Sentences with phrase «ecological threats»

This step took too long, but shows this administration's commitment to taking this kind of looming ecological threat seriously.

Nature: Himalayan plans pose ecological threat, researchers warn.

Desertification cost to man - kind is far greater than most other ecological threats.

An ecological management plan for the sanctuary identified common reed as a significant ecological threat and management priority.

The waste management process — an advanced anaerobic digestion system — also converted a less harmful form of estrogen in the manure into a form that may pose a greater ecological threat.

But the discovery also revealed a possible ecological threat: As substances like MF were long thought to be specific to insects, many insecticides have been developed to precisely target this hormone pathway.

Past projects have focused on urgent ecological threats and opportunities such as watershed restoration, climate change, urban renewal, agriculture and deforestation.

Vanishing of the Bees also offers a study guide for teachers and has partnered with organizations such as Beyond Pesticides to help bring awareness to pesticides role in this growing ecological threat.

They do not want the field trials to continue, fearing the result will be a solid scientific conclusion that golden rice is not only beneficial to the health of those who eat it, but poses no meaningful ecological threat.

Across the country, and especially among youth, the Greens represent a significant layer of society that recognises the urgency of tackling catastrophic climate change and other ecological threats.

We also chafe under a convergence of unprecedented military and ecological threats to the continued existence of life on this globe.

«We're dealing with the public health threats and the ecological threats that will allow this lake to recover,» Judith Enck, regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, told the Syracuse Media Group editorial board.

That means fishers who use store - bought shellfish as bait and consumers who toss uneaten shellfish in the water may be spreading invasive species, say the researchers, who argue that the live seafood trade needs tighter regulations to protect against this ecological threat.

Scientists are divided about the need to label GMOs: There is little scientific evidence of health or ecological threats, but many uncertainties remain.

The U.S. National Parks offer strong protection for birds from many invasive and ecological threats, but little is known about the impact of climate change on bird populations living in the national parks.

Even we adults, aware of the ecological threat being posed, could admit to enjoying the anarchy.

The 14th edition will be titled Leaving the Echo Chamber, and will explore art in an era of migration, ecological threat, and technological change.

David Brooks has displaced a section of a simulated tropical rainforest into the MoMA PS1 Duplex Gallery, only to «preserve» the forest by encasing it in concrete, as a visceral confrontation demonstrating today's ecological threats.

After years of overfishing and rampant dam - building, a senior fisheries expert with the Chinese Academy of Sciences has spoken out against the ecological threats facing the Yangtze River by calling for a 10 - year fishing moratorium and joining environmentalists in decrying the proposed Xiaonanhai Dam.

If Congress and the Obama administration are serious about treating global warming as a pressing economic and ecological threat, coal will struggle to remain relevant.

This framework also shows climate change in a greater context — one which unites all of the ecological threats we face today.