Sentences with phrase «complex web of life»

For centuries now, Western science, philosophy, and religion have believed that we could escape this amazing and abundant reality, that our brilliant minds meant we were not subject to the laws and balance of the intricate and complex web of life, that we were somehow outside and above it, able to manipulate it according to our will, with some fate independent of it and higher than it.

While there is concern about decimation of the complex web of life that is our soil, and the informational properties of plants and animal foods, eliminating pesticide exposure from your diet is a powerful step as evidenced by

While there is concern about decimation of the complex web of life that is our soil, and the informational properties of plants and animal foods, eliminating pesticide exposure from your diet is a powerful step as evidenced by assessment studies.

The word can't help but fail to do justice to the myriad species of plants and animals, the fecundity of the natural world, the complex web of life.

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Human life as a whole is a complex interlacing of such webs of meaning.

But when a giant shelf collapses — as Larsen A and B did in 1995 and 2002 — solar - powered plankton production ramps up, and scientists think it could jump - start a complex food web of diverse marine life.

Clicking through 5000 hypertext links on the site's 1500 pages, visitors can trace the complex web of gene expression and protein action that transforms the fruit fly from a one - celled embryo into a six - legged adult, exactly as the saga unfolds in real - life flies.

The Antarctic Subglacial environment is a dynamic ecosystem where life, ice, water, and rock form a web of complex interactions.

Therefore, key challenges for biology in the twenty - first century are the exploration of the structure and the dynamics of this complex inter - and intra - cellular web of interactions that contribute to the structure and function of a living cell.

When Collins began researching these questions, she realized that it is extremely complex living in this tangled web of «privilege and power» that affects everyone.

Every person has their own richly complex web of stories to tell, and I'm excited to continue walking with young people in their own journeys of breaking silences, giving voice to their lived experiences, and envisioning what a more just, liberating world can look and feel like.

This living arrangement has interested Vance in how space and circumstance inform the development of identity through a complex web of experiences.

Though they seem to invoke fantasy worlds, Cutler's compositions are grounded in the exploration of interior states and are inspired by the complex web of emotions generated by real - life situations.

A complex relationship between the forbs, fungi, grasses, herbs, and bacteria reknits the web of life, increasing the health, resilience, and vitality of the soil, crops, grasses, and animals.

The EOLSS contains a vast body of integrated knowledge dedicated to the health, maintenance, and future of the web of life on planet Earth, focusing on the complex connections among all the myriad aspects from natural and social sciences through water, energy, land, food, agriculture, environment, biodiversity, health, education, culture, engineering and technology, management, and development to environmental security!

John Brooks should google «Daisyworld» to learn more about how long - lived complex systems can only exist due to a web of negative feedbacks which moderate cyclical tendencies to spin towards runaway catastrophic events.

It does not grow in size, but it is a living system with a complex web of parts.

engaged as expert WMB practitioner to design, develop and deliver a large complex system of SOAP - based web services with a very short development life cycle of 3 months

As Carter & McGoldrick wrote in their seminal work on The Family Life Cycle, «Whom we are related to in the complex web of family ties over all generations is unalterable by us.»