Sentences with phrase «by other human activities»

The resilience of an ecosystem to climate change will be determined to a large extent by the degree to which it already has been impaired by other human activities.

Corals would have an easier time dealing with mild bleaching events if they weren't so threatened by other human activities, like overfishing.

For this is a problem that if not controlled may cause the death of tens or hundreds of thousands of helpless victims caused by intense storms and heat waves, the death or sickness of millions that may suffer dengue fever or malaria, the destruction of some nations» ability to grow food or provide drinking water, the devastation of forests and personal property, and the acceleration of elimination of countless species of plants and animals that are already stressed by other human activities.

Forests are affected by other human activities such as farming or logging, and many are in a stage of ecological succession with lower biomass compared to mature forests.

At the moment, the uncertainties in modeling and complexities of the ocean system even prevent any quantification of how much of the present changes in the oceans is being caused by anthropogenic climate change or natural climate variability, and how much by other human activities such as fishing, pollution, etc..

And it's quite clear that regions already heavily affected by other human activities (coastal pollution, overfishing, etc.) are — no surprise — likely to feel more stress from acidification.

«That makes it difficult to separate shark behavioral changes due to scuba diving from behavioral changes caused by other human activities like fishing.»

Forests are affected by other human activities such as farming or logging, and many are in a stage of ecological succession with lower biomass compared to mature forests.

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An amendment added to a farm bill that was approved by the House Agriculture Committee would bar people from «knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption,» as well as transporting or participating in other commercial activity related to eating pet meat.

The emphasis has characteristically been on «a theology of the infinite» — an inquiry into the identity and existence of divine beings, divine activity in history and nature, the purpose and destiny of human life as these are revealed by a being called «God» to others called «persons.»

Granted that religious forms and institutions, like other fields of human and cultural activity, are conditioned by the nature, atmosphere, and dynamics of a given society, to what extent does religion contribute to the cohesion of a social group and to the dynamics of its development and history?

Like any other human activity, art is not an absolute end in itself, but is ordered to and ennobled by the ultimate end of man.»

The notion that morality applies to individuals and not to governments is completely contrary to a central doctrine of Reformed theology which is endorsed, in varying forms, by other Christian traditions as well: that Jesus Christ is the Lord not just of the church, nor of a special sphere of religious activity, but of all of the natural and human world.

This idea depends on developments in general systems theory, which views «all of nature and all of human activity as a hierarchically arranged structure of levels of interlocked subset systems in which the process of any particular subset system affects and is affected by other subset systems at its own level, as well as below or above it.»

Like all intellectual activity it compares, abstracts, relates; by these means it seeks coherence in the manifoldness of human experience, unified understanding of the objects or the Other in that experience.

Reacting to the various verbal attacks fired against each other by various political camps engaged in campaign activities for the Anambra governorship election, the CLO said that nothing could be so callous than people playing politics with human blood.

«The Coalition of CSOs on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria undertakes review of the ongoing - war on terrorism to ascertain maximum adherence of the military to the rules of engagement by the Nigerian military, enforcement of fundamental human rights of civilians and protection of man's dignity and respect for person and to ensure that the activities of non-state actors are in conformity with the general principles and purposes of the United Nations and other conventions» riHuman Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria undertakes review of the ongoing - war on terrorism to ascertain maximum adherence of the military to the rules of engagement by the Nigerian military, enforcement of fundamental human rights of civilians and protection of man's dignity and respect for person and to ensure that the activities of non-state actors are in conformity with the general principles and purposes of the United Nations and other conventions» rihuman rights of civilians and protection of man's dignity and respect for person and to ensure that the activities of non-state actors are in conformity with the general principles and purposes of the United Nations and other conventions» rights.

As one of the founding members of the Coalition, the Association of American Geographers contributed greatly to the formation of the Coalition during the months preceding its formal launch, and AAG representatives participated throughout the event... The AAG continues to support the Coalition, which is led by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), by fostering scholarly discourse on how geography and geographers can contribute to the protection of human rights and by helping to disseminate information and resources critical to this effort, among other activities.»

Next, although science may come closer to universality than any other human activity, there are distinct local variations, as scientists adapt to local constraints and approach science with ways of thinking that are influenced by local culture, and these different ways of doing science can teach us things.

Emissions from vehicles, power plants, industrial operations, and other human activities are a primary cause of surface ozone, which is one of six main pollutants regulated in the U.S. by the Clean Air Act.

Most carbon emissions linked to human activity are in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2), but other forms of carbon include the methane gas (CH4) and the particles generated by such fires — the tiny bits of soot, called black carbon, and motes of associated substances known as brown carbon.

Back in the early 1950s, when I was a graduate student at Harvard, the general assumption was that language, like all other human activities, is just a collection of learned behaviors developed through the same methods used to train animals — by reinforcement.

In other words, antibiotic resistance coming from Africa or Saudi Arabia is still a very minor threat compared to that caused and spread by human activity, especially animal husbandry.

Three of these streams drain forested watersheds, with 87 to 100 % tree cover, while the other four drain watersheds largely converted by human activity into pasture, cropland, or pavement and buildings.

A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing.

Their presence, however, has left some researchers wondering if humans are to blame — specifically, have poor environmental conditions fueled by agricultural runoff and other human activities made dolphins unable to weather the diseases?

Additional habitat management strategies that account for their presence in forests affected by logging and other human activity are needed to ensure the species» survival.

Human bites to the hand — while accounting for only two to three percent of all hand bite injuries — can occur during altercations and include wounds caused by punching type contact with the mouth or teeth, domestic abuse, or accidentally during sports, play, or other activities.

Numerous studies have shown that fishing bycatch kills an alarming number of sea turtles each year, and the threats posed by many other human activities are well documented.

A detailed, long - term ocean temperature record derived from corals on Christmas Island in Kiribati and other islands in the tropical Pacific shows that the extreme warmth of recent El Niño events reflects not just the natural ocean - atmosphere cycle but a new factor: global warming caused by human activity.

In letters sent on 18 June, Representative Joe Barton (R - TX), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and investigations subcommittee chair James Greenwood (R - PA) asked the Commerce, Energy, and Health and Human Services departments and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others, to describe their policies on outside activities by employees and report the amounts paid since 1999.

This effect is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons and other gases in the air, many of them released by human activity.

The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) provides the Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts as a guide for institutional review boards (IRBs), investigators, and others who decide if an activity must be reviewed by an IRB under the requirements of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations at 45 CFR part 46.

Researchers have discovered that a subset of human antibodies have catalytic activity against a particular antigen, breaking it down into smaller and less harmful fragments instead of trapping it for removal or destruction by other immune cells.

On the other hand, warming caused by a build up of heat - trapping gases from human activities would cause warming at the surface but cooling in the stratosphere, and this is in fact what we observe.

Given that there is continual heating of the planet, referred to as radiative forcing, by accelerating increases of carbon dioxide (Figure 1) and other greenhouses due to human activities, why is the temperature not continuing to go up?

Other research is looking into questions about how seamount populations change in response to climate - induced shifts in ocean circulation and whether habitats disturbed by human activity can recover.

On the other hand, when too much estrogen is around, rye's lignans, by occupying estrogen receptors, block out the much more powerful human estrogens, causing a lowering in estrogenic activity, and providing potential protection against breast cancer.

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Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester By the Sea (six nominations) is another film by a real movie artist: a study of grief and the ways in which it is denied and displaced into other human activities which in turn have their effects on other peoplBy the Sea (six nominations) is another film by a real movie artist: a study of grief and the ways in which it is denied and displaced into other human activities which in turn have their effects on other peoplby a real movie artist: a study of grief and the ways in which it is denied and displaced into other human activities which in turn have their effects on other people.

This PowerPoint presentation includes various fun activities based around: What programming is and why it is important Variables and constants BASIC Commands and their Scratch alternatives (PRINT, CLS, INPUT, END, REM, LET) Conditional Statements — IF THEN ELSE, SELECT CASE, GOTO Loops - FOR NEXT, DO WHILE, WHILE WEND Setting Real World programming challenges Combining programming with other topics ========================================================================= Part one, which contains various fun activities based around: Computational thinking (simplified)-- breaking down a bigger task into smaller steps and finding solutions Algorithms — Step - by - step ordered instructions Flow Charts — Graphical representations of algorithms Pseudocode — A half - code outline of a program written for humans to understand.

The urgency behind this question has been imposed by science more than by any other branch of human activity; and the need of discovering a sound and generally acceptable answer, in the light of all the data, was never so pressing.

Leadership in the home is going to revolve around (a.) creating a peck order in the home with the humans being the clear leaders; (b.) human directed activities; (c.) initiative by the humans in the home regarding how the home is to operate; (d.) privilege rules, coming out of the obedience training and manners enforced daily in the home; (e.) the way the humans walk, talk, use facial expressions, eye contact and other behaviors that communicate their «parental» status.

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The place for human activity amidst these swirls of cosmic color is further complicated by Hunters, which comprises a clothing rack hung with mysterious garments such as dyed robes, swatches of fur and other fabrics.

If CO2 levels increased by more than this then it must be due to reasons other than human activity.