Sentences with phrase «larger effects on the ecosystem»

But Felder and others say it's too soon to predict what the larger effects on the ecosystem might be.

Not exact matches

Large impacts had particularly severe effects on existing ecosystems.

«The construction of large dams then slowed down for the last 20 years as we became more aware of their negative effects on people and ecosystems.

Large - bodied predators and herbivores provide «top - down» control on ecosystems, which helps to balance the effects of environmental, or «bottom - up» factors, such as primary productivity or climate.

«It's a more complicated picture, but broadly it means that there are going to be winners and losers in the oceans as its chemistry is modified by human activities — this could have the effect of altering major ocean ecosystems on which both we and a large part of marine life depend.»

Bill has conducted a number of «plankton to predator» studies in the California Current large marine ecosystem, and has written about climate effects on seabirds, marine mammals and fish.

Zachary Hurwitz from International Rivers writes on Google's Lat - Long blog, «This new Google Earth tour takes viewers on a trip to the world's dam - building hotspots to visualize the effect that large dams have on the climate, river ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them.

For large lake ecosystems, these changes have well - documented effects, such as effects on algal production, stratification (change in water temperature with depth), beach health, and fisheries.

Direct effects on ecosystem balances IMO have a larger probability of causing significant harm to society.)

According to an article from Agence France Presse (AFP) who have seen a leaked draft of that report, the panel gives the «thumbs down» and «pours scorn» on a clutch of wacky plans to intentionally re-engineer large scale ecosystems, referred to collectively as geo - engineering: «Geo - engineering options... remain largely speculative and with the risk of unknown side - effects» claims the IPCC draft according to AFP (1).

A large body of evidence reveals that small amounts of warming in the Ocean can have large effects on ocean ecosystems.

That increase will have a disproportionately large impact on vegetation because ozone concentrations in many locations will rise above the critical level where adverse effects are observed in plants and ecosystems.

In addition to offering areas for recreation and benefits to mental and physical health, urban green spaces «filter large amounts of water after heavy rainfall and soften the effects of heat waves or other extreme events,» according to the agency, whose recent assessment on urban ecosystems concluded that «with the right policies and tools, urbanization does not need to be a threat to biodiversity in cities and beyond.»

My impression from looking at the conference material is that it was indeed more or less what you would expect four years on from the 2001 IPCC report, with two very large exceptions: The potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (= 5 meter sea level rise) and ocean acidification (= partial ocean ecosystem collapse with a subsequent cascade of potential side effects that practically defy description).

As more large market participants enter the Bitcoin ecosystem, so too will liquidity increase and the associated calming effects that this will have on the Bitcoin market.