Sentences with phrase «impact on our planet as»

As CO2 changes the climate, one of humanity's biggest impacts on the planet as a whole, these pitted carbon balls mark the potentially irrevocable change.

We humans seem to believe that our needs are the only ones to be considered, but we should try to have as little impact on our planet as we can.

Not exact matches

As chairman of Puma, Jochen is pioneering an environmental profit - and - loss reporting tool that helps companies assess the impact their products are having on our planet and our communities, and lets customers know which products are sustainable.

The radical secularization that has transformed Christianity's heartland into the most religiously arid half - continent on the planet has at least as much to do with the craven surrender of ministers of the gospel to theological and political fads, and their consequent loss of faith, as it does with the impact of urbanization, mass education, and the industrial revolution on Europeans» understanding of themselves.

It may raise theoretical questions as to whether the universe as a whole, along with the phenomenon of life on this planet, has any ultimate significance, but otherwise this macro-future of the planet does not have any direct impact upon us.

Dr. Kaza applauds Dr. Paul O. Ingram's enthusiasm for Buddhist - Christian dialogue on the critical topic concerning the terrible cumulative impacts on the planet's air and water, landforms and ecosystems and their devastation as an outcome of human activity over the recent past.

Social and environmental responsibility are critical elements of Nutiva's culture and business, as the company is committed to nourishing people by providing the purest quality product and reducing negative impacts on the planet.

The small but dedicated group originally shunned all meat on ethical and environmental grounds, opposing the way domestic livestock was kept and killed, as well as the impact that large - scale farming had on the planet.

As a natural products manufacturer NOW is keenly aware of our potential impact on the environment, and we're committed to responsible stewardship of our planet through the reduction of our carbon footprint and other sustainability initiatives.

But, how large will be the impact of an economic sanction on a nation if the economic sanction is imposed by China and India as they are the 2nd and 5th largest economies of the planet with combined GDP of 13.46 trillion dollars (72 % of U.S.A's GDP) which shows that US is not the only nation with the economic might to impose economic sanctions on nations.

As the countdown begins for us to join people from across the globe to celebrate WED on 5 June 2016, we all need to take part in environmental action and become agents of change for positive impacts on the planet.

Choosing the right approach is vital as the scale of human impact on the planet becomes so large that scientists are calling this new epoch in Earth's history the Anthropocene (when human activity alters global climate and ecosystems).

«Reducing humanity's impact on our planet should be pursued as a matter of urgency, but more emphasis must also be placed on being resilient to individual weather events, as this year's storms in Britain have so devastatingly shown.»

«I have concerns about the ecological impact that climate change has on our planet, especially as it relates to rising sea - levels,» Curbelo said in a statement to ClimateWire.

«I see it as humans» first big impact on the planet,» says Doughty.

In the tug of war, aerosols don't necessarily counter the impacts of climate change on sea ice (or the planet as a whole for that matter).

This process, called impact vaporization, continually renews the gases in Mercury's exosphere as interplanetary dust and meteoroids rain down on the planet.

As impact glass is a ubiquitous substrate on rocky bodies throughout the Solar System and likely common on the early Earth, the preservation of biological activity in impact glass has significant astrobiological implications for life on early Earth as well as for the search for life on other planetAs impact glass is a ubiquitous substrate on rocky bodies throughout the Solar System and likely common on the early Earth, the preservation of biological activity in impact glass has significant astrobiological implications for life on early Earth as well as for the search for life on other planetas well as for the search for life on other planetas for the search for life on other planets.

Imagine a massive impact creating a wave of frozen ice and slush sloshing across the planet's surface, as though Jupiter had a few too many at a solar system pool party, tripped on Saturn's rings, and knocked the frozen margarita machine all over Mars» face.

Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand on water, food, and land of a growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined impacts of climate change and global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.

Molten glass created in impacts on Mars could have captured and preserved signs of ancient life on the Red Planet as it cooled, researchers suggest.

As five impact craters on Mercury receive names, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is about to create another, since it has run out of propellant and is predicted to impact on the surface of the planet at 8:26 pm BST today.

«The impact of astronomical cycles on climate can be quite large,» explains Meyers, noting as an example the pacing of the Earth's ice ages, which have been reliably matched to periodic changes in the shape of Earth's orbit, and the tilt of our planet on its axis.

Professor Stefan Ramstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said: «Based on past experience, I expect that sea level rise will accelerate as the planet gets hotter.»

The effects of human activity have long been cited as a primary cause of global climate change, but new research from NASA has revealed that our use of technology also appears to be having an impact not just on the planet, but on Earth's near - space environment as well.

As we know from studying Earth's climate, the mixture of land, water, and ice coating a planet has an enormous impact on its temperature.

While weather patterns have a big impact on monthly temperatures — as the cooler weather of early August shows — the overall warming of the planet is tipping the odds in favor of record heat.

Understanding the evolution of planets in our own solar system, such as Earth and Venus, could provide important clues on how the environments of planets change over time and how that impacts their ability to support life.

For that matter, it isn't just one victim (and I'm not just talking about that victim's family), but all life really, as our use of animals for food has a devastating impact on the planet and all life on it.

This serious health issue has been impacting the lives of most people on the planet, not just evidenced by large rates of obesity and diabetes, two modern epidemics, but also many preventable conditions such as Alzheimer's, cancer and heart disease.

As far as politicians interest in the environment is concerned it depends some come to the issue through an understanding of the impacts policies are having on their community, their country the world others come from a religious values perspective that we are custodians of the planet for God and then others through an interest in the issues themselveAs far as politicians interest in the environment is concerned it depends some come to the issue through an understanding of the impacts policies are having on their community, their country the world others come from a religious values perspective that we are custodians of the planet for God and then others through an interest in the issues themselveas politicians interest in the environment is concerned it depends some come to the issue through an understanding of the impacts policies are having on their community, their country the world others come from a religious values perspective that we are custodians of the planet for God and then others through an interest in the issues themselves.

They are asked to describe some of Earth's greatest natural wonders, how the planet affects our survival as a human race, man's impact (negative and positive) on the environment, and how they can change their daily routines in order to help preserve planet Earth.

It has as its goal, «to help students make better choices for the future by understanding the impact today's decisions have on their planet.»

Considering the impact of greenhouse gases on the warming of the planet - which has been forecasted to detrimentally affect global environments and make the Earth less inhabitable — the U.S. and China have come together to address and mitigate their emissions as the major contributors.

Gene & Kinna fully support the protection of wild areas on the planet as well as laws and regulations which minimize the human impacts on the earth.

These include respect for all life, an understanding of and appreciation for difference and diversity, empathy, responsibility, and an awareness of our role as the species that has the greatest impact on the planet» explains Ball.

Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite's crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered massive undersea eruptions, as big as any ever seen in our planet's history.

I don't understand why so many were underwhelmed by this title, as these changes will probably have as big an impact on how 3D Mario games play as the planet mechanic in Mario Galaxy.

His imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet; an inspection of the human systems we've imposed onto natural landscapes.

Let's call him Captain Planet» No other cartoon I watched as a child has had as much impact on my day - to - day adult life.

Informed by the insights of Artsy's editors, and bolstered by data from UBS's art news app Planet Art, the curators of these shows emerged as making the most impact on the institutional landscape this year.

Burtynsky's practice eloquently chronicles human impact on the planet, and his images are widely regarded as key visual documents of our time.

Her current forays into conjectural future catastrophes or past disasters and their impact on the planet is an ongoing investigation as she blends in presonal memories.

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer whose imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet.

Things like this are occurring all over this continent in which I live and across every other continent on this planet and for AGW / CC and it's IMPACTS are happening now everywhere and will only become more unpredictable and unprecedented and more damaging as time goes on.

[J] ust as humanity confronted «revolutionary change» (Rerum Novarum) in the19th century at the time of Industrialization, today we have changed the natural environment so much that scientists, using a word coined by our Academy, tend to define our era as the Anthropocene, that is to say, a period of time in which human action is having a decisive impact on the planet due to the use of fossil fuels.

Satellite photos of oil on salt water may even impact the politics of environment in the USA, just as did NASA's first photos of the Blue Planet two years after the first Earth Day, helping inspire Congress to pass major pieces of environmental legislation.

I hope that while placing the Tunguska event into perpspective we also come to realize that our false sense of security regarding impacts like this and worse is largely perceptual based on our limited understanding of our own history and its woefully human timescale, and I hope we realize that impacts might not be the rare events we've come to consider them as being, and that they may not arrive singularly and only on rare occasions, but as swarms of potentially devastating event producers, as our planet enters into regions of our Milky Way where clouds of potentially planet - disrupting objects are a genuine concern and are something we can and should do something about... and soon.

Yesterday the World Meteorological Organisation published its Annual Statement on the Climate, finding that «2013 once again demonstrated the dramatic impact of droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical cyclones on people and property in all parts of the planet» and that «many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human - induced climate change.»

Humans are an integral part of the earth, and as far as our impact on the planet is concerned, it is irrelevant.