Sentences with phrase «including ecosystem health»

Each session includes readings, short assignments and accompanying discussion questions that address the impact of individual food choices on a range of issues, including ecosystem health, the treatment of factory and farm workers, and the global economy.

Each session addresses the impact of individual food choices on a range of issues, including ecosystem health, the treatment of factory and farm workers, and the global economy.

Discuss how food choices have an impact on a range of issues, including ecosystem health, factory and farm worker treatment, and our global economy.

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American Well, which is partnered with some of the biggest providers and payers in health care (including the Cleveland Clinic and insurance giant Anthem), is aiming to create a host of new services with Samsung and being dubbed as an end - to - end digital health «ecosystem.»

Fitbit's strong growth abroad might eventually offset its weak U.S. sales, while the expansion of its digital ecosystem — which includes its subscription - based Fitbit Coach and its acquisition of digital health platform Twine Health — could lock in more health platform Twine Health — could lock in more Health — could lock in more users.

New York City Coming in at 9th in this year's ITM report, New York City's technology ecosystem, sometimes called «Silicon Alley,» is home to just about every startup niche imaginable, with notable sectors including education tech, health tech and financial tech playing a big role.

The request also calls for canceling five NASA earth science missions, including an operating Earth - facing camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite and the planned Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite, set for launch in 2022, which would assess the ocean's health and its interactions with the atmosphere.

The independent analysis, it said, should assess the health, biodiversity and functioning of Arctic ecosystems, including the impacts of industrial activities and of climate change.

«This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier this year.

Those missions include the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite to monitor Earth's ocean health and atmosphere in 2022; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 3 experiment that would track carbon - dioxide levels from the International Space Station; the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) pathfinder Earth climate instrument for the ISS in 2020 time frame; and, finally, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a joint NASA - NOAA mission that is in orbit today and monitoring Earth from space.

Key weather and climate drivers of health impacts include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and changes in precipitation patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem changes (Ch.

Coral - associated microbial communities, including protists, bacteria, archaea and viruses, are important components of the coral holobiont that influence the health of corals and coral reef ecosystems.

He coined the term «One Health» to describe the interdependence of healthy ecosystems, animals and people and the term has been adopted by many organizations, including the United Nations, in local and global health efHealth» to describe the interdependence of healthy ecosystems, animals and people and the term has been adopted by many organizations, including the United Nations, in local and global health efhealth efforts.

Avoiding these two things: antibiotics (including those from conventionally - raised meats and rBGH - laced milk), and sugar by adhering to a low - sugar diet, along with plenty of unpasteurized fermented foods and / or a high - quality probiotic supplement, are crucial elements for restoring and maintaining both your gut's inner ecosystem and your overall health.

More ominously, the scientists warn that, «If we do nothing, endocrine disruptors may not only impact on human health but all the ecosystems including those on which we depend — if we compromise soil productivity and sustainability of our agricultural systems or cause imbalance in marine and freshwater ecosystems through damage to populations of top predators, ultimately, we threaten our own survival.»

The following topics are covered: Climate change Extreme weather (Hurricanes and Drought) Extreme weather in the UK (anticyclones and depressions) Ecosystems and biomes Managing ecosystems (tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands) Development gap Development continuum Aid and management Health and development Regional development - North South divide This booklet was used to distribute to parents in order to assist parents quiz their child to revise, parents that did not attend were sent the packs home (I have included the instructions on tEcosystems and biomes Managing ecosystems (tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands) Development gap Development continuum Aid and management Health and development Regional development - North South divide This booklet was used to distribute to parents in order to assist parents quiz their child to revise, parents that did not attend were sent the packs home (I have included the instructions on tecosystems (tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands) Development gap Development continuum Aid and management Health and development Regional development - North South divide This booklet was used to distribute to parents in order to assist parents quiz their child to revise, parents that did not attend were sent the packs home (I have included the instructions on the front).

Revision mats included are: Unit 1 (Cells and respiration)- Cells and respiration Unit 2 (Humans as organisms)- Nutrition and digestion - Skeletal and muscle system - Gas exchange - Reproduction system and menstrual cycle - Embryo development, health and drugs Unit 3 (Plants and ecosystems)- Photosynthesis and plant reproduction - Plant fertilisation, seed formation and seed dispersal - Food chains, food webs and dependence on other organisms Unit 4 (Inheritance, variation and survival)- DNA, continuous and discontinuous variation - Natural selection, extinction and preserving species

Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national measure of the health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region

Experience with the One Health approach can expand career pathways for students in a wide variety of disciplines including wildlife and ecosystem health, public practice, food safety, herd health, disaster preparedness, rural health, zoonotic disease threats andHealth approach can expand career pathways for students in a wide variety of disciplines including wildlife and ecosystem health, public practice, food safety, herd health, disaster preparedness, rural health, zoonotic disease threats andhealth, public practice, food safety, herd health, disaster preparedness, rural health, zoonotic disease threats andhealth, disaster preparedness, rural health, zoonotic disease threats andhealth, zoonotic disease threats and more.

A good number of carnivores, which play a critical role in ecosystem health, have also been caught on camera, including gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and even a one - eyed mountain lion.

Channel Islands National Park's Kelp Forest Monitoring Program documents such changes as as it monitors the health of the kelp forest ecosystem, including over 70 different groups of kelp forest species.

A wide range of benefits will flow from a concerted effort to alter our energy economy now, including sustainable energy job growth, reductions in the health and economic costs of climate change, and the restoration of ecosystems and revitalisation of ecosystem services.

We advocate including extreme events in the global planetary health indicators because extreme events have a particularly large impact on human and natural ecosystems — and that's what, ultimately, people care about most.

Plastic waste in the oceans is a growing environmental and health concern for the ocean ecosystem including whales, fish, reefs and humans.

Impacts of such climate - related extremes include alteration of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water supply, damage to infrastructure and settlements, morbidity and mortality, and consequences for mental health and human well - being.

Extreme events affect every aspect of society and nature including human health, energy, transportation, agriculture, ecosystems, and water resources.

They include increasing monitoring of how various post-fire actions (re-seeding and Hydro - mulching, for instance) influence such things as flood and erosion risk and long - term ecosystem health; increasing synthesis of scientific findings (in isolation from each other, fire science studies can be confusing and even contradictory); and directing social science research toward further understanding of the disconnects.

Key weather and climate drivers of health impacts include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and changes in precipitation patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem changes (Ch.

These benefits include safe water, clean air, ecosystem restoration, soil health, smallholder farmer development, community education opportunities and wildlife and habitat protection.

It especially explores links between climate change and hydrology, including impacts of climate change on: ecosystems and biodiversity, agriculture and food security, urbanization, land use and forestry, water supply and sanitation, health, infrastructure, and energy security which, in addition to climate, are strongly influenced by human interventions and actions.

In the 1960s and 1970s, popular books by scientists including Rachel Carson, Barry Commoner and Paul Ehrlich helped the average person understand the links among environmental degradation, ecosystem processes and human health.»

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

This framework considers the coping conditions and critical thresholds of natural and human environments beyond which external pressures (including climate change) cause harm to water resources, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function.

What are the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, of which added CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a part, but also from other social and environmental issues?

This approach pays landholders or farmers for actions that preserve the services to public and environmental health provided by ecosystems on their property, including services that contribute to both climate change mitigation and adaptation.

These include potential flood damages from more extreme rainfall in most parts of Australia and New Zealand; constraints on water resources from reducing rainfall in southern Australia; increased health risks and infrastructure damages from heat waves in Australia; and, increased economic losses, risks to human life and ecosystem damage from wildfires in southern Australia and many parts of New Zealand.

Sectors affected by climate changes include agriculture, water, human health, energy, transportation, forests, and ecosystems.

«The impacts of climate change — including an increase in prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures, more heavy downpours, an increase in wildfires, more severe droughts, permafrost thawing, ocean acidification and sea - level rise — are already affecting communities, natural resources, ecosystems, economies and public health across the Nation,» reads an executive order signed this morning by President Obama.

The categories of indicators include greenhouse gases, weather and climate, oceans, snow and ice, health and society, and ecosystems.

Sectors assessed for specific effects included freshwater resources, terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, coasts, food, urban and rural areas, energy and industry, human health and security, and livelihoods and poverty.

25 The influences of global warming included: Individual health Water source Northern and Southern Poles Natural ecosystem Agriculture Forests Coastal areas

Examples of actions with co-benefits include (i) improved energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources, leading to reduced emissions of health - damaging climate - altering air pollutants; (ii) reduced energy and water consumption in urban areas through greening cities and recycling water; (iii) sustainable agriculture and forestry; and (iv) protection of ecosystems for carbon storage and other ecosystem services.»

[1] When coal is mined and used to generate power, external costs include the impacts of water pollution, toxic coal waste, air pollution, and the long - term damage to ecosystems and human health.

The effective use of mitigation and adaption to reduce the risk to water resources, food, energy, human health and well - being, and ecosystem function from climate (including changes in the climate system) requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted approach.

It is intended to include (but is not limited to) changes in net agricultural productivity, human health, property damages from increased flood risk, and the value of ecosystem services due to climate change.

The social cost of carbon includes, for example, changes in net agricultural productivity and human health, property damage from increased flood risk, energy system costs, and the value of ecosystem services lost because of climate change.

Impacts of such climate - related extremes include alteration of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water supply, damage to infrastructure and settlements, human morbidity and mortality and consequences for mental health and human well - being.

New investments include supporting the continuation of the Health & Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages (HEAL) initiative to the creation of a new advisory committee at Harvard University, to specific support to African Risk Capacity to launch pandemic insurance.

Higher water temperatures and changes in extremes, including floods and droughts, are projected to affect water quality and exacerbate many forms of water pollution — from sediments, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, pathogens, pesticides and salt, as well as thermal pollution, with possible negative impacts on ecosystems, human health, and water system reliability and operating costs (high confidence).

Old trees are critical to forest ecosystem health, including after they topple, when they provide grub habitat and replenish the soil.