Sentences with phrase «key ecosystem processes»

The study of climate - induced changes in key ecosystem processes (Scholze et al., 2005) considers the distribution of outcomes within three sets of model runs grouped according to the amount of global warming they simulate: < 2 °C, 2 - 3 °C and > 3 °C.

There are more herbivores and creatures that parasitise other animals, but the detritivores — the creatures that consume carrion, excrement and decomposing plants — seem to be on the way down, with, the scientists say, potential implications for key ecosystem processes such as decomposition, nutrient cycling and primary productivity.

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The process will include a strong focus on ensuring that the new standard delivers on key ecosystem conservation outcomes.

Conduct research, analysis, and synthesis of the scientific literature to assess implementation processes and their effectiveness related to key elements of responsible commodity supply chains (e.g., curtailing deforestation and ecosystem destruction, avoiding forest degradation, promoting ecosystem restoration, improving land governance, and protecting human rights);

The organic (carbon - containing) compounds they studied in that patch of Colorado forest play a key role in atmospheric chemical processes that can affect air quality, the health of the ecosystem, and the climate itself.

Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator - prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.

A significant component of this key ecosystem characteristic is dependent on relatively slow processes such as rates of recuitment, mortality, and changes in vegetation composition.

However, the conditions predicted for the open ocean may not reflect the future conditions in the coastal zone, where many of these organisms live (Hendriks et al. 2010a, b; Hofmann et al. 2011; Kelly and Hofmann 2012), and results derived from changes in pH in coastal ecosystems often include processes other than OA, such as emissions from volcanic vents, eutrophication, upwelling and long - term changes in the geological cycle of CO2, which commonly involve simultaneous changes in other key factors affecting the performance of calcifiers, thereby confounding the response expected from OA by anthropogenic CO2 alone.

In a continued effort to provide key datasets that support the process of developing resilience to climate change, eleven additional datasets are now available in the Ecosystem Vulnerability theme.

The WGI FAR codified the key physical and biogeochemical processes in the Earth system that relate a changing climate to atmospheric composition, chemistry, the carbon cycle and natural ecosystems.

Yet, our forward - thinking clients are wrestling with key questions based on how they, and their ecosystems, could transform business processes using blockchain technology.