Sentences with phrase «ecosystems damaged by»

Across the globe, billions of dollars are spent annually on repairing ecosystems damaged by people.

Marine scientist Don Boesch on the fight to restore ecosystems damaged by the Deepwater Horizon disaster

Pouring millions of gallons of oil and dispersants into an area already greatly stressed by upstream pollution, atmospheric fall - out, fifty years of industrial activity (44,000 wells, 33,000 miles of pipelines), shoreline trauma, and ecosystem damage by decades of large - scale fishing is a recipe for short and long - term disaster.

Not exact matches

Nothing less can restore the damage to the ecosystem and halt the continued decline in revenues for the fishing industry,» Ms Lucas said, adding that the network should be set up by 2015 in order to reach their goals, as well as EU obligations.

The measures «do not address the fundamental implication of the very serious decline in commercial fishing productivity and the damage that present fishing practices and other activities are doing to the marine ecosystem,» Ms Lucas added, commenting on a report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 2004.

«Although we don't know the mechanisms yet, repopulation of the gut by bacteria appears to analogous to succession in a forest after it is damaged in a storm,» said microbiologist David Berry: «pioneer species colonize the deforested area, in this case the inflamed intestine, and alter the ecosystem in a way that lets other species colonize and eventually a complex ecosystem can be restored.»

How can we coexist with a forest ecosystem in more effective ways, because of the damage caused by trees falling into power lines or trees falling into houses?

That fast - spreading development is creating additional water stress while simultaneously damaging the ecosystem's ability to absorb carbon dioxide and store or «fix» it in plants, according to the research — a study led by scientists at the University of Montana and published in the journal Science.

Professor Kug notes that further research is needed to obtain a general conclusion on the matter, but this research delivers important implications for climate adaptation because the analysis shows that if current warming trends continue, it is feasible to conclude that the ecosystems in regions affected by the anomalous climate will suffer greater damages due to the cold and dry spells.

«These events can sicken or kill people who consume toxin - contaminated shellfish and can damage marine ecosystems by killing fish and other marine life.»

If the spread of some species endangers others or damages ecosystems, we should study and respond to this on a case - by - case basis, without making any prejudgement.

This was to be done by calculating the «critical load» of acid that each ecosystem could absorb without suffering damage and then aiming to reduce by 50 per cent the gap between that and the levels of acid fallout in 1980, the base year for the calculations.

Changes in permafrost could cause significant impacts — for example, by causing erosion that damages buildings, roads, or other infrastructure, by causing shifts in ecosystems, and by contributing large amounts of carbon to the atmosphere.

«Coral breaching, in which symbiotic photosynthetic algae of corals are killed by high temperatures and coral reefs are severely damaged, is regarded as a serious environmental issue, but plausibly, similar phenomena may be ubiquitously found in the ecosystem,» said Dr. Fukatsu.

Cool burning reduces the amount of damage done by hot fires to ecosystems by promoting new plant growth and clearing natural waste materials.

I hope to peak our guests; curiosity about the astonish reefs» biodiversity - but also give them the knowledge about the threats, that year by year, are damaging this ecosystem.

Divers can assist the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in assessing damage done to the sensitive ecosystem by Hurricane Irma.

[ANDY REVKIN says: I was at the first Conference on the Changing Atmosphere in Toronto in 1988, but mainly recall the worried look on the representative from the Maldives, and the statement by Michael McElroy of Harvard, quoted in my 1988 Discover Magazine article on the greenhouse effect: «If we choose to take on this challenge, it appears that we can slow the rate of change substantially, giving us time to develop mechanisms so that the cost to society and the damage to ecosystems can be minimized.

Microplastics create an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems (not to mention the severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats), as well as financial losses to fisheries and tourism.

A general meaning is «the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovery quickly.»

The scientists will outline how only a combined strategy employing all the major sustainable clean energy options — including renewables and nuclear — can prevent the worst effects of climate change by 2100, such as the loss of coral reefs, severe damages from extreme weather events, and the destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide.

Wild fires are increasing, permafrost is thawing, low lying land is being inundated by seawater, and coral reefs, mangroves, kelp forests, and other ecosystems are being severely damaged.

While we don't know everything we know enough to ask if we wish to damage the planet beyond repair in this the new Anthropocene era, when the earth's ecosystems are being altered by human beings at an unprecedented rate.

There is no need to put our people and ecosystems at greater risk by allowing new investment in climate - damaging projects.

A fifth of global human - caused carbon emissions today are absorbed by terrestrial ecosystems; this important carbon sink operates largely without human intervention, but could be increased through a concerted effort to reduce forest loss and to restore damaged ecosystems, which also co-benefits the conservation of biodiversity.

Yet these things surely are nothing but «the extensive destruction, damage to or loss of ecosystem (s) of a given territory» which «severely diminishes» the «peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory».

And it said that «national policy decisions made now and in the longer - term future will influence the extent of any damage suffered by vulnerable human populations and ecosystems later in this century.»

These events can sicken or kill people who consume toxin - contaminated shellfish, and can damage marine ecosystems by killing fish and other marine life,» says Christopher Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook.

Therefore mitigating global warming will address both the synergistic harm that it wreaks in concert with the non-climate damage to the environment, and it will address the direct effect that it will have on species and ecosystem - an effect that, if warming is not properly addressed for a few more decades, will make all other human impacts pale by comparison.

Costs are defined in a variety of ways and under a variety of assumptions that affect their value ► Cost types include: ► administrative costs of planning, management, monitoring, audits, accounting, reporting, clerical activities, etc. associated with a project or program; ► damage costs to ecosystems, economies and people due to negative effects from climate change; ► implementation costs of changing existing rules and regulation, capacity building efforts, information, training and education, etc. to put a policy into place; ► private costs are carried by individuals, companies or other private entities that undertake the action, where ► social costs include additionally the external costs on the environment and on society as a whole.

Higgins suggests the following definition for ecocide: The extensive destruction, damage to or loss of ecosystem (s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of the that territory has been severely diminished.

Internationally shared rules on production could thus ensure that biofuel crops do not damage the environment by substituting forests and other sensitive ecosystems, Clini said at the World Energy Congress in Rome, a brainstorming forum that runs through Thursday.

These include microplastics, which result in an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems (not to mention the severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats) and financial losses to fisheries and tourism.

Reporting on the impact of this trademark infringement in The Trademark Ecosystem: Insights from Intellectual Property Professionals around the World, customer confusion was identified as the biggest effect (44 %), followed by loss of revenue (40 %), reduced customer loyalty (34 %) and damage to reputation (33 %).

A 2006 report by the U.s. Army Corps of engineers pointed out that all four dams are damaging the ecosystem of the area and reducing trout populations.