Sentences with phrase «great human cause»

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«Humans, by their nature, seek purpose — a cause greater and more enduring than themselves.

The price is now five times greater and we humans are forced to dig up bitumen and boil off the oil using massive amounts of NG, fresh water and causing insane amounts of environmental damage.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Persecution, war, injustice, superstition — many are the wrongs and great is the human misery caused by idolatrous religionists.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

The human will is thus itself a cause, an uncaused cause, whose creative power points to a greater creative power beyond itself — in short, to God.

-- can cause a great deal of human unhappiness, typically by overestimating the measure of human unhappiness that they can cure.

Religion has been the greatest cause of war and conflict throughout human history.

Religion has been the greatest cause of war and conflict throughout human history and has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people throughout history and is therefore detrimental to life.

Simply speaking, we as humans tend to more accurately remember the events that hold greater importance and significance to our interests and beliefs, and vice versa, our subconsciousness tends to block out the memories that are in contrast to what we believe, or that may have caused us hurt that we try so hard to forget.

Animal agriculture is the single greatest human - caused source of greenhouse gases, land use, and land degradation.

The end of the film made an appeal for viewers to care about the ocean, citing the accidental release of the lion fish coinciding with overfishing in the Caribbean for how we humans can cause great problems with what we see as minor mistakes.

The report, produced in consultation with a number of businesses and NGOs, including Amnesty International, Verité, Engineers Against Poverty and the Institute for Human Rights and Business, examines the root causes of slavery, and sets out priority actions for moving the industry towards greater transparency.

We must work with other countries to advance the cause of human rights to confront the four greatest and interconnected threats facing our common humanity:

«A weapon of mass destruction (WMD or WoMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human - made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere.»

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State in the April election has described foremost environmentalist, playwright and human rights activist, Ken Saro - Wiwa as a great Nigerian who lived and died for a worthy cause.

A few scientists think a near - Earth asteroid on a bull's - eye path might even have reshaped human history (see «Did a Comet Cause the Great Flood?»).

She also thinks that though human influence might be «greater than we realize,» this regional climate change is probably caused by many factors, including increased irrigation in the region.

The researcher assumes that this is caused by the greater variety of emotional expressions of humans compared to avatars.

Apes carry related malaria - causing parasites, so biologists believed humans were already infected when they split from other great apes, 5 million years ago.

«There is a certain ironic satisfaction in seeing a study funded by the Koch Brothers — the greatest funders of climate change denial and disinformation on the planet — demonstrate what scientists have known with some degree of confidence for nearly two decades: that the globe is indeed warming, and that this warming can only be explained by human - caused increases in greenhouse gas concentrations,» he wrote.

A correlation is emerging: the more a coyote's diet consists of human - derived food, the greater the likelihood that they will cause trouble.

In a related Policy Forum, Lubchenco and Sutley (p. 1485) propose an approach to safeguard U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems from the increasingly numerous and intense stresses that human activities are causing.

While the inflammatory immune response is essential to protecting humans against viruses and bacteria, superantigen toxins cause an exaggerated response called an «immune storm» that can do a great deal of damage in the body and can result in multiple organ failure.

The researchers also found that, in humans, genetic mutations causing an increase in TLR4 expression were associated with a greater risk of forming CCMs.

«It is likely in the case of the red wolf and the Great Lakes [eastern] wolf that mixture with coyotes was caused by human actions, wolf control, and habitat destruction, which allowed coyote numbers to increase.

«Warming greater than 2 degrees Celsius above 19th - century levels is projected to be disruptive, reducing global agricultural productivity, causing widespread loss of biodiversity and — if sustained over centuries — melting much of the Greenland ice sheet with ensuing rise in sea levels of several meters,» the AGU declares in its first statement in four years on «Human Impacts on Climate.»

Research suggests human - caused habitat alteration has reduced resiliency of the small mammal community in Utah's Great Basin

Hahn's lab studies ape relatives of human pathogens such as HIV and malaria to gain a greater insight into the microbes that cause these diseases in humans.

The dramatic decline of Iran's Lake Urmia — once the second - largest hypersaline lake in the world — has both direct human and climatic causes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Deadly disorder found in both humans and Great Danes, providing clues cause and potential therapies

Our study illustrates that even species as abundant as the passenger pigeon can be vulnerable to human threats if they are subject to dramatic population fluctuations, and provides a new perspective on the greatest human - caused extinction in recorded history.

La Jolla, Calif., April 9, 2018 - Obesity is the second - leading preventable cause of cancer and represents one of the greatest threats to global human health.

The report claims 95 % confidence that «human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century» How is this value calculated, especially since there is a great discrepancy between the models and observed temperatures, that this tome completely fails to account for.

Perhaps you've heard the stories about artificial sweeteners causing cancer in lab rats, but you also heard those studies used doses much greater than a normal human would ingest.

Although there's no definitive proof that phthalates cause problems in humans, «the greatest concern is how early - life exposure will affect male [reproductive] development,» Dr. Carpenter says.

He's gotten great results, elucidating the idea that fasting causes human cells and tissues to enter «survival mode» which allowed them to survive the withering effects of cancer treatment.

He not only identified the health - giving bacteria used to ferment these foods (Lactobacillus bulgaricus), he also concluded that he believed beneficial «good» probiotic bacteria could have a far greater impact on human health than disease - causing bacteria.

Since you will be performing compound exercises that target the largest portion of muscle fibers, they will cause the greatest release of anabolic hormones such as testosterone and HGH (Human growth hormone).

A: There is a great deal of evidence that the use of antibacterial soap in the normal household is unnecessary and causes far more harm than good, both to human health and the environment.

The always - worth - watching Barbara Stanwyck is a magazine columnist who makes up a traditional country home for her column while living in New York, a subterfuge which causes no problems until a serviceman on leave wants nothing more than to spend Christmas on her farm and her editor thinks it's a great human interest piece.

Feelings and Emotions Flash Cards: These cards are a great way to review human emotions as well as causes.

The World Health Organization predicts that by 2020, depression will be the second greatest cause of human suffering cross all ages.

A horrible infection has fallen over a desolate town in this short horror story.The townsfolk are forced into action to protect themselves from further outbreaks caused by an addicting berry that grows amongst the base of large boulders.When Emmie returns home to find one of The Lost in her backyard, she suspects the strange berries have grown back, but confronting this horrible human creature unfolds a great realization — one that would challenge her beliefs of The Lost.This story is merely a glimpse of Kenneth W. Cain's work, so if you enjoy «Desolate,» be sure to pick up Kenneth's Embers: A Collection of Dark Fiction, available from Crystal Lake Publishing — Tales from the Darkest Depths...

In fact, obesity is one of the greatest health concerns facing our dogs; it can cause unnecessary suffering and a shortened lifespan Renowned research scientist Dr. Barry Sears believes that dog food should have about the same 30-30-40 ratio as the human Zone diet.

Just as obesity in humans can cause a variety of health problems, the same thing can be said of dogs that have greater - than - normal body weights.

Although humans also carry the SLC2A9 gene, scientists have not yet identified the exact mechanism that causes humans and great apes to have elevated uric acid levels.

It causes a great deal of human suffering (ref); so Medical schools and international agencies spend a great deal of time looking for ways to control it.

«This doesn't have to cause great alarm because it's only the aureus strain that is causing concern for humans.

When the 2013 meta - study demonstrated that cats are a greater source of bird mortality than all other human causes combined, Robinson called it «part of a continuing propaganda campaign to vilify cats.»