Sentences with phrase «many ecological reasons»

The project may seem whimsical, but there are serious ecological reasons for bringing aurochs back onto the scene.

«There must be some ecological reason why they have converged on the same pattern of social organisation [as humans].»

Social monogamy evolved many times across mammals as a male mating strategy in species where females are widely spaced for ecological reasons.

They discovered that 19 behaviors, such as using a fist to amplify sound or using a tool held in the mouth to poke a hole in a tree and pull out chunks of termite nests, ants, or honey for a snack, appeared at some sites but not at others, and there was no ecological reason to account for these differences.

Though a vegetarian diet may be adopted for cultural, religious or ecological reasons, a primarily plant - based diet also brings health benefits.

I'm student from Mexico and I've found more practical to use eBooks and eReaders because pricing (in Mexico, the digital editions cost likely 30 % and 50 % less money than the physical ones), light weight, interactivity and ecological reasons (less paper used = less dead trees)

We used to carry a size called T12; these are gradually being phased out for good ecological reasons.

Jon Weiner of Nation magazine moderated, introducing four authors with new environmental books on cars, smog, environmental philanthropists, and the ecological reasons for world conflicts.

The Local cantons pay the farmers grants in a number of forms of which one is for ecological reasons, that is to say to farm in a green fashion and one that will enhance the local environment.

It is true that the area being farmed has diminished, but that is explained in fact by EU rules requiring set - aside for ecological reasons and to reduce the productivity of European farms, to avoid the vast surpluses that were created in the days of the EEC.

If you care at all about how much gas you buy, either for monetary or ecological reasons, this feedback will gradually change the way you drive and turn you into a more fuel efficient driver.

For ecological reasons, for eccentric clients and simply for fun, more and...

Not exact matches

This is, in fact, one of the reasons that Western ethics has been so unable to deal adequately with long - term ecological difficulties.

Since then, for a number of reasons (air and water pollution, health concerns ignored and in fact unknown by scientific medicine, ecological issues), this questioning of the omnicompetence of the scientific method to uncover the truth, and of the creative value of technological «progress,» has deepened and spread and now penetrates much further into the culture as a whole.

There are reasons for believing that the group most able to appreciate the ecological dimensions of the emerging crisis — population, pollution, use of resources — may well be prosperous white Americans, especially their children.

The main reason that the present economic order is incompatible with the ecological model, or any other genuinely pluralistic one, is that it is based on homogenization.

Christianity, in contrast to ancient paganism and Asia's religions, has not only established a dualism of man and nature, but has also insisted that it is God's will that man exploit nature for his proper ends... Hence we shall continue to have a worsening ecological crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence, save to serve man.

There is a good reason for that: Although rainforests cover only 2 percent of the earth's surface, these ecological powerhouses are critical to nearly every aspect of the planet's health — including our very ability to breathe.

(There is a reason my first three are 17 and 15 months apart... a greater gap between # 3 and # 4 — closer to ecological breastfeeding...)

In all logic refugees are less likely to travel back to their country (because they'd be persecuted if they'd do so) so there's no reason to be against them migrating, in an ecological point of view.

The species are important for both ecological and economic reasons, according to Eric Palkovacs, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and first author of the paper.

In the global view, then, the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere is the sole reason that humankind's ecological footprint is larger than Earth itself.

Co-author Emma J. Rosi - Marshall, a freshwater ecologist at the Cary Institute, comments, «We have every reason to suspect that the release of stimulants to aquatic environments is on the rise across the globe, yet little is known about the ecological consequences of this pollution.

Invasion biology's florid competition to hyperbolize the alien threat suggests that Elton's omission of «scientific» or «ecological» among his reasons for conservation was well considered.

For unknown reasons ichthyosaurs and large pliosaurs had died out by 90 million years ago, but it didn't take long for their ecological roles to be refilled.

«The main reason for our focus on the Burgundy truffle is the species» wide ecological and thus geographical distribution, which allows us to compile fruit bodies over a wide range of environments.

Reducing the ecological impact of cane toads on our Australian biodiversity is the main reason we want to control cane toads.

There are many different reasons for vegetarianism, personal, political, ethical, religious, ecological, and so on.

The reason for that is that their genes were shaped in different ecological niches.»

It's an ideal and the most ecological transport in the world, but the reason why I am telling you all this is the following: what kind of summer outfits can be used for riding bicycle?

The project documents the effectiveness of instructional practices that are likely to enhance multistep reasoning, systems thinking, conceptual and spatial understanding, and motivation for learning while learning to work with maps to solve problems involving geography and ecological awareness.

She is particularly interested in the ways in which children use the varied data representations and their daily experiences to reason about complex ecological relationships.

Our ecological lodge is beachfront, providing a spectacular panoramic view overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and this might be the reason why our guests have expressed that «this is like being in paradise».

However, I have very little idea what the effects of AGW on humanity will be beyond the fact that it is an ecological disaster which can kill lots of people in the developing world (excellent reasons to do whatever it takes to get rid of it, in my opinion) and so I have a problem with responding to the argument that we need do nothing because at least as far as the DEVELOPED world is concerned AGW will be at most a nuisance.

Or suggest the only reason they're making a living is because «they're undereducated about the ecological value of the forest» or that ecotourism is the only solution we should allow them.

If you had to pick an ecological concern as the prime reason for China to restrain raw growth, would it be carbon emissions or water shortages?

Uncertainty, and the endless litany of ecological problems caused by rampant «development», are reasons to be more, not less, vigilant.

Given no better models or reasoning, we can only assume that the new ecological niche will create new biomass opportunities (which as I've said earlier, is only a one - time reduction in CO2) at the expense of the biomass currently exploiting the current niche.

It is one reason ecological restoration is one of the most important economic activities in a green economy.

The second reason is the possibility that the ecological effects of climate change (the portion that is already manifesting itself) are currently already larger than thought — something that can be masked by looking at individual species and is better assessed when looking at ecosystems or entire biomes.

We engage in this odd form of on - again - off - again ecological amnesia for perfectly rational reasons.

Fish catch is a key ecological indicator for a number of reasons: it allows us to have a proxy to track local ocean health (albeit inaccurately), it allows us to track species, protein consumption by humans, etc..

Subsidies for electric cars and trucks, transmission lines, R&D for new battery technologies, air capture, and a National Energy Education Act can be supported for ecological, national security, or economic reasons.

The reasons are several and include: (a) Their emissions levels are very high compared to others; (b) Huge reductions in emissions from existing emissions levels are necessary to achieve safe atmospheric stabilization levels; and (c) Climate change damages to some people, not to mention plants, animals, and ecological systems, are already occurring.

Indeed, though I believe that while people like Chris Packham (and Prince Charles; George Monbiot; Al Gore; David Attenborough; Robert Redford; Mikhail Gorbachev; Ted Turner; et al) may believe what they do for the noblest of reasons, their ecological philosophy is fundamentally evil.

Between CO2, peak oil, environmental disasters, and the fact that the rest of the world holds most of oil reserves, there is every reason (economic, ecological, and strategic) in the world to start to pursue renewable energy sources, and even Anthony Watts knows this (he drives and sells electric cars, doesn't he?).

Reason and restraint were once central to ecological thinking and one wonders if younger environmentalists really understand what «the environment» is, beyond AGW.

Local Futures and the Economics of Happiness, Richard discusses why GDP growth became a measure of success, why it's officially a failure, the reasons growth can't continue indefinitely, and why we need a metric that reflects human and ecological wellbeing.

Here are some of the reasons why people fail to prevent ecological collapse.

Because they are a health and ecological nightmare, devastating mangroves, hoovering up everything in the trawler's path, and a few other disgusting reasons.