Sentences with phrase «increased human activities»

Because of increased human activities in their habitat, this mammal may become extinct sooner.

That may be particularly important in a time of rapid change due to rising ocean temperatures and increasing human activity on the high seas.

«As an archaeologist who studies Arctic and Subarctic coastal peoples, erosion associated with intense storm activity, loss of permafrost, rising sea levels, and increasing human activity is devastating to comprehend; however, this study not only documents those processes, but provides a means to examine their highly variable impacts that, hopefully, can lead to constructive ways to prioritize research and mitigate destructive processes in this extremely important region.»

Studying and mitigating the impacts of increasing human activities including shipping, seismic exploration, fisheries and other resource exploration in Arctic waters.

Over the past 200 years, rapidly increasing human activity has seriously altered flow conditions of the Nile.

As sea ice melts, new findings add to concerns about the effects of ocean noise and increased human activity on deep - diving Arctic whales

Increased human activity disproportionately in the northern hemisphere may lead to greater particulate (mostly soot like with relatively high absorptivity) deposition on Arctic ice which absorbs solar radiation and leads to the ice melting.

Also, increased human activity in caribou territory leads to more encounters with hunters and vehicles.

The term global warming is now popularly used to refer to the recent reported increase in the mean surface temperature of the earth; this increase being attributed to increasing human activity and in particular to the increased concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) in the atmosphere.

[SEPP Comment: Measured temperature increases are closely related to local energy consumption, an indicator of increased human activity.]

Lastly, I do not know if the issue has been studied, I would expect increased human activity in the sequoia belt in a major 500 year drought.

Not exact matches

But when asked by Sen. Bob Corker (R - TN) if human activity has contributed to climate change, Tillerson said that «the increase in the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are having an effect,» and that «our ability to predict that effect is very limited.»

As technological advances such as machines being able to acquire natural language abilities that match median human capability, the numbers and types of activities that are technically susceptible to automation will increase.

Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

(This increased economic activity sometimes comes at the expense of human and environmental health, but that's a different discussion).

As with most human activities, as our knowledge of evolution and genetics increased, dog breeding improved and exploded in the 1900s.

Huntington, for example, contends that «far more significant than the global issues of economics and demography are problems of moral decline», an «increase in antisocial behavior», decay of family structures, weakening of the «work ethic», and decreasing commitment to intellectual activity.12 Similarly Brzezinski refers to a current global crisis of spirit which has to be overcome if the human race is to regain some control over its destiny.

The first is that our planet's oceans act as a massive watery heat - sink, and currently absorb more than 90 percent of increased atmospheric heat that are associated with human activity.

The second is consumer capitalism, the intricate socio - economic system that taps the human drives of individual gain and greed, rewarding incentive and encouraging participation in the system by the prospect of increased consumption of pleasurable goods or services and access to otherwise restricted activities.

There can be no question about the value of machines that make it unnecessary for men to serve as beasts of burden, greatly increase the efficiency of the craftsman, and release human beings for higher forms of activity.

They recognize that the increase of market activity is only one contribution to human well being.

The activities of corporations can increase the GNP or Gross World Product while leaving human beings on the whole no better off economically.

As Fr Storey argues in his letter: «sexual activity can not by itself generate or increase human love.»

Confined within the geometrically restricted surface of the globe, which is steadily reduced as their own radius of activity increases, the human particles do not merely multiply in numbers at an increasing rate, but through contact with one another automatically develop around themselves an ever denser tangle of economic and social relationships.

Recent correspondence concerning sexuality and love draws me to argue that, surprising as it may seem, sexual activity can not by itself generate or increase human love.

As with most human activities, as our knowledge increased, dog breeding improved and exploded in the 1900s, with the current 600 or so breeds of dogs all descendent from the original wolf.

For example, the Church does not know whether the planet is getting warmer, whether such change would be good or bad, or whether human activity is the cause; nor does she know whether minimum - wage laws do more good to the poor by increasing the income of those who work, or more harm to the poor by throwing those with marginal skills out of work.

Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

Titled Talent Triage: Raising the Bar on CPG Sales Force Talent Management, the study also reports that CPG sales and human resource executives rated their talent management activities as «highly effective» only 9 percent of the time, but 68 percent of these executives plan to increase investment in their sales force talent management programs.

Because of commercial mining, chemical fertilizers and other human activities that lead to increased pollution, arsenic levels around the world have increased.

Most scientists and climatologists agree that weird weather is at least in part the result of global warming — a steady increase in the average temperature of the surface of the Earth thought to be caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gasses produced by human activity.

In the year 2000, the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education issued a joint report recommending sport participation as a strategy to increase energy expenditure, activity, and fitness among youth to promote health and prevent increasing levels of overweight among youth (54).

While caring for animals affected by human activity such as overfishing, habitat degradation, plastic pollution and rising ocean temperatures, the team seeks to increase public engagement and advocacy along with inspire new individuals to make a difference.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

The AAAS - Andrew M. Sessler Fund for Science, Education, and Human Rights honors Dr. Sessler's important legacy by supporting a variety of activities aimed at bridging the scientific, engineering and human rights communities; engaging young and aspiring scientists and engineers in human rights; and increasing the capacity of human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their Human Rights honors Dr. Sessler's important legacy by supporting a variety of activities aimed at bridging the scientific, engineering and human rights communities; engaging young and aspiring scientists and engineers in human rights; and increasing the capacity of human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their human rights communities; engaging young and aspiring scientists and engineers in human rights; and increasing the capacity of human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their human rights; and increasing the capacity of human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their work.

The findings are the first to note increased greenhouse gas emissions due to antibiotic use in cattle; a recent study suggests that methane emissions from cud - chewing livestock worldwide, including cows, account for about 4 % of the greenhouse gas emissions related to human activity.

The Coalition serves as a catalyst for the increased involvement of scientific, engineering, and health associations and their members in human rights - related activities.

Drivers of Climate Change Atmospheric concentrations of many gases — primarily carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and halocarbons (gases once used widely as refrigerants and spray propellants)-- have increased because of human activities.

If ocean noise continues to increase as a result of human activities, whales may soon have nowhere to go.

However, the study points out that continued warming from human activities would overwhelm those weather patterns over time to further increase melting.

Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city

Ammonia and sulphur emissions have increased considerably over the past decades as a result of human activities.

«Myths» persist about the increase in human - caused seismic activity.»

German researchers suggest that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are linked to an increase in extreme weather events

A seismic swarm, an increase in seismic activity around the volcano, has been detectable for weeks by seismographic equipment, and several earthquakes have been felt by humans.

Working in human lung epithelial cells, researchers used a variety of techniques to show that flu infection increased activity of the PI3K and mTOR pathways and that BEZ235 restored PI3K and mTOR activity to pre-infection levels.

Deltas are highly sensitive to increasing risks arising from local human activities, land subsidence, regional water management, global sea - level rise, and climate extremes.

Interestingly, increased activity in the ACC is also seen in humans suffering from anxiety disorders and in animal models of anxiety.

Winter sunrise (the later sunrise of the year and increasingly later with increasing latitude) triggers human activity in the morning year round and dominates morning trends.

The researchers identified genes in the fruit fly that were equivalent to the human genes, but their activity didn't increase when flies lost sleep.