Sentences with phrase «light of changing climate»

The magnitude of the threat to the river and associated communities, especially in light of a changing climate

By bringing together microbial ecologists, biogeochemists her group examines the influence of microbial communities on coastal ocean processes, especially in light of a changing climate.

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But new side - by - side comparisons from EDGI provide a kind of virtual trip back in time to the web before Trump took office, shedding light on the subtle ways that the administration is making it harder to track down information about climate change and alternative energy sources online.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

The Great Barrier Reef, one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth, teems with marine life and will be the focus of Australia's Earth Hour — a global campaign which encourages individuals and organisations to switch off their lights for one hour on April 29 for climate change.

Scientists have told an Australian government committee that the current strategy to protect the reef — the Reef 2050 Long - Term Sustainability Plan — is unachievable in light of recent mass bleaching events, especially since the plan doesn't include steps to counter climate change.

FDR was working, notes the reviewer, Ira Katznelson of Columbia, «in light of the order of his priorities, his perception of the political climate, and his navigation of conditions not of his choosing,» including the political impossibility of changing American immigration policy.

In light of recent political decisions to withdraw the nation from global efforts to address climate change, reverting to mother nature may be the...

We discuss future opportunities to improve wheat yields in variable rainfed environments in the light of climate change.

During Earth Hour, cities, towns and individual families from around the world were encouraged to turn off all non-essential lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. People in more than 92 countries participated in a global call to action for, and to demonstrate the urgency of, climate change.

«Landscape - scale management, natural capital and ecosystem services initiatives are becoming increasingly important in light of increasing pressure on the UK's natural environment from development, population growth and climate change.

The model has novel implications both for when people choose to obtain or avoid information, and it sheds light on phenomena, such as political polarization and emotionally charged beliefs relating to topics like the cause of autism and the reality of climate change.

«Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change.»

Moreover, in the light of climate change, the available large - scale forecasts suggest that the southern sub-species is likely to spread.

But critics like Fugere said that Exxon Mobil may be missing the bigger picture, especially in light of the most recent findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which hold that the world is already witnessing the harsh realities of climate change and that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken quickly to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (ClimateWire, MarClimate Change, which hold that the world is already witnessing the harsh realities of climate change and that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken quickly to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (ClimateWire, MarcChange, which hold that the world is already witnessing the harsh realities of climate change and that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken quickly to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (ClimateWire, Marclimate change and that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken quickly to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (ClimateWire, Marcchange and that conditions will worsen unless steps are taken quickly to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (ClimateWire, March 31).

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

A new study focusing on the birds of the Ice Age has shed light on the long term response of birds to climate change.

A team of UK researchers has shed new light on the climate of the Little Ice Age, and rekindled debate over the role of the sun in climate change.

One way that awareness about the importance of energy conservation is being promoted around the world is through «Earth Hour,» which began in 2007 when two million individuals and 2,000 businesses in Sydney, Australia turned their lights off for one hour to make a statement about the need to fight climate change.

But to speed up the process, in light of the urgency needed to tackle transportation emissions and mitigate climate change, policy intervention may be required.

Soot is a strong, light - absorbing aerosol that caused global climate changes that triggered the mass extinction of dinosaurs, ammonites, and other animals, and led to the macroevolution of mammals and the appearance of humans.

Satellite measurements and a model of how efficiently maize converts that light to mass, reveal that solar brightening, an increase in the sunlight penetrating the atmosphere and reaching Earth, accounted for 27 % of the yield increase U.S. Corn Belt farmers have observed between 1984 and 2013, researchers report today in Nature Climate Change.

Simply changing to more efficient light bulbs or HVAC systems would more than muffle the discordant thought of mall music's contribution to climate change.

Researchers say the study, which analyzed more than 30 years of data, sheds light on how climate change is already affecting the Arctic.

Co-author of the study Prof. Rod Wilson, a climate change marine biologist based at Exeter University, said in light of this research separate environmental management strategies may be required.

Researchers have offered a number of explanations for the die - off: attacks of parasites, exposure to radiation or ultraviolet light, fungal infections, climate change, habitat loss, competition with exotic species, and pesticides.

Nick Sundt of WWF says if turning down White House lights wasn't possible for security reasons, the Administration could highlight climate change impacts around the country in a special event, promote energy - efficiency measures, or generally rally Americans to participate in an event that began with 2.2 million people in Sydney in 2007 and involved millions more last year in 35 countries.

Our new understanding of climate and sea - level change sheds light on something that has long puzzled archaeologists: How did modern humans colonize the far reaches of the globe so quickly after their exodus from Africa?

A Dartmouth - led team has discovered a group of stress - related proteins that explains how plants avoid sunburn in intense light, a finding that one day could help biotechnologists to develop crops that can better cope with hotter, drier conditions occurring in climate change.

In addition to showing how plants tolerate extreme conditions, which we're likely to see more of as the climate changes, the discovery also holds promise for practical applications involving novel light - reflecting surfaces.

These data were evaluated in light of climate change and human migration patterns over the same time frame.

In this light, Sandel et al. found that endemism is more strongly correlated with the area of analogous contemporary climate (r2 = 0.415 - 0.538) than with climate change velocity (r2 = 0.283 - 0.385) for all taxa they studied.

This gives rise to concern, especially in the light of ongoing climate change which is likely to affect not only the distribution of important pollinator species but also the entire functional structure of pollinator assemblages.

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According to Beard, their paper in the Journal of African Earth Sciences sheds light on a poorly documented interval of our own evolutionary history, and shows climate and environmental change can utterly alter a local ecosystem — from a wet, subtropical forest in the Eocene to a dry desert today.

The study released yesterday is exactly the type of research that could inform future negotiations, said Andrew Light, a distinguished fellow at the World Resources Institute and a former senior climate change adviser in the Obama administration.

A Nature Climate Change study last year estimated that emissions per mile from light - duty vehicles could fall by as much as 94 percent by 2030 in a «best - case scenario» of electric driverless taxis (ClimateWire, July 7, 2015).

New research methods and technologies are able to shed light on climate patterns that took place thousands of years ago, giving us a new perspective on how cultures of the time coped with variable and changing environments.

The discovery of the krill and whale «super-aggregations» sheds light on an important but overlooked foraging ground for the endangered humpbacks — one that may be threatened by the region's rapidly changing climate.

But the change from 2004 to 2007 in the sun's output of visible light, and the attendant warming at Earth's surface of 0.1 watt per square meter, is roughly equivalent to the overall forcing of the sun on the climate over the past 25 years — estimated by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to be an additional 0.12 watt per square change from 2004 to 2007 in the sun's output of visible light, and the attendant warming at Earth's surface of 0.1 watt per square meter, is roughly equivalent to the overall forcing of the sun on the climate over the past 25 years — estimated by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to be an additional 0.12 watt per squareclimate over the past 25 years — estimated by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to be an additional 0.12 watt per squareClimate Change to be an additional 0.12 watt per square Change to be an additional 0.12 watt per square meter.

By focusing on teenage girls, the authors stress, they are not making light of the impacts climate change will have on boys and men.

Local and French scientists and professionals will come together in Denver to explore these effects of climate change, with the goal of bringing public opinion to light.

It will let the scientists mimic natural light and simulate a wide range of changing climate conditions.

Her research aims to enhance our understanding of environmental changes that impact primary producer communities, as these influence the ecology and fitness of higher trophic levels, and to inform future spatial population trends in light of current predictions of climate change.

Are there simple, controlled laboratory experiments that could either shed light on climate sensitivity and / or else help demonstrate, including mostly to skeptics, how changes in trace concentrations of an IR absorber / re-radiator are so effective at changing the temp of a system?

His flock includes a young pregnant woman whose environmentalist husband has advised her to get an abortion in light of widespread climate change.

It's apocalyptic entertainment with easy heroes (recycling, turning the lights off, telling your friend to do so) and villains (climate change deniers, FOX News), but with only talk of the emotional stakes.

Rather than be viewed (or viewing themselves) as victims of a disaster, children can be pro-active agents to address the impact of natural disasters, especially in light of climate change.

This multi-sited, longitudinal project aims to better understand how beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program negotiate their uncertain immigration status during their own life course, amid local immigration contexts and in light of changing political climates.

Through a national survey, and four waves of in - depth qualitative interviews with eligible young adults in six study sites, we will explore how DACAmented individuals negotiate their immigration status during their own life course, amid local immigration contexts and in light of changing political climates.