Sentences with phrase «in ecosystem recovery»

Schwalm, C. R. et al. (2017) Global patterns of drought recovery, Nature, doi: 10.1038 / nature23021 Seneviratne, S. I. and Ciais, P. (2017) Trends in ecosystem recovery from drought, Nature

Not exact matches

I'm sure the Brazilian coffee isn't shaded, since cerrado is savannah, not forest, and RA standards call for «Farms in areas where the original natural vegetation is not forest must dedicate at least 30 % of the farm area for conservation or recovery of the area's typical ecosystems.»

«The return of condors to the Pacific Northwest, after more than a century - long absence, will be a testament to the ability of federal, tribal, state, and private entities to come together to champion the cause of wildlife, ecosystem, and cultural recovery in our region.»

After 2 years, in the plots missing 75 % of the forest algae, the ecosystem tipped over to entirely turf algae and C. amentacea never came back, showing that recovery length could predict ecosystem collapse, the researchers reported yesterday in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

But it won't be easy or even possible to measure recovery length in all ecosystems, researchers warn.

He envisions ecologists studying satellite images of rangelands or other ecosystems to look for increases in recovery length.

A recent scientific paper looking at Latin America lists «similar patterns of ecosystem recovery following rural - urban migration» in Patagonia, northwest Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras and the montane deserts and Andean tundra ecosystems of Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

At 24 coral reefs near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, researchers then removed the necessary amount of lionfish to reach this threshold, and monitored recovery of the ecosystem.

The researchers emphasize that both protection and recovery of the world's coral reefs call for a fundamental change in how people interact with and use reef ecosystems.

And according to the nonprofit Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team, «approximately 100 species of plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, butterflies and other insects are officially listed as «at risk» in these ecosystems» Ecosystems Recovery Team, «approximately 100 species of plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, butterflies and other insects are officially listed as «at risk» in these ecosystems» ecosystems» in Canada.

A growing body of evidence tracked the cause of the delayed recovery of lakes to the continued lack of calcium in nearby soils, what some call «ecosystem osteoporosis».

She's also part of a recovery team that works with the black - footed ferret, an endangered species that has an important role in the prairie ecosystem.

First established as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (otherwise known as the «stimulus» legislation), and now continued as a regular Department program in the fiscal 2012 year, i3 was intended to shift the innovation ecosystem toward greater quantity, rigor and diffusion of innovation, to thread innovation into the way the Department itself works (including the use of a «field scan» mechanism) and to align funding for the «supply» of innovation with the «demand» the U.S. Department of Education had created through other federal programs.

That those two ecosystem level actions were implemented in conjunction with island fox recovery actions was fortuitous.

Arid Recovery is an ecosystem restoration initiative based in the South Australian outback and dedicated to the restoration of Australia's arid

Arid Recovery is an ecosystem restoration initiative based in the South Australian outback and dedicated to the restoration of Australia's arid lands.

But van Huissteden referred to recolonization of plants in thawed areas and the ensuing recovery of the ecosystem as a «neglected factor in carbon release by permafrost degradation.»

Because the sink is affected by land use, it is going to decrease in the future as ecosystems complete their recovery....

But in the Gulf, the amount of ocean truly protected (where even fish, shrimp and lobsters are safe) is a slim thread upon which to hang overall ecosystem integrity, let alone recovery from the latest blows.

Superior results in terms of range ecosystem improvement, productivity, soil carbon and fertility, water holding capacity and profitability have been regularly obtained by ranchers using multiple paddocks per herd with short periods of grazing, long recovery periods and adaptively changing recovery periods and other management elements as conditions change [4,5].

Tracking both where and for how long drought recovery is taking place makes these findings «very exciting» says Dr Trevor Keenan, a scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who wasn't involved in the study.

One of the expectations climate scientists have for a future including climate change is more droughts in some regions and now a new study in Nature shows that slow ecosystem recovery from those droughts may become more normal too.

Hurricanes have been observed to cause mechanical damage to coral reefs, including damaging coral tissue and dislodging colonies, weakening corals in ways than could slow recovery following bleaching, and contributing to long - term ecosystem decline [12].

The slow rate of recovery seen in Caribbean reefs [16], [24], [25] suggests that such high levels of mortality may determine the fate of coral reef ecosystems in this region for decades to come.

From the article:... «It goes against my deepest notions of how fast ecosystem recovery can possibly happen,» Christopher Tonra, a research fellow with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C., told the Seattle Times.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

Jan developed recommendations to the Puget Sound Partnership on the use of innovative financial mechanisms for the recovery of the Puget Sound ecosystem, worked with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to establish a payments for services pilot for nitrogen removal by shellfish in Puget Sound, assisted BC Hydro develop performance measures for their long term environmental goal, and led studies evaluating impacts of flow alteration on aquatic ecosystems for King County.

Besides the fact that I use MODIS frequently to monitor ice shelves and outlet glaciers, my colleagues and I use it to study snow and ice - albedo processes, snow cover in mountainous areas, vegetation recovery after wildfires, and ecosystem processes.

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Although there is little chance of recovery for the Atlantic Forest, researchers say that some hope remains for the few persisting species clinging to life in the fragmented ecosystem.

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Earth's ecosystems have hung in there for a while, and you have to hand it to the old gal for staying alive this long, but at this point the chances of a recovery are, I'm sorry to say, incredibly unlikely.

As Tether is the issuer of the USDT managed asset, we will not redeem any of the stolen tokens, and we are in the process of attempting token recovery to prevent them from entering the broader ecosystem,» the announcement continues.

As Tether is the issuer of the USDT managed asset, we will not redeem any of the stolen tokens, and we are in the process of attempting token recovery to prevent them from entering the broader ecosystem.

NEO / USD is among the recovery leaders on Tuesday morning, despite NEO ecosystem technical issues reported in vast numbers during recent trading sessions.