Sentences with phrase «cause widespread effects»

These changes cause widespread effects including drought in eastern Australia and floods in Peru («El Niño goes critical», New Scientist, 4 February).

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The widespread efforts to effect government change have also caused oil prices to increase.

As for determinism, naturalism's widespread acceptance in both the natural and social sciences implied that man, seen as a being completely subject to the chain of cause - and - effect that runs throughout nature, possesses no free will.

Heavy lake - effect snows crisscrossed the region Wednesday, causing widespread traffic migraines in many communities.

So, the researchers argue, a major decrease in availability of the element would have had catastrophic effects on the ocean's ecosystems — and thus may have caused, or at least played a major role in, the widespread die - offs.

«Instead of targeting mGluR5, which is a very widespread molecule with many different functions, now we can target the persistent sodium current directly, using already approved drugs that are more specific and less likely to cause side effects,» Klyachko said.

Some researchers have proposed that Toba's eruption was big enough to cause a reverse greenhouse effect that cooled Earth for decades, leading to ecological disaster and widespread food shortages that only a few small communities were able to survive.

The reinforcing effect of nicotine is the primary reason people can not quit smoking, despite widespread awareness that smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, emphysema, bronchitis, vascular disease, cataracts, impotence, and many other health problems.

This is because of the widespread idea that misuse or abuse of steroids can cause harmful effects to our body.

An increase or decrease can start a spiraling effect that can cause widespread problems.

The three - year Syrian drought had a catalytic effect, contributing to existing water and agricultural insecurity and causing widespread crop failures and livestock death.

During a 10 - year investigation detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research, Stanford University scientist Mark Jacobson isolated the widespread warming effects from all sources of soot â $» the visible residue of burned wood, crops, oil, biomass and other fuels â $» from the climate impacts caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.

We are deeply disappointed and concerned about the effect of today's court ruling because mountaintop removal mining has already caused widespread and extreme destruction to the mountains, waters, and communities of Appalachia.

Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: «We are deeply disappointed and concerned about the effect of today's court ruling because mountaintop removal mining has already caused widespread and extreme destruction to the mountains, waters, and communities of Appalachia.

An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused by widespread combustion of fossil fuels may intensify the greenhouse effect and cause long - term climatic changes.

If the cause of warming is from a widespread phenomenon such as the greenhouse effect, solar cycles or possibly a volcanic eruption that reaches into the stratosphere, then the troposphere will respond in line with SST and land temperatures.