Sentences with phrase «ecosystem scientists»

In some areas, all marine species are native to the region, but that's likely to change, lead author Dr Mary Wisz, a Senior Ecosystem Scientist at the Danish Hydraulic Institute tells Carbon Brief:
In a new project from the EcoLEARN team, students will be able to get even closer to the work of ecosystem scientists.
A rash of spills in the Amazon has scientists and villagers scrambling to understand oil's effects on the ecosystem
Ecosystem scientist Yadvinder Malhi, at the University of Oxford, and colleagues analyzed data from 54 tropical forest plots in Ghana, Gabon, Malaysia, Brazil and Peru, which they presented at a recent meeting Mahli organized in London.
train non ‐ scientists to learn how to collect scientifically valid, high quality data on reef ecosystems that can be used to track the condition of those ecosystems
They are now starting a third phase, which they're calling EcoXPT, where they are working with ecosystem scientists, teachers, and students to find age - appropriate ways to add authentic forms of experimentation into the mix.
The study shows that «all plants seem to be living on the edge», says Yadvinder Malhi, an ecosystems scientist at the University of Oxford.
Coauthor and Fellowship advisor Kathleen Weathers, an ecosystem scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and co-chair of GLEON, comments, «In the North American Lakes Region — where road salt is a reality — roads and other impervious surfaces within 500 meters of a lake's shoreline are a recipe for salinization.
«This work addresses a question that's been out there for decades,» says Bruce Hungate, an ecosystem scientist at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
Kathleen C. Weathers, an ecosystem scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, has been studying the effects of fog on forest ecosystems for 25 years, and she still can not quite believe how it works.
Coauthor and Fellowship advisor Kathleen Weathers, an ecosystem scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and co-chair of GLEON, comments, «In the North American Lakes Region - where road salt is a reality - roads and other impervious surfaces within 500 meters of a lake's shoreline are a recipe for salinization.
Climate and ecosystem scientists are working to understand the relationship between observations, experiments and modeling results to understand the response of the carbon cycle to emissions.
But ecosystem scientists have a variety of techniques for understanding the environment, and we want to help students learn to think more like these experts.»
Through a largely self - directed process of inquiry and exploration, students develop hypotheses, test their interpretations, and step into the shoes of an ecosystem scientist faced with an ecological mystery.
With these disparities, how can middle school students envision what it's like to be an ecosystem scientist?
Think about the discrepancies in how students and ecosystem scientists work, Kamarainen says.
Scientists say altering dingo - proof fencing to allow the predators into a NSW national park to prey upon pests could help restore balance to the ecosystem
We are working with Dr. Matt Ross, an ecosystem scientist from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to improve our mining identification algorithm, and add the capacity to evaluate how landscapes affected by surface mining recover over time.
«A few centimetres can make the difference in whether the ground slumps and becomes wetter or ends up high and dry, by separating more from the water table,» says Colleen Iversen, an ecosystem scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US and a co-author of the report.
Christina Schädel, an ecosystem scientist at Northern Arizona University in the US, and 23 colleagues from New Zealand, Finland, the Czech Republic, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Singapore and other US institutions report in Nature Climate Change that they made a meta - analysis of 25 separate incubation experiments with soils from the permafrost zone to establish the fine detail of what happens when long - frozen soil is warmed by 10 °C.
When it came time to develop more fully the climate change impacts work, in particular requiring the talents of ecosystem scientists, the fit with theUSGCRP was not nearly as natural.
«This work addresses a question that's been out there for decades,» says Bruce Hungate, an ecosystem scientist at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
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