Sentences with phrase «lead to the extinction of»

Excessive use of non-renewable resources has led to the extinction of it.

Over time, we hope that financial literacy, private sector innovation and common sense regulation transform the environment for lower credit borrowers and lead to the extinction of predatory practices.

It leads to the extinction of species especially by destruction of their habitat.

Anthropologists don't know exactly what led to the extinction of Neanderthals, but we know a heck of a lot more than we did just a few decades ago.

Greene's character flaws and Cold War fantasies led to the extinction of a great gift.

«This targeted violence, discrimination, and marginalisation of Christians in northern Nigeria, if unchecked and halted, could lead to the extinction of the Christian faith and Christian communities in northern Nigeria,» stated CAN in its new declaration.

This massive environmental change is believed to have created population bottlenecks in the various species that existed at the time; this in turn accelerated differentiation of the isolated human populations, eventually leading to the extinction of all the other human species except for the branch that became modern humans.

Training and awareness: Employees are unaware of tricks used by criminals to extract access codes; lack of reinforcement due to low frequency of security incidents leads to extinction of defensive behavior.

Scientists now believe that the projected decreases in the polar sea ice due to global warming will have a significant negative impact or even lead to extinction of this species within this century.

These core samples contain bits of the original granite bedrock that was the unlucky target of cosmic wrath 66 million years ago, when a large asteroid struck Earth, blasted open the 180 - kilometer - wide Chicxulub crater, and led to the extinction of most life on the planet.

Predictions that climate change alone could lead to the extinction of more than one - fifth of plant and animal species before the end of the century have often come under fire, and not just from climate - change deniers.

One study mentioned in the WSU review demonstrates how drought, hunting and habitat competition among growing populations in Egypt led to the extinction of many large - bodied mammals around 3,000 B.C..

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the mass extinction seen in plant species caused by the onset of a drier climate 307 million years ago led to extinctions of some groups of tetrapods, the first vertebrates to live on land, but allowed others to expand across the globe.

Rumour has it that a European Community directive designed to promote competition in public services could lead to the extinction of many of Britain's research laboratories.

Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, who began to be interested in the role of cooperation in evolution since 2011, when he published a controversial paper titled «Evolution is a cooperative process: the biodiversity - related niches differentiation theory (BNDT) can explain» concluded: «These theoretical findings, confirmed by empirical approaches, should motivate our species to think before it is too late about how human competition, for the first time in the history of life on Earth, has been systematically leading to the extinction of animals and plants.

Around 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, a giant asteroid crashed into the present - day Gulf of Mexico, leading to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs are believed to have ruled the planet from the beginning of the Jurassic period about 201 million years ago until the end of the Cretaceous period some 66 million years ago, when a massive asteroid impact, led to the extinction of most dinosaur groups on Earth.

One, sometimes called the «Great Dying,» occurred as the Permian period gave way to the Triassic and led to the extinction of huge numbers of species.

Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The disease will likely lead to extinction of several remnant species of honeycreepers unless something is done to decrease the burden of the parasite to native birds.

Looking at it from the point of Darwin's theory of evolution and «survival of the fittest» if we can't gain weight and preserve energy we won't be «fit» to survive and propagate our genes which would lead to the extinction of our genes.

Whether filming in HD or with a hidden camcorder, actor and animal - rights activist Hannes Jaenicke aims to reveal the global chain that leads to the extinction of the most amazing animals, such as polar bears and sharks.

Controlling a group of human explorers, you and your team are charged with the responsibility of leading humanity into battle against a new and growing threat that could lead to the extinction of the dwindling human race.

The set - up is clever: What if the asteroid that hit our planet 65 million years ago and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs whizzed over their heads and missed?

Over time, we hope that financial literacy, private sector innovation and common sense regulation transform the environment for lower credit borrowers and lead to the extinction of predatory practices.

When the Communists invaded Beijing in 1949, all dog breeding came to a halt and the Cultural Revolution led to the extinction of many dog breeds in China.

This isn't doing any favors for the dogs, and it will eventually lead to the extinction of the breeds (or «breed types») that so many of us love.

This could ultimately lead to the extinction of the subspecies.

Of course not - it would lead to the extinction of all wildlife.

Commercial hunting lead to the extinction of † Steller's sea cow and the † Caribbean monk seal.

The destruction of this sparrow's sagebrush and coreopsis nesting habitat and the presence of feral cats led to the extinction of this species in the 1960s.

As the only living human, you will uncover its many secret areas and solve intriguing puzzles to gradually realise what led to the extinction of almost all organic life

Al Beik's movie unfolds as a poignant narrative of the dramatic events affecting his homeland and leading to the extinction of love and happiness, which Fellini's protagonist Marcello Rubini was unsuccessfully looking for decades ago.

Wind farms * do * do damage, and indeed a proliferation of them is very likely to lead to the extinction of several species of bird here in the US.

Please show me the proof that leads you do think it very likely to lead to extinction of several species of bird in the US.

The introduction of these new predators to South America led to the extinction of many mammalian species that lived there, including all 13 native species of ungulates (hoofed mammals).

It's probably thanks to Velikovsky that Walter and Luis Alvarez were able to propose the claim that a collision with an asteroid 65 million years ago led to extinction of dinosaurs.

(AAP) Tourists feeding and teasing dingoes on Fraser Island could lead to the extinction of the native dogs, an environmental group says.

A climate shift creates stress on the environment, which in turn leads to the extinction of species which can not adapt in time.

But why did this lead to the extinction of up to three quarters of land vertebrates to disappear?

An international team of scientists, including Peter Schultz of Brown University, suggests that a comet or meteorite exploded over the planet roughly 12,900 years ago, causing the abrupt climate changes that led to the extinction of the wooly mammoth and other giant prehistoric beasts.

Apparently according to McKay et al 1991 concentrations as low as 250ppm for extended periods of time (as depicted in the ice - core) would have led to the extinction of certain C4 plant species and this has not been recorded by paleo - botanists.

Meteor impact is just one of a number of theories that led to extinction of the dinosaurs, including cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, rapid climate change, or multiple huge tsunamis.

Past climate changes led to extinction of many species, population migrations, and pronounced changes in the land surface and ocean circulation.

That could eliminate the habitat and lead to the extinction of Arctic wildlife, including the polar bear.

Sharkwater: Extinction (2018) is a thrilling and inspiring action packed journey that follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption behind it — a conspiracy that is leading to the extinction of sharks.

That can be re-stated as a modest chance of reaching 2.5 C or even 3 C. So, their scenarios would offer a modest (or perhaps more than modest if we would ever see actual numbers) chance of reaching temperatures that could allow the carbon feedbacks to go on autopilot and lead to extinction of our species.

via: BBC News Endangered Species Expansion of One Mammal Species Leading to Extinction of 1000 Others 10 Animals That Will be Extinct Within Your Lifetime (Slideshow) 25 Most Endangered Primate Species Could Fit Into a Single Football Stadium

I think first coming to an agreement that some limit, such as 4 C, or lower if that's desireable (and express it as ppm CO2 and Gt C), is the absolute limit we can have BEFORE there's uncontrollable warming which will lead to the extinction of humanity if nothing else is done.

To fall below the threshold of 280 or 240 ppm would plainly lead to the extinction of a large variety of our vegetal species.