Sentences with phrase «future environmental changes»

However, the inherent complexity of ecosystems and the fact that they are subject to multiple stressors makes understanding the extent of future environmental change difficult.

These results will help climatologists better predict future environmental changes.

The discovery of genes involved in the production of DMSP in phytoplankton, as well as bacteria, will allow scientists to better evaluate which organisms make DMSP in the marine environment and predict how the production of this influential molecule might be affected by future environmental changes, such as the warming of the oceans due to climate change.

«If we know better how environmental variability affects the ability of animals to tolerate future environmental change, then we can think about it in a restoration and conservation context,» says Rivest.

There's a lot we can learn about how oysters will respond to future environmental changes just by surveying the natural environmental gradients they face in the Bay right now.»

What shapes the biodiversity and biogeochemical processes of these tiny organisms provides a scientific basis for habitat mapping, developing conservation strategies, guiding long - term monitoring efforts and predicting the possible responses of these organisms to future environmental changes in Antarctica.

Understanding the Polar Oceans is important for predicting future environmental change and sea level.

With the support of biologists, who generally lack a proper understanding of long - term climate dynamics, environmental groups, mass media and government have treated these theoretical scenarios as credible indicators of future environmental change...

This approach could also tell conservationists how other animals and species might respond to future environmental changes and stressors.

Future environmental changes will have different effects on gelatinous zooplankton populations in different areas.

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.

It is not possible to predict precisely what some human choices may lead to, or whether some future environmental changes may be beyond human control.