Sentences with phrase «changes in their ecosystems as»

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The share prices of big entertainment companies have been extremely volatile over the past year as investors try to assess the winners and losers in the changing video ecosystem.

Although European investors have, historically, been more risk - averse than Americans, that perception may be changing as more high - profile companies see successful exits, and their founders reinvest in the local startup ecosystem.

As we move forward, it is important for all players in the ecosystem to realize that the game has changed.

Without involving «the whole ecosystem,» she says, «you have no hope of being able to scale the initiative; so you need to involve corporates — even better if they are big corporations — as they will have the power to impose a change in the way we trade, because of their negotiating power with suppliers and clients.»

The Banrock Station Environmental Trust also supports internationally and nationally recognised conservation organisations to further their objectives in tackling global environmental issues such as climate change, water conservation, ecosystem loss and species loss.

The resulting data is used to compare relative abundance of seabirds over time — to help us understand populations within the sanctuary and their possible impacts on local ecosystems and as a barometer for other changes in the environment.

As part of the Microbial Ecology Lab, he will help survey the many distinct habitats of Shedd's animal populations, analyzing how unseen members of complex ecosystems are impacted by changes in the environment, advancing the understanding of how these tiny microbes affect animal health.

By considering the changes in these natural areas over time, students will evaluate the roles humans play as a part of these prairie and lawn ecosystems.

«In the face of climate change, the Adirondack Park, as a grand experiment in protecting an intact ecosystem while balancing the economic needs of its residents, is more important than ever before,» she saiIn the face of climate change, the Adirondack Park, as a grand experiment in protecting an intact ecosystem while balancing the economic needs of its residents, is more important than ever before,» she saiin protecting an intact ecosystem while balancing the economic needs of its residents, is more important than ever before,» she said.

The indirect effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, such as changes in soil moisture and plant structure, can have a bigger impact on ecosystems than previously thought.

The findings paint a bleak picture for the persistence of native flowering plants in the face of climate change and could serve as a herald for future species losses in mountain ecosystems over the next century.

Synthesizing about 1000 scientific studies and reports, the scientists were now able to give a balanced report on the changes in all 14 ecosystem functions, including gas and climate regulation, water regulation and supply, moderation of extreme events, provision of food and raw materials, as well as medicinal resources.

Ms Tanner said monitoring of estuarine CO2 was important for planning and remediation efforts: «As each estuary is different, the potential impacts of climate change and urban development will be different in every ecosystem.»

As Germán Orizaola, co-author of the study published in the journal Ecology and a researcher at the Swedish university states «Among the many challenges climate change poses to natural ecosystems, the effect it can have on the dietary preferences of living organisms is a field of study that has been attracting researchers» attention in recent years.»

As the timing and intensity of storms change with the climate, Juniper says connections like these could trigger unexpected changes in the ocean's ecosystems.

First, they help determine the resilience of ecosystems on land and at sea, which in turn impact whether larger boundaries, such as climate change, are transgressed.

A sudden halt to the use of such methods, due to issues such as major negative effects, would also lead to rapid climate change, to which ecosystems and societies would have difficulty in adapting.

As with climate change, the only pragmatic option is to concentrate efforts to fulfil people's desires and demands in a way that protects natural ecosystems as far as possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short terAs with climate change, the only pragmatic option is to concentrate efforts to fulfil people's desires and demands in a way that protects natural ecosystems as far as possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short teras far as possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short teras possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short term.

Schlesinger noted that as the ecosystem changed, key nutrients in the soil — such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and various organic elements — accumulated beneath the canopies of the mesquite bushes, forming what he called islands of fertility and starving out the surrounding grasses.

This study was the first to simulate whole ecosystem warming in the arctic, including permafrost degradation, similar to what is projected to happen as a result of climate change.

Climate change is having impacts not only on the hydrological cycle, resulting in increased droughts and floods1, but also on vital water resources and ecosystem services2, such as the ability to regulate water quality through sedimentation3.

As changes in regulations cause landfills to be cleaned up, covered and closed, scientists expect the behavior of scavenging animals to change — with potential consequences for other species, ecosystems and human - animal interactions.

«As climate change reschedules ecosystems, species that were once separated in time are now getting a chance to interact — in this case the berries, bears and salmon.

This type of conclusion raises the possibility of using mathematical models as an early warning system that catastrophic changes in the ecosystem are imminent, enabling appropriate action (such as reduced grazing).»

«Worldwide change in shallow reef ecosystems predicted as waters warm.»

Humans could see a reduction in the production of food — mostly cattle for meat — as the provision of ecosystem services like this one change.»

«As significant alterations to ecosystems resulting from global change become more likely, environmental scientists and the general public need to appreciate some of the potential outcomes,» says senior author Andrew Friedland (http://envs.dartmouth.edu/people/andrew-j-friedland), a professor in Dartmouth's Environmental Studies Program.

«The results of our study suggest that efforts to mitigate local perturbation such as nutrient enrichment in the Baltic Sea could pay off in the future, because it might help key species such as the bladder wrack to better cope with the effects of climate change and to maintain their ecosystem services.»

As Dr. Mackey cited in the published article Sea Change: UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems: «They would tell us about upwelling and how the ocean wasn't just this one big, homogenous bathtub, that there were different water masses, and they had different chemical properties that influenced what grew there,» she recalls.

Keiluweit, assistant professor in UMass Amherst's School of Earth and Sustainability, says the team's next steps include quantifying the amount of anaerobic microsites in different soil ecosystems and assessing how carbon stabilization in them is affected by variables such as the soil hydrologic regime, which is expected to change dramatically due to climate change.

Alligators and the Everglades go hand - in - hand, and as water conditions change in the greater Everglades ecosystem, gators are one of the key species that could be affected.

«This finding was likely due to changes in the ecosystem, as that was the main difference between the lab and the field experiments.

«As we learn more about deep sea ecosystems and the role of oceans in mitigating climate change, it seems wise to take precautions to avoid damage that could have long - lasting and unforeseen consequences.»

That new approach could include strategies such as removing or setting back levees in some locations to promote seasonal flooding, strengthening regulations to reduce the discharge of contaminants into waterways, reworking the operations of some dams to facilitate fish passage, and changing federal and state laws to move conservation efforts to a broad, ecosystem - based approach.

«This is a species that has been logged historically and still is, so it certainly is important in terms of thinking about not only how our ecosystems are responding to changes in climate, but also in changes of the economics of forest management, as well,» Restaino said.

The role played by biodiversity in the ability of ecosystems to continue functioning during extreme weather events, which are increasingly frequent as a result of climate change, remains poorly understood.

As climate change converges with human encroachment in these mountains, the degradation of high Andean ecosystems is accelerating.

Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks.

In fact, it's highlighting that they are incredibly important — but there are things that help, so we have to work both on reducing the things that are causing climate changes, plus managing ecosystems to make them as resilient as possible to these changes when they happen,» she said.

The team sampled 23 streams in Borneo as part of the SAFE (Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems) Project, which investigates environmental changes across a gradient from primary forest to oil palm plantation.

«Fossil record should help guide conservation in a changing world: Focus on saving resilient ecosystems as well as species, say experts from many disciplines.»

Wet tropical forests, like this one on the Osa Peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica, are among the most productive ecosystems on earth, and new research points to the importance of both temperature and rainfall on future plant growth as the climate changes.

As no other taxonomic group contains terrestrial animals in the size classes of the large modern mammals, the functional loss of large mammals can rarely be compensated, leading to permanent ecosystem changes [49].

Schimel presented his work to forecast and understand land - ecosystem impacts on the carbon cycle at the global scale as part of the Frontiers in Global Change Seminar Series, June 21.

A particular challenge for science is the growing evidence that social - ecological interactions across scales can generate regime shifts where profound and abrupt changes can occur in systems ranging from local ecosystems (such as lakes) to large biomes (such as the Arctic); from local communities (such as farming systems) to regional economic sectors (e.g., global fisheries).

However, research to date suggests that measures such as functional diversity or biomass of functional groups may not be directly related to ecosystem impact, due to spatial and ontogenetic changes in function.

«This fossil is a unique representative from an incredibly important era in the evolution of mammals; the ecosystem of the whole world changed as the Triassic transitioned into the Jurassic,» said study senior author Neil Shubin, PhD, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago.

The projects aims to give us further knowledge in areas as diverse as coral reefs ecosystem, the dietary composition in wildlife and domestic animals over the last 50 000 years, the effects of antibiotic exposure on microbial ecosystems, and changes in biodiversity that might have an effect on or are affected by climate change.

Ecosystem impacts include changes in basic processes such as photosynthesis; large - scale shifts in the distribution of plants and animals; and increased threats from fire, pests and disease.

When water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature, the change in temperature impacts organisms by (a) decreasing oxygen supply, and (b) affecting ecosystem composition.