Sentences with phrase «larger impact on the environment»

The team, headed by Loma Linda University (LLU) researcher Helen Harwatt, PhD, suggests that one simple change in American eating habits would have a large impact on the environment: if Americans would eat beans instead of beef, the United States would immediately realize approximately 50 to 75 percent of its GHG reduction targets for the year 2020.

We know trees, particularly the best ways to plant them for carbon offsets as well as making a larger impact on the environment.

Marriage is a beautiful thing but the average wedding has a large impact on the environment.

Both types of mining operations have a large impact on the environment.

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Changes in the interest rate environment have had a very large impact on bond returns over the long run.

It's an entrepreneurial environment, you have space, you can really make an impact, and on a large scale.»

In these cases, the ethics of justice make two demands: that the negative impact on the environment and on certain people will be offset by a clear benefit to the larger society, and that individuals and communities suffering adverse effects are offered a means of redress and are duly compensated.

MASIPAG and its member organizations strongly oppose large - scale mining because of its impacts on food and agricultural production, the loss of biodiversity and destruction of the environment.

«As the world's largest stevia producer and supplier, we recognise the unique role we can play in helping the food and beverage industry to reduce its impact on the environment and tackle the global obesity challenge, with our goals articulating the significant role we can play in this respect.»

I had no idea how large an impact coffee farms have had on the environment.

Peas and other legumes don't require fertilizers to grow, allowing farmers to produce large crops while making a minimal impact on the environment.

However, there is another great reason to do so: disposable diapers have a large negative impact on the environment.

In ecology, a keystone species is one whose impacts on its environment are larger and greater than would be expected from one species.

Casino developments are large projects that will have significant impacts on our environment.

Health behaviours account for 30 % of influences and the physical environment for 10 %, with socioeconomic factors having the largest impact on health at 40 %.

Large areas of tropical lowland forests have been replaced by oil palm plantations, with major impact on environment and people.

Given the large number of water users, the growing demand for water resources, the variety of stakeholders involved and the increasing intensity of climate change impacts, collective action and shared solutions are needed to alleviate the pressure on the environment, business and communities.

Reducing the impact large - vehicle emissions have on the environment is a real challenge due to delivery industry demands, explained Vittal Prabhu, a professor in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Air conditioning is needed to provide comfortable and productive working and sleeping environments, but its impact on the environment and the electrical grid is large, the team said.

The geological history of Earth is characterised by many large - scale changes that have had a significant impact on Earth's environments.

By dispersing seeds and controlling smaller animals such as rodents, large animals have significant impacts on the environment.

«This is the first of eight large - scale integrated technology demonstrations ERA is finishing up this year that are designed to reduce the impact of aviation on the environment.»

They're moving from being a big fish in a small pond to being a very small one in a very large, unfamiliar environment that often simply overwhelms them - and the impact on their attainment can be disastrous.

For very large schemes or proposals relating to sensitive sites, such as in the green belt, an environmental statement may be required to assess the likely significant effects of the development on the environment, pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(England) Regulations 2011.

«Research has shown that community violence has large, short - term impacts on children's attention and impulse control, both of which are central to students» ability to learn in school,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skills...

Although it may seem like these lives are somehow simple and serene, she shows that they are plagued with the same worries that keep all of us up at night - the safety and well - being of our families, the desire for self - fulfillment and, on a larger scale, the impact we have on our environment... Further, Badkhen is fully willing to do hard work - she blisters her hands pulling nets, bakes in the sun while helping to build a boat and expends emotional energy consoling abandoned wives in the community; clearly she is not afraid to fully immerse herself.

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The authors also say the policy is often put in place by cities and counties without «widespread public knowledge» and without studies on the impacts of large feral cat populations on the environment.

Internationally, large populations of feral cats constitute an important and controversial issue due to their impact on cat overpopulation, animal welfare, public health, and the environment, and to disagreement about what are the best methods for their control.

While our first priority is to provide a loving and safe environment for our rescued animals, fundamentally we hope to have an impact on a much larger and far - reaching scale.

What we do know is that the record numbers of stranded marine mammals we've seen all year indicate there is an urgent need for more science to help us all better understand what's going on off the coast of California and how large - scale human impacts, such as overfishing and pollution, may be affecting the health of these animals and their ocean environment as well.

The Fundación / Colección Jumex, Mexico's largest private contemporary art collection with more than 2,600 works, is presenting The Hunter and the Factory, an exhibition highlighting the impact of urban development on the natural environment.

Paying close attention to the political environment of the 21st century and its impact on identity, Kristin Lucas and Thuan Vu draw connections between their personal identities and the larger construct of the hyper - mediated world, bringing an understanding of the new and existing shared platforms.

The «Clean Sky» initiative, reports Israel21c is the largest European research project ever and is designed to tackle global warming — with a budget estimated to reach over 1.6 billion Euros, the project «aims to radically improve the impact of air transport on the environment with the goal of eliminating environmental pollution by reducing greenhouse gases.»

The law approving construction of a test centre of large land - based wind turbines near the Jutland town of Østerild was forced through parliament despite warnings about the effects it would have on the natural environment in the area and its impact on residents.

A key goal of the priority program is to reduce the large uncertainties in our current understanding of CE impacts on the environment, politics, and society so as to create a scientific basis for a responsible approach to the issue CE.

That's particularly important for those concerned about the impacts the global coal industry has on our health and environment because Germany is currently the third largest source of international public financing for coal.

This new geological epoch is defined by the fact that the «human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system».

The large - scale climate, for instance, determines the environment for microscale (1 km or less) and mesoscale (from several kilometers to several hundred kilometers) processes that govern weather and local climate, and these small - scale processes likely have significant impacts on the evolution of the large - scale circulation.»

Wu, Lee, and Liu (2005) said: «The 1970s North Pacific climate regime shift is marked by a notable transition from the persistent warming (cooling) condition over the central (eastern) North Pacific since the late 1960s toward the opposite condition around the mid 1970s... This large - scale decadal climatic regime shift has produced far - reaching impacts on both the physical and biological environment over the North Pacific and downstream over North America.»

On a broader scale, people concerned about the environment applied increasingly sophisticated scientific tools to study the impacts of deforestation, acid rain, and many other large - scale activities.

So profound has been the influence of humans, Nobelist Crutzen and his colleagues later wrote, that the Earth has entered a new geological epoch defined by a single, troubling fact: the «human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system.»

The 11,000 megawatt (MW) Belo Monte Dam, which is set to be the country's second largest after Itaipú, has been beset by controversy and delays due to several federal court battles over its impact on local indigenous communities and the environment.

Elsewhere the productivity of cropping soils is sustained only by larger inputs of increasingly expensive fertilisers and poisons — which in themselves destabilise living soil and have impacts on broader environments.

So profound has been the influence of humans that Earth scientists have recently declared that the Earth has entered a new geological epoch, a new epoch defined by the fact that the «human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system».

His large scale time base works avoid negative impact on the environment, challenge the conformity in contemporary art and allow for a reflection that goes beyond the completion of the piece to focus in its concept, process, and the metaphor that comes forth because of the material chosen.

If the bill — which will be voted on by midnight tomorrow — passes, areas as large as three times the size of Golden Gate Park could be clear cut without proper analysis of impacts to the environment or public scrutiny!

In the canonical statement of the Anthropocene, the proposed new division in the geological timescale is defined by the observation that the «human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system» (W. Steffen et al..