Sentences with phrase «major loss of biodiversity»

While I agree that corals have a capacity to adapt to warming waters, it is my firm view that the rate of adaption will be too slow to prevent major loss of biodiversity at current levels and trends in -LSB-...]

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United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

Threatened centers of endemism are major biodiversity hotspots, and conservation efforts targeted toward them could help avert the loss of tropical reef biodiversity.

This is until the threshold of 43 % of forest cover is reached, beyond which the rate of biodiversity loss jumps from between two to up to eight major species gone per 10 % of disappeared forest.

Livestock is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, which makes the present discovery particularly impressive.

Loss of biodiversity is a major challenge in today's world as is the quest for peace in regions engaged in conflict.

Researchers have demonstrated that mammal biodiversity loss, a major conservation concern today, is part of a long - term trend lasting at least 125,000 years.

But especially for species that have smaller ranges, there will be some loss of biodiversity as they are unable to jump across agricultural fields or major roadways.»

«Losses of insular habitats will thus be relatively important in the future, probably leading to a major impoverishment of insular biodiversity.

Feral cats are a major driver of global biodiversity loss, contributing to 26 % of bird, mammal and reptile extinctions.

The root cause of all the major environmental issues from food shortages, loss of biodiversity to global warming is current overpopulation.

Overall, the impacts of climate change are projected to result in a net loss of global biodiversity and major shifts in the provision of ecosystem services.

The scientists will outline how only a combined strategy employing all the major sustainable clean energy options — including renewables and nuclear — can prevent the worst effects of climate change by 2100, such as the loss of coral reefs, severe damages from extreme weather events, and the destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide.

When taking a birds - eye view of the three major tropical rainforests in the world, Southeast Asia's rainforests, and those found in Indonesia in particular, are ground zero for biodiversity loss, exploitation of forest peoples, and climate emissions from deforestation.

Overall, climate change has been estimated to be a major driver of biodiversity loss in cool conifer forests, savannas, mediterranean - climate systems, tropical forests, in the Arctic tundra, and in coral reefs (Thomas et al., 2004a; Carpenter et al., 2005; Malcolm et al., 2006).

In an analysis of the SRES scenarios to 2100 (Strengers et al., 2004), deforestation is reported to cease in all scenarios except A2, suggesting that beyond 2050 climate change is very likely to be the major driver for biodiversity loss globally.

Meeting the enormous challenge of arresting climate change, the loss of biodiversity and pollution and of supporting sustainable agriculture capable of providing food for all requires major changes in production and consumption patterns.

A major problem for flowers, of course, is the distressing decline of pollinators across the globe due to habitat loss, biodiversity loss, and the hiking up of global temperatures.