Sentences with phrase «environmental drivers of»

Secondly, knowledge failures (research and information challenges), such as failure to address social and environmental drivers of ill health, a historical scarcity of transdisciplinary research and funding, together with an unwillingness or inability to deal with uncertainty within decision making frameworks.
Complex environmental drivers of immunity and resistance in malaria mosquitoes.
Further exploration of the behavioural and environmental drivers of these associations may help inform strategies addressing child obesity in Asia.
Environmental drivers of heterogeneity in the trophic - functional structure of protozoan communities during an annual cycle in a coastal ecosystem.
Shank is the leader of the Hadal Ecosystem Studies (HADES) project investigating the major environmental drivers of trench ecology.
«Temperature is widely recognized as a key environmental driver of reefs and temperature extremes are known to be one of the key stressors to coral reef communities around the world,» Ryan Lowe from the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and School of Earth and Environment who led the research, said in a statement.
«Temperature is widely recognised as a key environmental driver of reefs and temperature extremes are known to be one of the key stressors to coral reef communities around the world,» Lowe said in a statement.

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The broader impacts of congestion?from higher business costs to environmental damage to wealth redistribution between regions?do not come out of drivers» pockets.
But even after taking into account state gas taxes, blending requirements aimed at reducing air pollution and other environmental and climate fees attached to each gallon of fuel, it appears drivers...
He says that the Christian view of bodily death is that it is entirely due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whereas we now know that death is a key driver of environmental adaptation in evolving life.
You are directly affected by * soemone * having knowledge of evolution when you consume all agricultural products (meat, veggies, fruits), go to the doctor, see a geneticist for counseling before having a child, take medication, or are impacted by poilicies concerning environmental change, which is a driver for forcing adaptation vs extinction.
This embossing has been optimised for the Narrow - Neck Press and Blow (NNPB) production method, which also reduces the weight of the glass packaging by 32 %, helping to reduce environmental impact - an ongoing driver for Ardagh Group.
The May 10 EPA Merit Award ceremony in Boston's Faneuil Hall drew hundreds of attendees from environmental agencies and nonprofits organizations, including Wellfleet Bay supporters such as Bruce Beane, a volunteer driver.
As the governor signed the documents, a coalition of environmental groups released a report that finds lands designated wilderness are an economic driver for the Park.
Danzell and Montanez» «Internal Pack Conflicts Theory» suggests that lone wolves are often the result of multiple key personality and environmental drivers.
Most scientists agree that the South Asian Monsoon is linked to the initial uplift, or birth of the Himalayas, but the timing and other environmental drivers at play are still in question.
Evolutionary biologists and animal behavior researchers are searching out the genetic basis and molecular drivers of cooperative behaviors, as well as the physiological, environmental, and behavioral impetus for sociality.
Where other studies have linked weather phenomena to HABs, this study goes a step further to look at how environmental drivers impact each other, and «ranks» them by their relative importance in promoting HABs, said Song Liang, formerly of Ohio State and now an associate professor of environmental and global health at the University of Florida.
The researchers examined the environmental drivers by season, and found that wind speed affected the spread of algal blooms consistently throughout spring, summer and fall.
Furthermore, the approach allows the investigators to assess the O2 consumption rates as a function of environmental drivers like food availability and hydrodynamics.
«Synthetic chemicals understudied drivers of environmental change: Huge global change factor merits increased attention and funding.»
Obtaining detailed environmental records from this time can help us find the drivers of the subsequent extinctions of many of these large marsupials.»
The new finding is the latest evidence supporting a growing precision medicine model of psychiatric disease in which disruptions of certain genes during brain development contribute to a person's risk for multiple psychiatric disorders, with other genetic or epigenetic drivers, random developmental events, or environmental influences determining the specific disease an individual develops, said senior author Benjamin Cheyette, MD, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry and a member of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience at UCSF.
Because it uses environmental productivity as a key driver of ecosystemdynamics, EEH incorporates both bottom - up and top - down forces.
The analysis of the drivers responsible for observed status and declines in pollinators was coordinated by Dr. Oliver Schweiger from the Helmholtz - Centre for Environmental Research — UFZ in Halle.
In trying to predict the impacts of environmental changes, it is crucial to look at multiple environmental drivers and how their co-occurrence and interactions are likely to shift geographically, Kroeker said.
Analysis of the policy drivers underlying the 2018 EPI rankings makes it clear that income is a major determinant of environmental success, said the researchers, noting that investments in safe drinking water and modern sanitation, in particular, translate quickly into improved environmental health results.
The study incorporates multiple environmental drivers — notably climate and fire — at large spatial scales for a significant number of species and populations.
«What we're trying to understand in the extreme systems is, what are the environmental drivers that are motivating the composition and structure of the [microbial] community?»
From the perspective of traffic safety, the ways in which the driver obtains environmental information that is relevant to the selection of the driving direction and speed can be a background factor in run - off - road accidents particularly among young and inexperienced drivers.
«There are many potential benefits to concentrating our environmental impact by intensifying drivers of land - use change, such as agriculture and forestry, in exchange for gazetting large remote undisturbed reserves.
As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats, unravelling the mechanisms underlying the observed responses, assessing the potential for evolutionary adaptation, and determining how these responses are modulated by other environmental drivers.
The transformation of forested lands by human actions represents one of the great forces in global environmental change and one of the great drivers of biodiversity loss.
The lack of an additive or multiplicative effect when both stressors co-occurred was notable given the different mechanisms involved in sensory disruptions and highlights the importance of determining the combined effects of key drivers to aid in predicting community dynamics under future environmental scenarios.
Elisabeth Kruegar, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ): «The World Water Scenarios Initiative can help raise awareness about where our behavior is leading to, and can also help to compare trends and different aspects of global change, like the drivers that they identified have an effect on water, and also how water has an effect on the drivers, the feedback between both the drivers and impacts are important.
The session explores regional integration of records and dynamic modeling to: (1) understand better the nature of climate - human - ecosystem interactions; (2) quantify the roles of different natural and anthropogenic drivers in forcing environmental change; (3) examine the feedbacks between anthropogenic activity and the natural system and; (4) provide integrated datasets for model development and data - model comparisons.
Inflammation may be a major driver of chronic disease, including mental illness, and is promoted by sugar, stress, and environmental toxins.
We also recently invested in the use of Telematics for our vehicle fleet, which has helped to improve the performance of all our drivers and reduce the environmental impact of our vehicles.
Before you question the environmental impact of this apparently antiquated setup, keep in mind the big Lexus V8 utilises both Otto and Atkinson combustion cycles - the latter familiar to drivers of the fuel - sipping hybrid models - improving efficiency.
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) defines Level 5 as «full automation,» capable of operating «under all roadway and environmental conditions that can be managed by a human driver
The Ingram Park Nissan inventory is stocked with several vehicles earning over an Environmental Protection Agency - estimated 30 mpg highway fuel economy for drivers who prefer to be conscious of their fuel consumption.
It represents Volvo's commitment to maximising driving pleasure while minimising both cost of ownership for the driver and environmental impact and maintaining its lead in hybrid powertrain innovation.
The Sports Coupé's design, technology and equipment meet the discerning requirements of young drivers looking for an athletic car that gives an involving drive, while at the same time delivering the hallmark Mercedes quality standards in terms of safety, comfort, environmental compatibility and functionality.
Drivers can expect to be able to achieve the electric equivalent of 74 miles per gallon, according to estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency.
* Compact design gives driver greater control, while body's lightness and low center of gravity allow racecar - like handling * Both power and environmental performance provided by 2 - liter boxer engine and light body * Flash Red body color contains hint of blue; interior expresses modern feel with minimal coverage of the highly refined structural components evoking enthusiasm for cruising
«Eco-minded drivers looking for a new «green» vehicle with low CO2 emissions don't have to look further than the fun - to - drive and fuel - efficient Accord Hybrid,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «Recognition from the trusted editors at Kelley Blue Book is proof positive of the progress Honda has made developing increasingly cleaner vehicles over the last 40 years.»
Initially, one of the large drivers in the general consumer market was a growing concern among consumers about environmental issues.
A late - comer to the pursuit of tourism as a primary driver for the island's economy, St. Kitts is uniquely positioned in the Caribbean to be able to structure their developing tourism product along the principles of environmental sustainability.
A bus driver and environmental activist from Santa Barbara, Puddicombe is an uncommon crusader with an unusual obsession — saving the black rats of the Channel Islands.
The overlapping drivers of disease and environmental change, as well as their development implications, point towards the need for, and benefits, of «One Health», a more integrated view and approach to human, animal and environmental health.
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