Sentences with phrase «greater environmental consequences»

The report says that the later a food product is lost along the chain, the greater the environmental consequences, since the environmental costs incurred during processing, transport, storage and cooking must be added to the initial production costs.

(NaturalHealth365) In an attempt to clear out all of the undesirable bacterial invaders that enter the home each day, millions of Americans, spray, wash and dump antibacterial soaps and cleaners onto counters, in bathrooms and down the drain without considering the personal health implications or greater environmental consequences.

Compared to a plant - based diet, meat requires more energy, land and water to produce, and has greater environmental consequences in terms of erosion, pesticides and waste, Okin noted.

Not exact matches

With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives from governments.

The coverage of living corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could decline to less than 10 percent if ocean warming continues, according to a new study that explores the short - and long - term consequences of environmental changes to the reef.

The consequences of what is arguably the greatest environmental change in human history will extend far beyond the North Pole

Besides endosymbiotic - based metabolism, the other great evolutionary innovation of the Eukaryotes that occured in the Proterozoic was the ability to reproduce sexually, making genetic diversity possible, and as a consequence, greatly enhanced the ability to adapt to and survive environmental changes.

As a result, many resort to even stronger chemical pesticides, which may have greater consequences for human and environmental health.

Carsharing's putting a hit on car sales and Millennials have wised up to the high cost (and ugly environmental consequences) of owning a car, particularly in contrast to the many great alternatives now available.

Some of Australia's largest coal deposits are in the Galilee Basin; if the Galilee Basin coal is to be mined and exported economically it must be shipped out through the Great Barrier Reef, but this has unacceptable environmental consequences.

At the center of it are the environmental consequences of Fracking (that's hydraulic fracturing) and the same issue which dogs oil, the difference between easily accessible reserves and those which may, someday, somehow, and at great cost be recovered.

Ten years later, it is clearer than ever that to address the greatest environmental threat of our time, we need to both reduce the risk of climate catastrophe and prepare for climate consequences.