Sentences with phrase «environmental temperatures as»

A dog can not sweat and they absolutely can not tolerate high environmental temperatures as well as humans can.

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When many chemicals interact, the rate of production (or of destruction) of each molecular species is influenced by the concentrations of all the others, as well as by such environmental factors as temperature and whether or not the system is illuminated.

This instant LED curing ink is impervious to environmental factors such as sunlight, water, moisture, temperature, and contains virtually no VOC's, making it ideal for bakery applications.

And they also tested the effects of current environmental conditions as well as temperatures expected for the southern U.S. by the year 2080.

Listening to how projected sound reverberates through kelp beds allows scientists to eavesdrop on environmental factors such as water temperature and photosynthetic activity, bioacoustician Jean - Pierre Hermand reported June 28 at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of...

Listening to how projected sound reverberates through kelp beds allows scientists to eavesdrop on environmental factors such as water temperature and photosynthetic activity, bioacoustician Jean - Pierre Hermand reported June 28 at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.

Environmental degradation could have made the birds» diet poorer, or warmer temperatures could have given an edge to birds with smaller body sizes, as they are better able to cool off.

Some environmental groups have called on rich nations to assess how much carbon the world can continue to emit while still having a shot of keeping temperatures below 2 C above preindustrial levels, and then make the case for using up whatever it cites as a «fair share» of those gigatons.

For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore.

Environmental factors such as temperature and rainfall can vary greatly.

The cause of the wasting disease is unknown, though scientists working on the mystery are testing whether an underlying virus or bacteria is to blame, along with some environmental stress, such as water temperature or salt content, making the organisms more vulnerable to it.

At times, researchers had to invent new modeling capabilities to get the simulations to work, such as mapping of fire - generated environmental temperatures onto the structural components of the buildings.

The researchers then showed that new environmental conditions, such as a different ambient temperature, can affect the expression of epigenetic information over several generations, but they do not erase this information.

In the natural scheme of things in the spring and summer months, environmental conditions in the ocean, such as water temperature, light and seagrass growth, are favorable for the growth of coral limestone.

The annual north - south distribution shift of the population is driven by environmental preferences, such as water temperature, and the availability of prey.

John C. Priscu, a professor of land resources and environmental sciences at Montana State University who discovered microorganisms thriving in permanently frozen surface lakes in Antarctica at temperatures as low as — 10 degrees Fahrenheit, wants to study microbes in Lake Vostok to learn if they are viable or unique, or both.

To assess how facial colors are related to physical environments, the researchers analyzed environmental variables such as geographic location, canopy density, rainfall and temperature.

To get around these challenges, the Columbia University team created indices derived from environmental conditions such as wind shear, temperature and moisture.

Temperature versatility is important because increasing evidence documents dynamic and often unpredicted behavior of ice that could affect environmental conditions — as with glaciers on earth, for example — and explain the evolution of satellites» bodies in space, as with Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's Enceladus.

Such materials can be patterned with live cells engineered to sense environmental chemicals and pollutants as well as changes in pH and temperature.

Non-polar glacial ice holds a wealth of information about past changes in climate, the environment and especially atmospheric composition, such as variations in temperature, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and emissions of natural aerosols or human - made pollutants... The glaciers therefore hold the memory of former climates and help to predict future environmental changes.

Also, insects depend on their surroundings for body warmth or cooling, so changing temperatures make a huge difference in their lives, says coauthor Dilip Venugopal, an applied ecologist working as a policy fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. Pests evolving resistance to Bt might do so faster when a warming landscape, for instance, lets them squeeze extra generations into a year and gives earworms a better chance of surviving the winter.

Since 1957, environmental parameters such as oxygen concentrations, temperature, salinity and nutrients have been measured monthly at the Boknis Eck time series station.

The experiment of the Kiel marine biologists shows how local environmental factors such as eutrophication may amplify the effects of global factors such as rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

The scientists also studied how environmental factors — such as temperature, water pH, and nutrients — influence the microscopic organisms floating in the ocean.

The evolution of marine crocodilians is therefore closely tied to the temperature of their medium, and shows that their evolution and their lifestyle, as in modern crocodilians, are constrained by environmental temperatures.

Questions that can't be answered in the lab Sunday and her team also suggest more work should consider a species» response to multiple environmental changes, such as increased temperature and oxidation levels, as well as multiple stages of life.

According to the letter, Headline was relabeled to say its «benefits may include improved host plant tolerance to yield - robbing environmental stresses, such as drought, heat, cold temperatures, and ozone damage» as well as bacterial and viral infections.

Humans also evolved an ability to revise sleep schedules based on daily work schedules and environmental factors such as temperature.

And the rise and fall of microbial populations follows a reliable course as a corpse decomposes, even though the actual pace of activity varies widely due to temperature and other environmental factors.

Christen Mirth adds: «In flies and other insects a number of other environmental factors regulate the synthesis of ecdysone, such as temperature, infection and oxygen levels.

Their results indicate that exchange rates are variable within and among different sized ponds and were not well predicted from environmental variables such as wind, rainfall, and temperature.

Previous studies have indicated that environmental factors such as temperature, light conditions and water flow may play an important role.

These systems are especially important when our cells are stressed — for example, when we are exposed to extreme temperatures or UV radiation from the sun — as quite a lot can go wrong if cells are unable to respond to environmental stressors.

The environmental ranges of many animal and plant species are starting to alter with climate change, as temperatures change and force species to migrate to more suitable climes.

Spiders have long been thought of as a useful natural method of pest control, but how will expected temperature changes or other environmental changes affect the spider's usefulness as pest - killers and their distribution?

A small but growing body of evidence is finally pointing to rising temperatures — and not headline - grabbing natural disasters — as the main environmental force permanently ousting people from their homes.

Another key question is how the production of methane by these organisms is influenced by environmental conditions in the ocean, including temperature and pollution such as fertilizer runoff.

The researchers said this process might be dominant in plants that experience long - term high light stress combined with other environmental stressors, such as drought or cold temperatures.

She said the study hypothesized that improving seed germination and root architecture could help plants overcome nutrient and water limitations and mitigate abiotic, or non-biological, environmental stresses such as temperature, flood, drought and salinity.

As a hydrogen - specific capability in the INL Environmental Effects Laboratory, the suite of capabilities includes controlled exposure to flowing pure hydrogen at varying temperatures and mechanical testing in a vacuum environment.

The CDR potential and possible environmental side effects are estimated for various COA deployment scenarios, assuming olivine as the alkalinity source in ice ‐ free coastal waters (about 8.6 % of the global ocean's surface area), with dissolution rates being a function of grain size, ambient seawater temperature, and pH. Our results indicate that for a large ‐ enough olivine deployment of small ‐ enough grain sizes (10 µm), atmospheric CO2 could be reduced by more than 800 GtC by the year 2100.

«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 aTemperature 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 atemperature 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.

«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.

The Science paper was part of a large effort by Karl and others at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, as well as climate analytics specialist James McMahon of LMI Consulting, to develop the most accurate possible record of the Earth's surface temperature, based on thermometers.

Bears, however, experience a decrease of around 12 degrees Fahrenheit; maintain their body temperature over the cool environmental conditions with the action of the tissue known as «brown fat».

But other hormonal changes and environmental influences can impact your BBT as well: «We also know that basal body temperature can increase because of emotional disturbances, any kind of stress factor, and going through menopausal changes,» Dr. McConnell says.

As an osmolyte, betaine protects cells, proteins, and enzymes from environmental stress (e.g., low water, high salinity or extreme temperature).

This signaling center responds primarily to environmental cues, such as light and dark exposure and air temperature, to trigger the release of hormones, regulate temperature and influence metabolism, sleep and mood.

As an osmolyte, betaine protects cells, proteins, and enzymes from environmental stress (eg, low water, high salinity, or extreme temperature).