Sentences with phrase «ecological effects of»

He also has a Master of Science in environmental sciences and policy from Johns Hopkins University, where he concentrated his research and study in environmental fate and transport, oceanic and atmospheric processes, hydrology and the ecological effects of pollutants.

The extension of the permit period from five years has raised concerns among environmentalists about the ecological effects of the growing wind industry.

To help make information accessible to policy makers and to the general public, BRI will host a two - day workshop and public presentation about areas of scientific consensus regarding the ecological effects of offshore wind power.

There are a lot of unknowns about the ecological effects of ocean - based renewable energy.

The second reason is the possibility that the ecological effects of climate change (the portion that is already manifesting itself) are currently already larger than thought — something that can be masked by looking at individual species and is better assessed when looking at ecosystems or entire biomes.

What are the ecological effects of future warming?

Sections on the ecological effects of global warming and its impact on human health were removed.

For example, many mechanistic models used to simulate the ecological effects of climate change operate at spatial resolutions varying from a single plant to a few hectares.

I would like to see a post from Realclimate about current ecological effects of anthropogenic climate change.

An installation drawing upon the ecological effects of vibration and the history of sonic warfare.

I recently completed a global review on the ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators.

Biography: Sue - Ann's research focuses on key ecological effects of global change, particularly ocean acidification, on marine organisms including invertebrates and fishes.

Ripple has led international collaborations to analyze the status and ecological effects of large animals.

Though the ecological effects of these climate oscillations have been described in various settings, the influence of decadal indices to long - term marine turtle population trends is largely unexplored.

«This was a huge undertaking,» said Thomas Davies, who studies the ecological effects of light pollution at Exeter University and was not involved with the study.

Flowering times are well - documented indicators of the ecological effects of climate change and are linked to numerous ecosystem processes and trophic interactions.

Dr Green is the lead author on a paper just published in Environmental Science and Technology, which describes the worrying ecological effects of discarded plastic carrier bags.

Inevitably these debates raise questions of the past ecological effects of Aboriginal fire usage.

I would like to see a post from Realclimate about current ecological effects of anthropogenic climate change.

Re # 31 and others I have wondered about the ecological effects of anthropogenic climate change (ACC) also.

Organisation and dynamics of biocoenosis; biodiversity patterns at various scales; hydrobiology of running and standing waters and wetlands; ecological effects of climate and land use changes; conservation biology and restoration ecology; new plant resources; natural vegetation in Hungary; maintenance of the Botanical Garden.

Konza Prairie scientists pioneered the use of long - term, large - scale fire and grazing experiments to understand the ecological effects of fire and grazing in grasslands.

Even after two decades, experiments to study the ecological effects of climate change continue to yield instructive results.

She said there are numerous examples of groundbreaking studies that are not replicable, such as human health studies after the dropping of atomic bombs in Hiroshima or the ecological effects of the BP PLC Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The researchers looked at the pattern of extinctions for 177 species of mammals weighing 10 kilograms or more between 132,000 years ago (the height of the next - to - last ice age to strike the Northern Hemisphere) and 1000 years ago (a time at which the ecological effects of human exploration and expansion became unquestionable).

«It's such an amazing approach,» agrees Richard Nevle, an environmental scientist at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who has studied the ecological effects of the American Indian population crash.

Foresters have used both mechanical removal and intentional burning to prevent massive conflagrations, but the relative costs and ecological effects of these two practices are unknown.

A seminal 2002 study of the ecological effects of a busy four - lane highway in Massachusetts found impacts — varying from wetland drainage to noise — across a broad 600 - metre corridor.

This sample of recent environmental films includes looks at the ecological effects of roads and top predators, the impact of climate change on a native village in the Arctic, a search for seeds of wild relatives of staple foods, and the fate of solar panels from Jimmy Carter's White House.

«This study gives us a whole other avenue to understand the ecological effects of wolves on landscapes and animal communities,» said Ripple.

The Trump Administration budget would eliminate funding for research on ecological effects of unconventional oil and gas development.

Examining the actual social and ecological effects of the institution upon its environment proved to be an important contribution to the education of the students as well as to the improvement of the institution.

We discuss how the climatic and ecological effect of forest loss combined (wNA + Amazon) from both loss regions did or did not differ from the effect of loss from the regions individually in the three impacted areas.

The ecological effect of forest loss in individual regions versus combined may include the possibilities of offsets and amplifications of the modeled effects, depending on where impacts are studied and what ecological mechanisms are implicated.

Parvati's mission is to bring awareness to the urgent ecological effect of melting polar ice caps.

Not exact matches

Contraceptives obviously have a negative effect on the delicate ecological system of a woman's fertility.

The effects of sin in man will directly and indirectly, consciously and unconsciously affect the order of the very laws of Nature, and what we now call the «ecological balance» of Nature.

An ecological - systems orientation to change and growth helps keep one aware, when attempting to effect change in one circle, of the interdependence of that dimension of change with all other dimensions.

There are risks related to ecological catastrophes (the desertification, the depletion of the Ozone layer, the deforestation, the Greenhouse effect).

The concept of population momentum may be a difficult ecological concept to grasp, but it is not difficult to understand its effects.

It would be unusual to hear anything in these churches so morally daring as certain songs of the Grammy - Award winning Indigo Girls, or anything so ironically and astutely probing as a song on ecological spirituality by James Taylor («Gaia,» from Hourglass), or music as alert to alternative spiritualities — African and South - American — as Paul Simon's Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints or as achingly yearning in overall effect as k. d. lang's «Constant Craving» (Ingénue) or U2's «I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For» (Joshua Tree).

It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects.

It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather thanthe use of inputs with adverse effects.

The future of food — Scenarios and the effect on natural resource use in agriculture in 2050 Ecological Economics.

It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and nutrients, energy and water cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than on the use of external inputs with adverse effects.

«In Växjö, the greenest city in Europe, we strive to produce meals with a lower effect on the environment in municipal kitchens by purchasing locally produced and ecological foodstuffs, reduce waste, increase the proportion of vegetables and adapt menus to the season.»

Although with «cultural breastfeeding» there may be no effects on a mother's fertility whatsoever, when a mother and infant participate in the human biological norm or «ecological breastfeeding,» women remain in lactational amenorrhea (absence of periods due to unrestricted breastfeeding and constant proximity) and babies are spaced naturally.

When following the Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding, a natural child spacing effect of 18 to 30 months between births is the average.

Walker, Milwaukee County executive, said the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has not held a meeting on the project's ecological effects since 2001.

And the more likely it is that toxic effects will occur, the larger the number of potentially affected species and ecological functions.