Sentences with phrase «environmental challenges caused»

This project is designed to prepare for the transport and wider environmental challenges caused by climate change.

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There is a growing concern that the fast expanding and globalized competitive world market is causing decline in grower returns and expansion of urban development and environmental regulations causing production cost increases and challenging the viability and sustainability of producing these crops.

Certainly some of these are involved, as may be excessive processing of foods, drug residues in foods and water, now - common deficiencies in DHA and vitamin D, excessive hygiene, lack of challenging childhood diseases, and likely other nutritional and environmental causes we have yet to learn of.

«The Governor is evaluating all options, including legislation, the state's authority to review coastal consistency, and other legal challenges to prevent the egregious environmental and economic harm the federal government's proposal would cause.»

Such disorders are caused by complex interactions among genes and environmental factors; the challenge facing researchers now is to find out which genes are involved and how they influence disease.

Despite the protection offered by the cellular environment, the integrity of DNA is continuously challenged by a variety of endogenous and exogenous agents (e.g. ultraviolet light, cigarette smoke, environmental pollution, oxidative damage, etc...) that cause DNA lesions, interfering with proper cellular functions, such as transcription, inducing premature cellular death and finally premature ageing and organs dysfunctions.

• Investing in companies that seek to address major social and environmental challenges may cause a fund to forego certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not have a similar focus.

IBD can be caused by an underlying genetic predisposition that runs in human and animal families when encountering a variety of environmental challenges.

The local economy failed and its citizens faced critical health challenges caused by the environmental hazards left behind.

Addressing environmental challenges requires holistic approaches that cut across fields to understand causes and consequences of environmental change, as well as to develop sustainable solutions.

Large - scale production of biofuels, certainly, will cause serious environmental challenges for the entire planet, starting with the clearance of forested land for plantations.

The only coal plants planned to come online in 2014 are the Kemper integrated gasification combined - cycle (IGCC) plant in Mississippi and a small conventional steam coal plant in North Dakota, reflecting the challenging conditions for coal plants caused by increased competition from natural gas plants and impending environmental regulations.