Sentences with phrase «ecosystem around the world»

We use the latest science to identify important marine ecosystems around the world, and then advocate for their protection, for us and future generations.

But we really haven't gotten our minds much around the rest of life and the existence of natural ecosystems around the world that are disappearing rapidly.

A review of recent science shows the impact of human food waste on a variety of wildlife ecosystems around the world.

Honey bees are native to Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe and have become naturalized in ecosystems around the world as a result of intentional transport by humans.

The previously observed effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on terrestrial ecosystems around the world indicate that these ecosystems may also be in serious jeopardy,» explains IGB researcher Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, who is leading the study.

The Jefferson Project — a collaboration between Rensselaer, IBM Research, and The FUND for Lake George — was founded to develop a new model for technologically enabled environmental monitoring and prediction to better understand and protect the Lake George ecosystem and freshwater ecosystems around the world.

According to Francis Chan, a marine ecologist at OSU, this recurrent dead zone is just another sign of global warming's harmful impact on ocean ecosystems around the world — prompted by unprecedented changes in wind patterns and water currents.

Winrock believes that climate change will have a profound impact on the poorest populations and the most fragile ecosystems around the world and that markets are the most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

They are now everywhere and while they are not always welcome on your kitchen counter, they are critical to ecosystems around the world for many roles, including seed dispersal and decomposition.

The IPCC also reports that the resilience of many ecosystems around the world is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change; disturbances associated with climate change, such as flooding, drought, wildfire, and insects; and other global change - drivers, including land - use changes, pollution, habitat fragmentation, urbanization, and growing human populations and economies.

c) Students play the role of scientists who need to make recommendations to an environmental organization about how to protect endangered species in various ecosystems around the world.

500 Startups is also aiming to contribute to the development of thriving innovation ecosystems around the world to better equip startups with tools to succeed by running educational programs, events and conferences, and partnerships with corporations and governments around the world.

«Coastal ecosystems around the world depend greatly on the services provided by oysters,» Kimbro said.

This is worrying because ecosystems around the world are being diced up as human activities encroach.

The scientists calculate that the hypothetically required plantations would in fact replace natural ecosystems around the world almost completely.

This thawing permafrost could release a large amount of mercury that could potentially affect ecosystems around the world.

That work will take place through the Nutrient Network, an international collaboration coordinated by CBS faculty and study co-authors Eric Seabloom and Elizabeth Borer that makes it possible to conduct research on a variety of grassland ecosystems around the world at the same time.

«The results suggest that the same pattern is likely to be found in other ecosystems around the world.

There are many current threats to the health of kelp forest ecosystems around the world.

The week (schedule) is being marked with a Washington conference, a web - based conference, talks and other activities aimed at improving efforts to control the unwelcome fish, plants, pathogens and other organisms disrupting ecosystems around the world after being transported, intentionally or accidentally, by people.

«These findings will help us better understand and develop strategies to adapt to the severity of ocean acidification in different marine ecosystems around the world,» said Richard A. Feely, a NOAA oceanographer and co-author of the study, which has been accepted for publication and can be read online in the American Geophysical Union journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

Despite widespread recognition that hunter - gatherers and early farmers were capable of transforming terrestrial ecosystems around the world, these early anthropogenic changes have yet to be understood as global change processes and are generally portrayed by global change scientists as localized and insignificant compared with contemporary changes in the Earth system (11, 14).

The research is part of the Jefferson Project at Lake George — a collaboration between Rensselaer, IBM Research, and The FUND for Lake George — founded to develop a new model for technologically enabled environmental monitoring and prediction to understand and protect the Lake George ecosystem and freshwater ecosystems around the world.

With her commitment to her island's people and to healthy ocean ecosystems around the world, Congresswoman Bordallo is the best choice to represent Guam.

Winrock believes that climate change will have real and profound impacts on the poorest populations and the most fragile ecosystems around the world, and that markets are the most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

As scientists focused on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather on human society and natural ecosystems around the world, our research has quantified how extreme heat associated with our warming climate may affect flights around the world.

A new University of Colorado Boulder study comparing dissolved black carbon deposition on ice and snow in ecosystems around the world (including Antarctica, the Arctic, and alpine regions of the Himalayas, Rockies, Andes, and Alps) shows that while concentrations vary widely, significant amounts can persist in both pristine and non-pristine areas of snow.

To expand the scientific knowledge base, a team of UC Santa Barbara scientists set out to estimate the vulnerability and extinction risk of migratory birds, mammals and fishes from different regions and ecosystems around the world.

The answers they came up, just published in the scientific journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution and summarized below, portend both risks and opportunities for species and ecosystems around the world.

At the same time, populations of smaller fish, such as sardines and anchovies, have boomed by 130 %, according to a new study of marine ecosystems around the world.

Our mission is to bring you the top news related to the health of people, wildlife and ecosystems around the world, and to fill the voids left by layoffs and cutbacks at traditional media.

To look for a general relationship between the abundance of forage fish and birds» breeding success, Cury and an international team of researchers examined data on fish and 14 species of seabirds from seven ecosystems around the world.

The identified thirteen companies (box) shape very large marine ecosystems around the world and are involved in both wild capture fisheries and aquaculture, including whitefish, tuna, salmon, shellfish, fishmeal, fish oil, and aqua feeds.

«Increasing demand for seafood has contributed to a global fisheries crisis, with consequences for marine ecosystems around the world,» Österblom adds.

«We find that the composition of ecosystems around the world is changing much more rapidly than we expected.

While some, like hydrological conditions, are beyond human control, others can be replicated at different marine ecosystems around the world.

More people means greater demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel, placing tremendous strains on ecosystems around the world.

Non-native species invasions are an increasing concern in marine ecosystems around the world.

We're supporting environmental conservation because preserving habitats and ecosystems around the world is essential for the well - being of all species — including our own.

The chapters of the report assess risks and opportunities for societies, economies, and ecosystems around the world.

Analyzing the carbon debt for biofuel crops grown in ecosystems around the world, Holly Gibbs and colleagues report that «while expansion of biofuels into productive tropical ecosystems will always lead to net carbon emissions for decades to centuries... [expansion] into degraded or already cultivated land will provide almost immediate carbon savings.»

However, the rate of warming that we see today is much faster than expected and may be a threat to societies and ecosystems around the world.»