Sentences with phrase «ecological consequences»

They are also on the lookout for unintended ecological consequences of the project.

Thus far, observed consumption of terrestrial food by polar bears has been insufficient to offset lost ice - based hunting opportunities but can have ecological consequences for other species.

But she says that a moratorium on the research is needed so there can be «very, very thorough scrutiny» of a technology that could have «huge» unintended ecological consequences.

There are a number of dangerous ecological consequences from oceanic warming beyond its impact on surface and atmospheric temperatures.

This project seeks to understand where, why and with what social - ecological consequences international conflicts over shared fish stocks occur.

What might the future ecological consequences be for wild species as the globe continues to warm rapidly?

Global warming and agricultural runoff have driven the loss of oxygen in oceans around the world, with looming ecological consequences.

A growing body of international scientific evidence has shown pesticides are dangerous to biodiversity and their use has unintended ecological consequences.

Reduced water storage could have serious ecological consequences in both the northern estuaries and the Everglades ecosystem if this shortfall is not addressed.

Cons: Tidal power relies on primitive technology and limited locations, can result in negative ecological consequences if dams are used, and is not yet economically competitive.

Scientists strongly suspect that the algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, is the same fast - growing, non-native clone that has swept over the northwestern Mediterranean sea floor in the past decade with devastating ecological consequences.

A review of the history of purple loosestrife by zoologists Heather Hager and Karen McCoy, formerly at the University of Guelph in Ontario, concluded that despite belief to the contrary, there is little or no evidence to suggest that the incursion of the plant has serious ecological consequences.

But today we are terrified by the unforeseen ecological consequences of DDT; it permeates the food chain of plants, insects, animals, and people.

«Mosquitofish populations with more females have greater ecological impact: Scientists investigating ecological consequences of sexual dimorphism and sex ratio variation in mosquitofish populations found dramatic effects.»

Globally, observations show that many lakes are heating up — but not all in the same way or with the same ecological consequences.

«This would have not only ecological consequences, but recreational and commercial consequences.»

Moreover, such solutions are often not commensurate with the scale of the challenge because they can bring huge adverse ecological consequences.

Since species shifted in different ways, conditions in 2015 produced new patterns of reassembled wildflower communities, with unknown ecological consequences.

«We'd anticipate far fewer ecological consequences from gene - driving one of these naturally occurring proteins into a population of snails, because they'd remain natural in pretty much every other way — just instead of being more susceptible to Schistosoma, they'd be more resistant.»

* By denying the impacts of AGW on polar bears, bloggers aim to cast doubt on other established ecological consequences of AGW, aggravating the consensus gap.

But the over-harvesting of these wild plants has great ecological consequences.

Indeed, light pollution has dramatic ecological consequences, creates public health issues and the lighting that causes it wastes important resources.

It is this dread of unknown and unknowable ecological consequences that suffuses the writings of environmental activists.

Neonics have unintended and wide - reaching ecological consequences, including contributing to a decline in bee and monarch butterfly populations.

While many Americans may welcome that prospect, this shift has ecological consequences beyond milder temperatures and earlier flowers.

Significant ecological consequences could follow, researchers say.

«For those in industry, chemicals could be screened for potentially ecological consequences while they are still in development,» said Poynton.

The restriction of fuel, TreeHugger has reported earlier, has led to some positive ecological consequences: taxi drivers are making biodiesel from falafel oil.

Despite the long held belief that eradicating mosquitoes would cause severe ecological consequences, research into the matter indicates that doing so wouldn't hurt the environment and would save millions of lives (as mosquitoes transmit many blood borne pathogens).

Cons: Wave power technology is primitive, can potentially result in negative ecological consequences, and is not yet economically competitive.

But the» process that delivers bags of frozen shrimp to your grocery store at cheap prices has devastating ecological consequences, and you'll probably not want to touch that shrimp ring ever again after reading what's really happening behind the scenes.»

A University of Kansas (KU) researcher studying trade and globalization has found that the shift to «technified» coffee production in the 1970s and 1980s has created harsher economic and ecological consequences for heavy coffee - producing nations, such as Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Vietnam and Ethiopia.

Ecological consequences have led to the greatest dissatisfaction with the modern development at which China has been so successful.

Since the land is part of the Amazon basin, the ecological consequences are severe.

This is the first time in my 10 - year fight against the water project that I have seen a national magazine cover it with no holds barred, reporting the truth of what its ecological consequences already have been and will be.

A study believed to be the first of its kind explores the ecological consequences of amphetamines in streams.

It is simultaneously the source of some threats (such as the ecological consequences of our industries or the uncontrolled use of genetic engineering), and...

But little attention has been paid to the ecological consequences of these phenomena.

Finally, Post and colleagues take a regional focus, reviewing the ecological consequences of current sea ice decline in the polar regions, the part of the world where the reality of changing climate is perhaps at its most stark.

The ecological consequences could include more mosquitoes and other undesirable insects that the bats eat.

The ecological consequences have been severe, the team reports: On Adak Island, for example, where otters now number about 300, sea urchin are booming and kelp density is down 12-fold.

The findings, reported in tomorrow's issue of Nature, suggest that the ecological consequences of some of the world's 36,000 dams may be felt by large water bodies rather than simply the dammed rivers themselves and the surrounding lands.

The ecological consequences of lizard extinctions are unknown.