Sentences with phrase «chemical changes in their environment»

Babies are particularly sensitive to chemical changes in their environment because any short - term alterations can have life - long consequences by disrupting proper developmental programming.

Not exact matches

Hormone changes due to induced abortion may indeed be related to breast cancer, but there are other known causes of hormone changes that we should worry about, including the widespread use of chemical contraceptives, fertility drugs that cause hormone surges, increased obesity and fat content in the diet that change the body's estrogen metabolism, and last but not least, chemical contaminants in the environment that mimic estrogen....

Inside of your digestive tract, it is more complicated for the lactase to pair up with lactose, and it is also more difficult for the chemical reaction to take place due to continuous changes in the digestive tract environment.

The environmental changes in the last 20 years have seen increases in the human environment of petro - chemicals — air transport - quadrupling of motor vehicles, insecticides and rises in background electro - magnetic - field, and so on.»

The researchers from QMUL's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences investigated whether these «sexually selected» animals might be better able to cope with changes in the environment such as increasing temperatures or acidity.

«But you also want to rapidly change their chemical environment, in order to change the trigger for protein production.»

«The brain along with the reproductive system and every other cell in your body is exquisitely sensitive to exceedingly small changes in estrogen and other sex hormones, and the fact that the environment is full of chemicals that can activate estrogen receptors means this phenomenally sensitive system is being perturbed constantly by environmental factors.»

By performing experiments in the precisely controlled environment of the CLOUD chamber, the project's scientists can change the concentrations of chemicals involved in nucleation and then measure the rate at which new particles are created with extreme precision.

«The amount and diversity of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other industrial chemicals that humans are releasing into the environment are increasing at rates that match or exceed recent increases in CO2 emissions, nutrient pollution from nitrogen fertilizers, and other drivers of global change,» Bernhardt said.

«Evidence from Kipp and co-workers for substantial ongoing change in the chemical environment of the Arctic Ocean emphasizes the need for sustained study of these changes and of the processes involved,» said Bob Anderson, an Ewing - Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the director of the U.S. GEOTRACES Program Office.

At the North American branch of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's 31st annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, on 8 November, environmental chemists warned that complex interactions between chemistry and climate change might be making chemicals more toxic and the environment more susceptible to damage.

Curiosity is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding chemical evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ago, in ways that affected their potential favorability for microbial life.

However, small changes in the chemical composition of particles can affect the environment.

With postdoctoral researcher Marc Miskin at the helm, the team has made a robot exoskeleton that can rapidly change its shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment.

From the opportunistic early colonists to the mature «climax» species, the organisms that make up the vent community change as the vent environment changes, not only in the geological and chemical sense, but also in the biological sense.

Source: Lyman 2010 The reaction of the oceans to climate change are some of the most profound across the entire environment, including disruption of the ocean food chain through chemical changes caused by CO2, the ability of the sea to absorb CO2 being limited by temperature increases, (and the potential to expel sequestered CO2 back into the atmosphere as the water gets hotter), sea - level rise due to thermal expansion, and the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere.

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

Source: Lyman 2010 The reaction of the oceans to climate change are some of the most profound across the entire environment, including disruption of the ocean food chain through chemical changes caused by CO2, the ability of the sea to absorb CO2 being limited by temperature increases, (and the potential to expel sequestered CO2 back into the atmosphere as the water gets hotter), sea - level rise due to thermal expansion, and the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Researchers of a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters on Aug. 4 said that the military camp's infrastructure, which include the remaining biological, radioactive and chemical wastes, could re-enter the environment and disrupt nearby ecosystem because of climate change.

7/2011 to Present Benchmark Human Services, Nantucket, MA Behavior Analyst • Interview patients regarding their present, past and future aspirations in a bid to understand their motivations • Take notes to refer to during the assessment period • Measure specific influences such as environment and family life to determine cause of behavioral problems • Create psychological profiles for each patient to determine extent of behavior problems • Devise and implement programs to address behavior problems • Act as part of a coordinated care team to provide oral medication to patients • Monitor patients» progress and note down any significant changes for better or worse • Assist patients with chemical dependency issues to come to terms with their addiction through counseling services • Provide a one - on - one to patients with criminal backgrounds • Assist crime investigations by creating psychological profiles of criminals to determine motive and mode of operation

Crisis response including mental health support and chemical health support in often unpredictable and changing environments

Some people have a chemical imbalance and may need an antidepressant to improve their mood and chronic irritability, while others need to change the way they respond to triggers and happenings in the environment.