Sentences with phrase «ecological implications of»

Participants learn more about the many cultural, social, and ecological implications of what we eat and discuss the importance of our eating habits.

Johnstone, J. A., and T. E. Dawson (2010), Climatic context and ecological implications of summer fog decline in the coast redwood region, Proc.

Wrona, F. J., et al. (2016), Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime, J. Geophys.

Examine the many cultural, social, and ecological implications of food consumption.

Fiore, C.A., The Ecological Implications of Urban Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Predation on Birds In the City of Wichita, Kansas, in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The serious ecological implications of this fine novel do not obscure the pleasures of getting to know the main character and her family — and watching her come of age as a woman fulfilling her own possibilities.

Our research program uses tools from ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry and physiology to investigate (1) the sources, (2) fate and (3) the ecological implications of the mixtures of contaminants to aquatic habitats.

Although seemingly lighthearted, the toy octopus experiment is part of a deadly - serious effort to understand the worrying ecological implications of a process known as ocean acidification.

This report explores some of the wider social and ecological implications of international food trade, and suggests how to reduce excessive, unnecessary food miles.

The artist was struck by the imposing size and number of these cargo units, and the ecological implication of their global transport.

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The final chapters are concerned with the implications of this postmodern ecological worldview for society today.

The issue is, instead, whether drawing the conclusions I have suggested from ecological egalitarianism depends on a misunderstanding of the doctrine or might instead be its most consistent implication.

In Naess's vision we see a possible implication of the call for ecological egalitarianism.

He then clarifies one of Whitehead's key concepts: «prehension», that is, the way in which one momentary experience incorporates or takes account of earlier such moments, and considers its implications for process theology and the ecological movement.

Having advanced the ideal of ecological justice based on the ethical implications of the Christian tradition, the statement concludes with a challenge to the churches — one that is appropriately set in visionary terms.

They come from persons influenced by ecological concerns, from feminists, from those influenced by Eastern forms of thought, by those interested in parapsychology, and by those who reflect on the implications of recent developments in physics.

And it allowed him to see more clearly the implications of ecological thinking that had been present in his teachers, Alfred North Whitehead and Bernard Meland, but that he had not previously seen.

The presented topics focused on: - Economical, ecological and social implications of apiculture - Legal norms and guidelines / official and private standards - Perspectives of organic apicultural production - Conversion problems, risk assessment and evaluation - Specific apiary operations - Quality management and assurance in organic apiculture - Inspection and certification processes - Labeling / packaging and marketing - Endemic Iranian bees and their potentials for honey production - etc..

Fish products, branding, consumers perspectives, Economical, ecological and social implications of aquaculture

Variation in insect diet has implications for numerous ecological and evolutionary processes, including effects of environmental disturbance, the stability of networks of interacting species and the top - down effects of predators being controlled by the level of herbivore diet specialization.

«This kind of ecological study identifying a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services suggests that higher plant diversity will increase services from agroecosystems, and that has immediate implications for management practices and policies for sustainable agriculture, including Chesapeake Bay water quality,» Kaye said.

These research findings have implications for the scientific understanding of fragile coral reef ecosystems as well as for the ecological significance of grey reef sharks.

While most of the ecological research on decomposition looks at plant litter, DeBruyn and her colleagues argue that the decomposition of carcasses — say, of a dead antelope on the African plain — may also have important implications for nutrient cycling in the larger landscape.

The discovery demonstrates the value of using microbial systems to investigate ecological and evolutionary questions, and has strong implications for our understanding and even treatment of infectious diseases.

«Our study took a unified approach to understanding egg shape by asking three questions: how to quantify egg shape and provide a basis for comparison of shapes across species, what are the biophysical mechanisms that determine egg shape, and what are the implications of egg shape in an evolutionary and ecological setting,» said senior author, L. Mahadevan, the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics at Harvard.»

The lure of the rare has another ecological implication that doesn't get talked about, one that particularly concerns us.

With approximately 15 % of the world's population living in desert regions, Wright stresses the importance of his findings: «the implications for how we change ecological systems have a direct impact on whether humans will be able to survive indefinitely in arid environments.»

To predict the implications of these changes will require, in part, understanding the ecological and evolutionary forces that act on the skin microbiome.

The EU FP7 Integrated Project EPOCA (European Project on OCean Acidification) was launched in June 2008 with the overall goal to advance our understanding of the biological, ecological, biogeochemical, and societal implications of ocean acidification.

University of Alberta scientists Suzanne Tank, who was not involved in the new study, said that the release of sediments from the new slumps in the Canadian permafrost has significant ecological implications.

The consequences of this overall process, known as «ocean acidification», are raising concerns for the biological, ecological, and biogeochemical health of the world's oceans, as well as for the potential societal implications.

In cooperation with potentially affected stakeholders, Scientists from the University of Bremen have developed an ecosystem model that integrates the relevant environmental processes and examines ecological changes and their socio - economic implications.

The ecological and environmental implications of scenarios with carbon emissions of 1000 GtC or greater, as discussed below, would be profound and should influence considerations of appropriate energy strategies.

Dissertation Title: Ecological and Morphological Correlates of Infraorbital Foramen Size and its Paleoecological Implications

A significant part of his oeuvre to date has led him to scrutinize the actual and dominant demands for technological advances, most of which depend on further depleting the Earth's natural resources and have vast implications for the future of our ecological systems.

In 2018, Lamensdorf will co-curate an exhibition at the University of Buffalo Art Galleries about radioactive waste and its human and ecological implications.

The potential for marine organisms to adapt to increasing CO2 and the broader implications for ocean ecosystems are not well known; an emerging body of evidence suggests that the impact of rising CO2 on marine biota will be more varied than previously thought, with both ecological winners and losers.

The loss of ice cover on the Great Lakes has both ecological and economic implications.

«The implications of this study are profound when you think about the potential for ecological change in mountainous environments in the West in the not too distant future,» said Molotch, an assistant professor in the geography department.

• accept the sobering reality that energy - balance climate - change worldviews are scientifically robust, that the «hockey - stick blade» of climate - change is lengthening without pause or obvious limit, and that the ecological, economic, and social implications of climate - change are of urgent political concern.

The implications of these projected changes are briefly discussed for physical, social, economic, and ecological systems, and the ICLEI Canada climate adaptation planning methodology is described.

University of Alberta scientists Suzanne Tank, who was not involved in the new study, said that the release of sediments from the new slumps in the Canadian permafrost has significant ecological implications.

Although existing analyses have quantified the links between social performance and biophysical indicators such as energy use32, greenhouse gas emissions33 and ecological footprint34, these analyses have not considered the implications of planetary boundaries on social outcomes.

The aim of the meeting was to review evidence related to the implications of global climate and ecological change on the communicable disease burden of Europe, assess the preparedness of health systems, develop scientific advice, identify research needs, and make recommendations to Member States.

Voluntary and involuntary minorities: a cultural - ecological theory of school performance with some implications for education.