Sentences with phrase «for ocean animals»

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Whitehead did not speculate on the precise location of memory within the animal organism, but the most plausible extension of his theory suggests rather that memories are maintained for the soul by other occasions, thereby freeing the soul for its adventure into novelty.2 The way in which the conscious ego draws upon the ocean of unconscious feeling which sustains it may well reflect the way the soul draws upon other living occasions.
Now when a group of those «heirs» wants something they don't have, like rich oil fields, clean water, rich farm land, ocean views, mineral deposits, timber or grazing lands for their animals, they go to their bibles, look up some scriptures that talk about how God promised [THEM] everything and decide to take it, regardless of who they have to first demonize (helps the conscience) then kill to get it.
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Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby's communication skills — and this charming introduction to ten ocean animal friends, paired...
The animal rescue play center is a lot of fun for kids because they can interact at different stations and pretend to check animals» vital signs, feed them formula, check their weight, and even pretend to release them back into the ocean.
First Big Book of the Ocean, Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas, Ultimate Weird but true 2, Treasury of Egyptian Mythology, The World is Waiting for YOU, Space Encyclopedia, Ye Olde Weird but True and Ella's Bath and Animal Creativity book.
Last month, the marine animal showcase by the lake introduced Stingray Touch, a place for warm - weather visitors to pet de-barbed, ocean - going bottom - feeders in an outdoor pool.
While caring for animals affected by human activity such as overfishing, habitat degradation, plastic pollution and rising ocean temperatures, the team seeks to increase public engagement and advocacy along with inspire new individuals to make a difference.
«It's probably too early to conclude exactly which geochemical changes in the Ediacaran oceans were responsible for the shift to large body sizes, but there are strong contenders, especially increased oxygen, which animals need for respiration.»
Given the importance of oxygen for animals, researchers suspected that a sudden increase in the gas to near - modern levels in the ocean could have spurred the Cambrian explosion.
Researchers from around the world have now pooled their data on the movements of a wide array of marine animals, enabling them to look for common features in how animals move throughout the world's oceans.
This basic tenet is just as valid for us human beings as it is for the animals inhabiting our oceans.
The researchers warn that removing marine animals at the top of the food web could significantly disrupt the ocean's overall ecology for potentially millions of years, which is why effective management strategies will be critical.
Fish, especially ocean fish, as McGee points out in his new book, live in a very different world from ours and that of the other animals we eat.The rules are different from those for cattle, pigs, and chickens.
For the ocean's tiny grazing animals, the microscopic algae called diatoms are a favorite food — and like most delicacies, they are turning out to be hazardous.
«More «losers» than «winners» predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals
The seafloor animals of the Southern Ocean shelf have long been isolated by the deep ocean surrounding Antarctica and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with little scope for southward migraOcean shelf have long been isolated by the deep ocean surrounding Antarctica and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with little scope for southward migraocean surrounding Antarctica and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with little scope for southward migration.
«What complicates this story is that if these animals are responsible for a chunk of oxygen depletion in general, then a change in their habits might have a feedback in terms of oxygen levels in other parts of the deeper ocean
«Oceans in the future may provide less fish and shellfish for us to eat, and larger animals that are at the top of the food web, in particular, will suffer.
Two years later a coalition of green groups led by NRDC and including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the League for Coastal Protection, Cetacean Society International, and Ocean Futures Society upped the ante, asking the federal courts to also restrict testing of more intense, harmful and far ranging mid-frequency types of sonar off Southern California's coastline.
The selective extinction of large - bodied animals could have serious consequences for the health of marine ecosystems, the scientists say, because they tend to be at the tops of food webs and their movements through the water column and the seafloor help cycle nutrients through the oceans.
«There are no trees or bushes for animals to hide behind in the ocean,» Widder says, «and yet they have to play all the games of hide - and - seek that animals do on land.
This «oasis at the bottom of the ocean,» as Widder calls it, is also a hotbed of activity for bioluminescent animals, which is why she placed her camera there.
As their name suggests, they spend most of their lives wandering aimlessly around the chilly Southern Ocean, hunting for fish and other marine animals.
Ocean acidification in particular, caused as the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is a grave concern for stony corals, because it makes it harder for the animals to passively precipitate skeletons made of calcium carbonate, the same molecule found in antacids for heartburn and indigesOcean acidification in particular, caused as the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is a grave concern for stony corals, because it makes it harder for the animals to passively precipitate skeletons made of calcium carbonate, the same molecule found in antacids for heartburn and indigesocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is a grave concern for stony corals, because it makes it harder for the animals to passively precipitate skeletons made of calcium carbonate, the same molecule found in antacids for heartburn and indigestion.
As the oceans absorb increasing amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, ocean acidification is expected to make life harder for many marine organisms, especially shellfish and other animals with shells or skeletons made of calcium carbonate.
A common example is the now - ubiquitous hotel - bathroom notice invoking images of ocean animals or pastoral scenery in an effort to convince guests to reuse their towels for the sake of the environment.
They incorporated the lifecycle of phytoplankton and zooplankton — small, often microscopic animals at the bottom of the food chain — into a novel mechanistic model for assessing the global ocean carbon export.
But even the most fiercely devoted Polar Bear Club members are only human, and woefully limited compared to other animals that have adaptations for swimming in cold ocean waters.
The ethereal glow produced by animals deep in the ocean could be key for southern elephant seals on the hunt
This means that (1) animals are directly involved in an oxygen - regulating cycle or feedback loop that has previously been overlooked, and (2) we can directly test the idea (despite the uncertainties associated with looking so far back in time) by looking for a decrease in ocean oxygenation in conjunction with the spread of bioturbation.
«It can track the motion of tectonic plates to explain the formation of oceans and mountain ranges as these plates break apart and crash into one another, and even holds far - reaching implications for the distribution of animal species and Earth's climate though time.»
But often these elements are incorporated into parts of dead plants and animals that are sinking to the ocean floor,» explains the lead author Dr. Thomas Browning of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research ocean floor,» explains the lead author Dr. Thomas Browning of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Ocean Research Kiel.
But for animals to evolve, the concentration of oxygen in the ocean and atmosphere had to be just right.
Along with one of his graduate students, he has managed to re-create the tube worms» habitat in the laboratory, the first time anyone has managed to keep the animals alive for more than a few days away from the ocean.
As a result of atmospheric patterns that both warmed the air and reduced cloud cover as well as increased residual heat in newly exposed ocean waters, such melting helped open the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time [see photo] this summer and presaged tough times for polar bears and other Arctic animals that rely on sea ice to survive, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
What is emerging from this work is a fascinating possible scenario for the humble beginnings of the mighty animal kingdom: A few thousand spore cells in the ocean, poised to scatter like dandelion seeds, may have decided to stick together and continue their experiment in group living for a little while longer.
The animals are known for their colossal mouths, which are nearly five - feet in diameter and siphon plankton, small fish, and larvae as they swim through the ocean.
Now, a team of researchers has put forward some of the strongest evidence yet to support the hypothesis that high levels of oxygen in the oceans were crucial for the emergence of skeletal animals 550 million years ago.
However, these well - oxygenated environments may have been in short supply, limiting habitat space in the ocean for the earliest animals
«Social media provides a great source of science for charismatic animals like whale sharks and we hope to encourage more engagement across the Indian Ocean
Mild oxygen levels in shallow seas but oxygen - poor deep oceans lasted for some 1.3 billion years during a time that has been dubbed the «Boring Billion» but eventually led to the development of mitochondria that now power multicellular planet and animal life (Nick Lane, New Scientist, February 10, 2010; Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News, September 29, 2009; Johnston et al, 2009; and H.D. Holland, 2006).
The imperiled plants and animals who share our deserts, forests, rivers and oceans have much to be thankful for in the Endangered Species Act.
Ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.
Although atmospheric oxygen soon recovered again as photosynthesis and weathering reached a new balance, at about 10 per cent of present - day levels, the oxidative weathering of sulphides on land filled the oceans with sulphate which created abundant food for a group of bacteria that filled the oceans with sewer gas (hydrogen sulphide) toxic to oxygen - loving lifeforms (delaying the development of eukaryotic plants and animals) and turned them «into stinking, stagnant waters almost entirely devoid of oxygen.»
Ideally, ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the Earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.
The cows, pigs, chickens and other animals raised for food across the globe — and the industry of which they're a part — contribute more to rising temperatures and oceans than all the planes, cars, trucks, boats and trains in the world.
All of the large animals around Rothera rely on the ocean and particularly on krill as a basis for their diet; there is very little that grows on land.
During glaciation, water was taken from the oceans to form the ice at high latitudes, thus global sea level drops by about 120 meters, exposing the continental shelves and forming land - bridges between land - masses for animals to migrate.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolves in ocean water, making it more acidic and difficult for animals to build their shells or skeletons, especially corals.
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