Sentences with phrase «ecological processes across»

The authors of the Science paper examined 94 distinct ecological processes across marine, fresh water, and terrestrial environments and found that 82 percent of them have been modified by the mere 1 ˚C of average global warming we have experienced so far.

The National Ecological Observatory Network, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle, is designed to collect and provide open data that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological processes across the US.

Not exact matches

In contrast to the often narrowly defined single - objective nature of flood control, they observe that SFM places an emphasis not only on reducing risk (to people, economics and the environment) but also on seeking opportunities to working with natural processes and promoting multiple benefits across a range of criteria (ecological, societal and economic).

A team of evolutionary biologists at Rice University, the University of Sheffield and eight other universities used a combination of ecological fieldwork and genomic assays to see how natural selection is playing out across the genome of a Southern California stick insect that is in the process of evolving into two unique species.

Across the large lakes of this region, the hybrid population then diversified in a process known as «adaptive radiation» (evolution of multiple new species adapted to different ecological niches).

These standardized methods ensure comparability of ecological patterns and processes across NEON sites and through time.

Changes in a suite of ecological processes currently underway across the broader arctic region are consistent with Earth system model predictions of climate - induced geographic shifts in the range extent and functioning of the tundra and boreal forest biomes.