Sentences with phrase «combination of human activities»

This is due to a combination of human activities (population growth, intensified agricultural practices, increased land use and deforestation, industrialisation and associated energy use from fossil fuel sources) as well as a strong El Niño event.

Not exact matches

«In handling common stocks, as in most other fields of human activity, success depends on a combination of hard work, intelligence and honesty» Phil Fisher

Freakonomics: the first book to look at the combination of markets, economics and human behaviour in particular activities, from drug dealing, to the flaws of rewarding teachers on pupils» performance.

While the findings clearly show that most Brits think the climate is warming, only 31 % of the people surveyed thought that this was caused mostly or entirely by human activity; 47 % of the people polled think that a combination of natural processes and human activity are to blame.

Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011 - 2012 to determine their beliefs about climate change and whether variation in the climate is triggered by human activities, natural causes or an equal combination of both.

Using a combination of satellite and ground data, the team can map multiple indicators of monkey distribution, including human activity zones as inferred from roads and settlements, direct detections from mosquito - derived iDNA, animal sound recordings, plus detections of other species that are usually found when monkeys are present, such as other large vertebrates.

After analyzing the MRI imaging of the dogs» brain activity as the animals listened to each combination, the researchers found that the dogs — regardless of intonation — responded to the words of praise with heightened brain activity in the left hemisphere in a way similar to humans.

Interests: Understanding impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling; conducts research at Harvard Forest LTER.

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It has also been shown that a fat - restricted diet does not ameliorate signs of EPI.40 In fact, the feeding of a high - fat and high - protein diet in combination with porcine - lipase maximized fat absorption in one experimental study in dogs with EPI.41 Studies in human patients also reveal that certain fiber sources (e.g., wheat bran, pectin) impair pancreatic enzyme activity, therefore, high - fiber diets should be avoided.42 Most dogs with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency do well when fed regular commercial maintenance diets.

Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

Jerry specializes in understanding the impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems from local to global scales, using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling.

Most worrisome, if humanity stays near its current path of greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC warns with «high confidence» that «the combination of high temperature and humidity in some areas for parts of the year is projected to compromise normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors.»

'' «I believe climate change is due to a combination of factors, including natural cycles, sun spots and human activity.

Now, how much of this dragon king event was caused by human activities and how much was caused by natural cycles is certainly an interested issue to debate, however, it really doesn't make that much of a difference if we agree that it was a unique combination of the two that precipitated this event, such that it happened when it did because of this combination.

Further, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including those arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

At the high - end scenario of global warming, in which global average temperatures increase to 8.46 degrees Fahrenheit above 1986 - 2005 average levels by 2100, the report found that «the combination of high temperature and humidity in some areas for parts of the year is projected to compromise normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors.»

A majority of the forest fires that blazed across Alberta recently were caused by a combination of these conditions and careless human activity.