Sentences with phrase «impact on wildlife»

While road salt is helpful on streets and roads, it can have a big impact on wildlife and drinking water.

It's unclear at this point what exactly its long term impact on wildlife could be.

Do these «part - timers» have the same impact on wildlife as feral cats?

Cats also have a profound impact on wildlife, particularly bird populations.

Yet in others, sea ice is decreasing, with measurable impacts on wildlife.

And, the wind energy industry is proactively addressing the modest impacts on wildlife it does have.

As you can imagine, that is having a big impact on wildlife.

«It would be easy to move and should not have a negative impact on the wildlife in its new home region.»

Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago — Svalbard, Norway.

Alexei Kokorin: In terms of impact on wildlife, the focus has been made not just on flagship species, such as the polar bear, which, as it turns out, is apparently able to adjust, more or less.

Like many other plants being built on California desert land, the Calico Plant has raised questions its potential impact on wildlife in the area.

«Conservation scientists asking wrong questions on climate change impacts on wildlife.»

The high temperature of roasting reduces or eliminates many of these chemicals, but the primary concern regarding these toxins is how they effect the health of the coffee farmers who apply them, the surrounding communities, and their often severe impact on wildlife and ecosystems.

In order to fully realize the benefits of wind energy, we must band together to see that the growth of the industry over the next several decades not only helps us meet clean energy goals but provides a stable set of guidelines and assurances for developers and, most importantly, minimizes impacts on wildlife and the environment in more ways than one.

Researchers at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent say that with over 4 million km2 of tropical forests harvested for timber worldwide, improving the way logging impacts on wildlife is essential for global biodiversity conservation.

Out on a limb: Koala in the Moree region of NSW where land clearing is having a devastating impact on wildlife.

The Great Belch of Destruction The anticipated impact on wildlife resembles a game of dominoes: After acidification has destabilized one species or ecosystem, the damage could ripple up and down the food chain.

Unfortunately, collecting data on plasticizers» impacts on wildlife suffers the same pitfalls as studying human health.

While we are all aware that street lights often attract insects at night, we show that they may have more permanent, widespread impacts on wildlife and ecosystems.»

«Our work shows that it's possible to guide development of sustainable energy projects, while having the least impact on wildlife populations.»

The study draws on an earlier analysis the lab conducted for the Western Governors» Association to identify areas where renewable resources are the strongest, most consistent, and most concentrated, and where development would avoid protected areas and minimize the overall impact on wildlife habitat.

These cats are incredibly independent and can have a drastic ecological impacts on the wildlife surrounding their home ranges as they are not only skilled hunters, but they often carry diseases that can have a detrimental effects on other animals.

Due to their adverse impact on wildlife, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission does not issue permits to make lawful either the release of cats to the wild or the establishment of feral / free - roaming cat colonies.

Next, I'll discuss the difference between compensatory and additive predation, and how that affects predictions of feral cat impacts on wildlife.

In urban areas in particular, cats are one of the most common avian predators (Sims et al. 2008), but their total impact on wildlife is difficult to estimate and varies greatly between studies (Fitzgerald and Turner 2000) and with study methodology (Krauze - Gryz et al. 2012a).

[19] They failed to acknowledge that this designation has mostly to do with cats» impact on wildlife native to oceanic islands.

Black rats (Rattus rattus), also known as ship rats, had a major impact on wildlife on Anacapa Island, including seabirds, such as Scripps's murrelet, reptiles and amphibians, intertidal and terrestrial invertebrates and vegetation.

Needless to say, it's rather alarming that even trace amounts of methylmercury — which is notorious for turning up in groundwater near industrial operations — can have such a substantial impact on wildlife.

(09/01/2011) Recent, unprecedented walrus haul - outs and increased instances of long - distance swims by polar bears show the direct impacts on wildlife of dwindling Arctic sea ice from climate change.

Oil flecked across the wide Gulf seas will have far less impact on wildlife or fish or anything else than if blobs of the stuff happen to congregate in a marsh vital for a threatened species of breeding bird, or an aggregation of spawning bluefin tuna.

Similarly, we consider only those technologies that have low impacts on wildlife, water pollution, and land, do not have significant waste - disposal or terrorism risks associated with them, and are based on primary resources that are indefinitely renewable or recyclable.»

It might increase public willingness to make necessary trade - offs, for example, to accept local impact on wildlife and ecosystems from the siting of renewable energy projects, such as wind turbines and large - scale solar plants, or to consider the risks of geoengineering for forced climate cooling.

Industry initiatives and advancements to reduce impacts on wildlife and specifically bat populations

While it is tempting to enjoy an early spring in the midwest, the phenological impacts on wildlife alone are particularly concerning.

In practice, additional areas of former cropland that are now in the CRP could be managed for biofuel feedstock production in a way that maintains positive impacts on wildlife, water, and land conservation goals, but this option was not included among the scenarios considered.

Evidence is widespread and well - documented,»... Conversely, the speaker presented professionally gathered evidence that concentrated photo - safari activities - regardless of «greenness» of individual operations - can have adverse, collective impacts on wildlife.

In a 2011 paper published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, Jeff Horn and his co-authors estimate the home range of owned and unowned cats, arguing that «greater activity levels and ranging behavior suggest unowned cats have a greater potential impact on wildlife than do owned cats.»

The shrinking of the ice is having immediate and severe impacts on wildlife: A recent study shows that polar bears in Alaska, due to shrinking and faster - moving ice, are having to work harder in order to continue to live in the northern regions of that state, where they prefer to hunt.

Researchers at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University say that with over 4 million km2 of tropical forests harvested for timber worldwide, improving the way logging impacts on wildlife is essential for global biodiversity conservation.

Michael Miersch from the Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung recently gave a talk in the House of Lords about renewable energy's devastating impact on wildlife and the environment in Germany and other parts of the world.

With the Arctic winter of 2017 - 18 the warmest on record, researchers are finding a troubling range of climate change impacts on wildlife, including wolverines, reindeer, snowy owls, and more.

This seems to be some proof that offshore oil production has no negative impact on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sean Christian of RSPB Cymru says the project's impact on wildlife will have to be carefully monitored.

The levels aren't enough to raise concerns for swimmers and tap - water drinkers, but the impact on wildlife is unknown.

Presently the ban is being debated again — and the machines» impact on wildlife is at the heart of the issue.

That's why Fry and others believe that a broader and better solution is one that would help humans while minimizing the impact on wildlife and the environment.

Although the country has a target to increase terrestrial protected areas from 13.8 % of total land area in 2015 to 20 % by 2025, economic development has already had an impact on wildlife.

The UK's Air Navigation Order restricts the flight of drones over and near airports as well as areas such as Hyde Park in London due to concerns over the impact on wildlife and public safety.