Sentences with phrase «ecological consequences of»

Yet the ecological consequences of this cyclone were profound.

It all comes down to thinking about the health and ecological consequences of the choices that you make in your daily life and The Conscious Kitchen takes you step by step through everything you need to know.

Further research emphasis is needed in these areas if we are to reduce uncertainty in modelled forecasts of the ecological consequences of climate change.

We'll present a couple illustrations before we'll get to the actual publication we hope to discuss — one that compares methodology of science - based and «science - denying» climate websites but that also touches on a subject we personally find far more interesting: what's actually going on in the Arctic, an area that is not only experiencing major physical consequences of climate change, but that is subsequently also set to be a stage for a cascade of ecological consequences of this climate change — both in the Arctic tundra biome and in the adjacent Arctic marine ecosystem.

And that's illustrated if you compare how «science - based» and «science - denier» blogs discuss right about any climate - related topic, from actual atmospheric temperature development to its physical manifestations, like sea level rise (see the chart in the middle of this piece) and social and ecological consequences of climate change — including at some point the fate of iconic mammal species that use sea ice as hunting grounds.

Before that, as part of a scientifically grounded 2009 Buddhist declaration on climate change citing the «ecological consequences of our collective karma,» the Dalai Lama endorsed the 350 - parts - per - million target for carbon emissions.

Testing the ecological consequences of evolutionary change using elements.

* 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.

Smith has publicly questioned at least 50 specific research projects — including a $ 340,000 (# 221,000) grant to examine the ecological consequences of early human - set fires in New Zealand — and demanded to examine the agency's peer review process underlying those awards.

Researchers say the analysis was intended to more precisely gauge the ecological consequences of climate change.

So reports a new study released today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, which is one of the first to explore the ecological consequences of stimulant pollution in urban streams.

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

Co-author Emma J. Rosi - Marshall, a freshwater ecologist at the Cary Institute, comments, «We have every reason to suspect that the release of stimulants to aquatic environments is on the rise across the globe, yet little is known about the ecological consequences of this pollution.

It is not enough to produce more food; we must also simultaneously stabilize the global population and reduce the ecological consequences of food production — a triple challenge.

Preventing wars and other strife will increasingly depend on facing the ecological consequences of our economic activities

At the close of the Fourth International Polar Year, we take stock of the ecological consequences of recent climate change in the Arctic, focusing on effects at population, community, and ecosystem scales.

Co-author Marianne Nyegaard, an ichthyologist at Australia's Murdoch University, says this type of clarification is vital in biology and «important in understanding, for example, the ecological consequences of climate change.»

The ecological consequences of lizard extinctions are unknown.

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.

«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.»

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

Not exact matches

The objective of the EEZ Act is the familiar sustainability rhetoric — enable economic growth while maintaining ecological integrity — but it is tricky business because these are large capital - intensive projects in remote locations that bring environmental risks that are considered low probability with severe consequences.

Honest, probing analysis of the current economic organization and its economic, social, ecological, political and cultural consequences can only delegitimize this phenomenon which is paraded to the world as the paragon of progress.

The author contrasts an ancient abbey with its traditions, history and rootedness, to the modern American megachurch without tradition, culture or weighted worship, to an ecological sound, modern, high - tech, all thought out community but where the state church seems of little consequence, yet in this latter place the gospel seemed to make more sense.

He shows how the fear of dire ecological disaster has repeatedly allowed the unscientific claims made by environmentalists and the consequences of the reforms they propose to escape unchallenged.

The present ecological crisis is partially the practical consequence of the old Newtonian philosophy of nature as dead, insensitive, and mechanical; and Hartshorne's panpsychism should aid man's efforts to rethink his relation to the cosmos.

a time which is no longer characterized by military Governments, but more by economic globalization and its — for many — disastrous economic and ecological consequences.18 In connection with the 1992 UN Conference on the Environment in Rio de Janeiro, Boff recognized the urgency of ecological issues.

This inner poisoning of life... can not... be overcome simply by victory over economic need, political oppression, cultural alienation and the ecological crisis... The absence of meaning and the corresponding consequences of an ossified and absurd life are described in theological terms as godforsakenness... Faith becomes hope for significant fulfillment.

3.3 the likelihood and consequence of variance from the expected ecological outcome (including negative impacts on biota and water quality).

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.

If each of us is not aware of its consequences, the ecological stake might be very high.

My wife, Sigal Balshine, is a behavioural ecologist, which means that she tries to make sense of the observed behaviour of living organisms as a consequence of natural selection operating in real ecological environments.

It is also clear that ecological tipping points can be crossed if we push this process too far, with potentially irreversible consequences as overgrazed grassland tips into desert, or as degraded tropical forest dries out and burns over vast areas of Indonesia and Brazil.

And from an ecological point of view, we're just starting to understand the medical consequences of disturbing that with antibiotics.»

But there is an ecological consequence to bat extinction: A single bat can eat thousands of insects in a single night.

«Today, phosphorus is also a limiting nutrient for the oceans, but the input of the phosphorus and iron into the ocean from these volcanoes has major paleoenvironmental and ecological consequences.»

And who knows what terrible chain of ecological consequences will follow?

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.

Losses of entire bee colonies during winter have economic and — in particular — ecological consequences as pollinators are missing in spring during blossom.

Our study shows that the northeast United States is one of those regions where warming will proceed very rapidly, so that if and when the global target is reached, we will already be experiencing much higher temperatures, with all of the related ecological, hydrological and agricultural consequences.»

But it could have long - term consequences for the ecological life of the U.S. and Mexico borderlands.

«Decision - makers worry a lot about economic recessions, but an ecological recession could have even worse consequences — and the biodiversity damage we've had means we're at risk of that happening.

Lead author Matthias Schmidt Thomsen, of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton, says: «We have known for some time that a reduction in biodiversity has negative ecological consequences, but predictions of what happens to an ecosystem have not accounted for the occurrence of compensatory responses.»

Consequently, effective conservation of native biota can be enhanced by an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of human - mediated hybridization.

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.

«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.»

Five years later, the book Our Stolen Future brought attention to the widespread ecological and human health consequences of EDCs.

In its 2012 statement on Climate Change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reconfirmed that there is compelling evidence of human impact on the climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political systems.

For example, see: Ecological selection as the cause and sexual differentiation as the consequence of species divergence?

I've investigated the consequences of human activities on ecological communities and processes — from the effects of cleaning habits on the bacterial diversity in our homes to the consequences of land - use change on stream ecosystem function.