which the human mind and heart will go in order to protect itself from the full impact of reality, when I recall the mordant analyses of religious belief which stem from the works of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and, furthermore, recognize the truth of so much of what these critics of religion have had to say, when I engage in a philosophical critique of the language of theology and am constrained to admit that it is a continual attempt to say what can not properly be said and am thereby led to wonder whether its claim to cognition can possibly be valid — when I ask these questions of myself and others like them (as I can not help asking and, what is more, feel obliged to ask), is not the conclusion forced upon me that my faith is a delusion?

The human foot has 33 joints that allow 26 bones to move freely during impacts such as walking, running and other activities.

Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK origin UK human geography is radically interdisciplinary and with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges of the current impact agenda

The stocks are helping the development of new countermeasures such as drugs, vaccines and diagnostics in case smallpox should reappear, and may also allow researchers to explore the impact of smallpox on the human immune system, providing insights into other diseases such as AIDS.

Yet, as was the case with the other scientists, during his meetings with the staff of New York delegation members the conversations turned to his work measuring the impact of human activities on New York's coastal marshes.

Yet in waters from the Sea of Japan (aka East Sea) to the Black Sea, jellies today are thriving as many of their marine vertebrate and invertebrate competitors are eliminated by overfishing, dead zones and other human impacts.

As humans put stress on the habitats of more complicated marine creatures, Robison explains, «jellies, because they are relatively simple, cheap to build, and can reproduce very quickly, can respond to negative impacts on other kinds of animals by rushing in to fill their niche.»

Humans eat many different things over their lifetimes, and many other nutrients, such as proteins or fats, could impact the gut environment as well.

The reports also identifies other challenges that impact sustained observations, such as the declining investment in new technological development, increasing difficulty in retaining and replenishing the human resources associated with sustained ocean observing, and a decreasing number of global and ocean - class research vessels.

Unseen by the human eye, plants interact with many species of fungi and other microbes in the surrounding environment, and these exchanges can impact the plant's health and tolerance to stressors such as drought or disease, as well as the global carbon cycle.

But it is hard to separate human impacts from other effects such as climate change.

«We know that carbon footprint, a popular indicator used in environmental policies, does not correspond well with other environmental impacts such as toxicity to ecosystems and humans, depletion of resources, and land use.

«Many impacts respond directly to changes in global temperature, regardless of the sensitivity of the planet to human emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases,» says geoscientist Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, a co-author of the report, excluding effects such as ocean acidification and CO2 as a fertilizer for plants.

Between now and then, humans will face plenty of other calamities: wars and pestilences, ice ages, asteroid impacts, and the eventual consumption of Earth — in about 5 billion years — as our sun expands into a red giant star.

It notes some of the critical scientific questions regarding Zika that deserve further exploration, including: whether certain viral mutations occurred to facilitate its geographical spread; if different species of Aedes mosquitoes are capable of transmitting Zika and what that may mean for future transmission; what is apparently unique to Zika compared to other more well - known flaviviruses, such as dengue, that can explain why it can cause congenital infections, neurological conditions and encephalitis, transmit sexually and persist for long periods of time in multiple parts of the human body; and whether preexisting immunity to other related flaviviruses may impact Zika exposure and infection.

They add: «What is similar between now and then is the human genetic material, our genome, including ancient polymorphisms that were uncovered to predispose the carrier to the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease... however, our ancient ancestors were certainly susceptible to many other conditions, such as infectious diseases, nutritional deprivation, and trauma, which often resulted in death at an early age, before atherosclerotic heart disease had a clinical impact.»

Without ship strikes as a big factor holding the population back — and no other readily apparent human - caused reason (although noise, chemical pollution and interactions with fisheries may impact them)-- it is even more likely that the population is growing more slowly because whale numbers are reaching the habitat limit, something called the carrying capacity.

As well as being a major contributor to human - induced greenhouse gas emissions, current livestock production has other environmental impactAs well as being a major contributor to human - induced greenhouse gas emissions, current livestock production has other environmental impactas being a major contributor to human - induced greenhouse gas emissions, current livestock production has other environmental impacts.

In recent years, a brand of research called «climate attribution science» has sprouted from this question, examining the impact of extreme events to determine how much — often in fractional terms — is related to human - induced climate change, and how much to natural variability (whether in climate patterns such as the El Niño / La Niña - Southern Oscillation, sea - surface temperatures, changes in incoming solar radiation, or a host of other possible factors).

A new integrated climate model developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions is designed to reduce uncertainties in future climate predictions as it bridges Earth systems with energy and economic models and large - scale human impact data.

Extreme weather events like Harvey are expected to become more likely as Earth's climate changes due to greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists don't understand how extreme weather will impact invasive pests, pollinators and other species that affect human well - being.

Coral reefs, which support diverse communities of fish and other marine life, are declining globally at unprecedented rates due to human - caused impacts, such as warming waters and ocean acidification.

The Berkeley Lab study is the first of its kind for Africa, using multiple criteria - such as quality of the resource, distance from transmission lines and roads, co-location potential, availability of water resources, potential human impact, and many other factors - to characterize wind and solar resources.

«The ability to adapt to changing conditions is going to become even more important as humans impact the environment, whether it's from ocean acidification or increasing temperatures or other types of global changes that are occurring.»

Revkin is among those credited with developing the idea that humans, through growing impacts on Earth's climate and other critical systems, had created a «geological age of our own making,» known increasingly as the Anthropocene.

Lipton went on to state, «It will be important to see if HIV / AIDS acts similarly on stem cells for other organs in the human body, as this may impact on the disease process as a whole.»

At the same time, questions are emerging about the destructive environmental impact of mining for these and other elements, as well as the human toll of those mining operations in the developing world.

The only way to explain the upturn in temperatures during the 20th century, as shown by Crowley (2000) and many others, is indeed through the additional impact of anthropogenic (i.e., human) factors, on top of the natural factors.

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

Scientists around the world conducting research into what actually exists in ocean depths, as well as: the impacts of fishing and other human activities on these deep unknown spaces and species; and what types of improved management options may help to conserve these natural assets (and their contribution to planetary and human wellbeing) for the long term.

While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study human disorders such as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.

(Now, until we understand how it kills the fruit flies, we don't know how this impacts human health as some other species of insects can eat it and do okay.)

The study was in vitro, so the benefits aren't proven on a living human; p.acnes living on human skin may be stronger, the curcumin may not impact them as strongly, other bacteria may defend p.acnes — who knows.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a We talked to some of BuzzFeed's tallest and shortest employees — and a few in between — about how their height has impacted the way they experience

It's therefore unsurprising that attention has turned to the human - animal bond as a way to help PTSD and other sufferers overcome many of the emotionally - driven impacts of their condition.

This will have to be seen as an experiment, given the uneven success of efforts by industry, environmental groups, and governments to limit pollution and other harmful human impacts on fragile environments.

I don't know about you, but as a parent and human, I don't feel that «business as usual» is nearly good enough in terms of how our generation considers matters that will impact our kids, future generations, and other species.

-- A new post on ClimateEthics.org argues, as others have before, for another uncomfortable reality: Complacency is not an ethical response to the persistent uncertainty clouding forecasts of harmful impacts from the continuing buildup of human - generated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

As a member of the non-scientific «skeptic» camp (but not a denialist), I find this particular topic and most other topics introduced on this site to be extremely valuable in forming my thoughts on the entire GW / human impact debate.

It would be cool to see a wide collection of maps covering many different issues, not just climate and food production, but, for instance, poverty and wealth, arms production and war, clothing production and leisure time, education levels, consumption, production, health, population growth and decline, movement of immigrants, human rights, animal populations, housing ownership, housing starts, anything basically which can be measured in a visual map... not just for the US but as global maps, collected on pages where you could drag them around to sit on top of each other and try and make sense of the various impacts...

This report, «Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia,» provides a fresh degree - by - degree guide to impacts on river flows, rainfall, coasts and other factors that matter enormously over the next few decades as human populationsImpacts Over Decades to Millennia,» provides a fresh degree - by - degree guide to impacts on river flows, rainfall, coasts and other factors that matter enormously over the next few decades as human populationsimpacts on river flows, rainfall, coasts and other factors that matter enormously over the next few decades as human populations crest.

DouglasJBender: From the little I have read, the relative impact of human activity, and CO2 overall, in comparison with natural processes that produce CO2, and in comparison with OTHER so - called «greenhouse gases», is so small as to be laughable.

From the little I have read, the relative impact of human activity, and CO2 overall, in comparison with natural processes that produce CO2, and in comparison with OTHER so - called «greenhouse gases», is so small as to be laughable.

As long as species have zero impact on humans (including the esthetic, one species of moss will do just as any other to make Spitzbergen look pretty for tourists), I couldn't care less about their survivaAs long as species have zero impact on humans (including the esthetic, one species of moss will do just as any other to make Spitzbergen look pretty for tourists), I couldn't care less about their survivaas species have zero impact on humans (including the esthetic, one species of moss will do just as any other to make Spitzbergen look pretty for tourists), I couldn't care less about their survivaas any other to make Spitzbergen look pretty for tourists), I couldn't care less about their survival.

13 Human Impact on Climate Changes Global Warming As a result of increases in CO2 as well as other greenhouse gases, global temperatures have increaseAs a result of increases in CO2 as well as other greenhouse gases, global temperatures have increaseas well as other greenhouse gases, global temperatures have increaseas other greenhouse gases, global temperatures have increased.

You can call alarmist behaviour of the media as it is, but writing about human emissions having almost no impact on climate seems to be the other extreme.

This is because over the past three years, hundreds of new scientific field accounts of global warming's impacts, as well as improved peer - reviewed analyses of global warming itself in both the deep past and the very near future, have depicted earth's atmosphere as far more «sensitive» to the invisible CO2, methane and other human - sourced greenhouse gases than had been hoped.

Other studies show the impacts of human disturbance since the 1600's, such as the effects of regional forest clearance and the resulting spread of invasive species.