Sentences with phrase «face as a species»

Bataille contends that the main problems we face as a species derive not from shortage, but from an excess of cosmic energy, which we must unlock: it is either «spent luxuriously» on the arts, non-procreative sexuality or sumptuous moments; or, if we try to make it profitable, it will derive in a sort of violence which pose a threat to the foundations of the society from which it springs.

I expect my art will continue to mirror the challenges we face as a species, a culture, and a collective consciousness, and I will continue to immortalize the beauty I see in the world.

«I am convinced that the loss of biodiversity is the most important survival challenge that we face as a species... in order to survive, other species need a change in human values and attitudes,» Hull told the website artdesigncafé in an interview.

Given this, the challenge we face as a species is to roughly double global energy production by mid-century while simultaneously cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half worldwide (and about 80 percent in the United States), so that we can avoid the worst consequences of climate change.

Like MTV's Copenhagen Climate Video Contest or TreeHugger's own Convenient Truths Green Video contest, the idea is to engage youth on practical ways that they can apply their skills and knowledge to tackle the challenges we face as a species.

For you, do you see the current environmental problems we face as a species as able to be dealt with without greater changes to the underpinnings of society?

The group found over 2100 solutions after a year of studying some of the greatest modern challenges we face as a species, and how nature solves the same problems.

Perhaps this strikes you as hubris, but according to Globaïa, perhaps it reflects a a bigger picture of what we face as a species and as citizens of the world:

Not exact matches

As long as the meme is popular enough, and requires people to face hardship to destroy it, even when our species would clearly be better off without it in the future, the masses will folloAs long as the meme is popular enough, and requires people to face hardship to destroy it, even when our species would clearly be better off without it in the future, the masses will folloas the meme is popular enough, and requires people to face hardship to destroy it, even when our species would clearly be better off without it in the future, the masses will follow.

If science able to offer any truths that would help humans solve the kinds of real psychological, social, political problems that they constantly face, then I'm sure that as a species we would be rational enough to use those truths.

It would make far more sense to put two and two together and understand that evolving an early starting age for procreating would help continue our species, esspecially when facing lifespans as short at 30 years.

Contemporary humanity faces, in such issues, the question of whether we, as a species, have enough access to universalistic principles not only to confront and constrain recalcitrant abusers of the cosmos and the neighbor, but to guide and shape the whole of what appears to be an emerging, single cosmopolitan civilization — although it is likely to be the most diverse and culturally pluralistic civilization that ever existed.

Is it any wonder that the human species is slowly going insane as it faces the consequences of their behavior.

Organic 3.0 is about bringing organic out of its current niche into the mainstream and positioning organic systems as part of the multiple solutions needed to solve the tremendous challenges faced by our planet and our species.

The facing heaven chiles are probably C. annuum, as most frutescens look like tabasco, with very little pod variation in that species.

It is about bringing organic out of its current niche into the mainstream and positioning organic systems as part of the multiple solutions needed to solve the tremendous challenges faced by our planet and our species.

The orangutan is only one of a number of species facing extinction as a result of deforestation.

The findings paint a bleak picture for the persistence of native flowering plants in the face of climate change and could serve as a herald for future species losses in mountain ecosystems over the next century.

In viverrids like the African civet (Civettictis civetta), highly striped and color - flecked faces belonged to species that were more likely to fight back against other predators, indicating the markings might serve as a warning.

Scientists have been warning that decreasing amounts of available oxygen will increase stress on a range of species, even as they also face the effects of rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

Their populations are rebounding as the PCB levels decline, but they face other threats, too, such as invasive species.

If climate changes proceed as expected, one in six species could face extinction.

Populations of this unique species, currently known as highly threatened, were previously considered to have remained relatively stable in the face of the disease that has ravaged many amphibian species worldwide, but the frogs may have been infected over a decade ago, with the impacts only recently observed.

The illegal bushmeat trade stands out as the most severe and prevalent threat facing lions and many other wildlife species in Africa's protected areas.

After all, Miller notes, the species currently lacks much genetic diversity to help it adapt to changing conditions as well as facing unprecedented threats such as heavy metal pollution accumulating in the Arctic.

Salazar said he would also be open to broader changes to ESA regulations — since the act faces new challenges as more species are protected due to threats from global climate change.

The analysis identifies habitat loss and hunting as the biggest reasons behind the decline of land mammals; marine species face additional threats, including pollution and accidental death in fishing nets.

They often do not like direct eye contact, do not prefer to look at faces compared with other things, do not copy, do not mimic, do not yawn when others yawn or retch when others retch, or laugh or join in with the rich tapestry of social signals we share as a species.

This study adds to a growing body of evidence that the species will likely face large declines as loss of their habitat continues.»

«We expected to find similar trends across all primate radiations — that is, that the faces of highly social species would have more complex patterning,» said Santana, who conducted the research as a postdoctoral fellow with the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and UCLA's Institute for Society and Genetics and who is now an assistant professor at the University of Washington and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

The study highlights the challenges faced by this species as its living area becomes ever more fragmented by human disturbance.

«Had Skull 5 been found as an isolated braincase and an isolated face, these parts may have been attributed to distinct species,» says Christoph Zollikofer, a University of Zürich anthropologist and author on the paper published in October.

The displays will include replicas of 76 fossil skulls representing the human family tree as well as life - size reconstructions of faces of early human species.

In addition, many species of songbirds, such as blue jays, robins, and cardinals, as well as wood thrush, face the highest risk of dying within the first five days of leaving their nests.

Although human faces were unique in some ways, they also bore some striking similarities to those of other species: «He who will look at a dog preparing to attack another dog or a man, and at the same animal when caressing his master, or will watch the countenance of a monkey when insulted, and when fondled by his keeper, will be forced to admit that the movements of their features and their gestures are almost as expressive as those of man.»

Fossils from 15 individuals, including fragile parts of the face that are preserved in the new skull, show that the species combines primitive traits such as a small brain, flat midface, and curving fingers with more modern - looking features in its teeth, jaw, thumb, wrist, and foot.

Up to half of plant and animal species in the world's most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

To add to its mystery P. otwayensis weaves highly stereotyped ladder - shaped webs, where they stand facing down after sunset, waiting for preys which will be caught by using the ladder as a trap — a behavior which was already described in detail by now retired arachnologist Mike Gray (Australian Museum) for the only known other species of this genus, P. carraensis.

TOKYO — The conservation organization WWF is taking its campaign to save Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna to the source of the threat facing the species: Japanese consumers, who eat 80 % or so of the annual catch as sushi and sashimi.

(D) This yet - to - be named species of Pachycondyla is not just another face in the crowd; unlike most ants, some Pachycondyla species are capable of recognizing each other as individuals.

They possess high levels of «Neophilia», which is the tendency of an individual to explore novel items and is believed to have evolved in species inhabiting islands, as there they might face fewer or no predators.

Biologists of the 19th century faced this question as they became aware not only of the huge variety of plant and animal species, but also of the connections between these species.

«Climatic refuges, such as mature tropical forests, may be important for many resident tropical bird species faced with the decreasing availability of mature forests coupled with increases in the severity of El Niño - associated dryness.»

«I think we're going to see more hybridization in the future,» Hanna adds, «so these owls are serving as a case study for how species that have been isolated for millions of years might interact in the face of a rapidly changing world.»

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Species of ants from Southeast Asia is officially classified as Colobopsis explodens for its extraordinary capability to rip itself apart in face of threats.

This species is believed to be an ancestor of Neanderthals, as seen in the shape of his face.

The Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) as well as the Snow Leopard Survival Strategy (2014) list illegal wildlife trade as one of the key threats facing this endangered cat and its prey species in the mountain ecosystems of its range 12 countries.

As a species, humans face a unique challenge to reproduction.

We face daunting health challenges not just as a nation but as a species.