Sentences with phrase «mass migration»

That includes not only conflict, but also mass migration of people.

His research focuses on cultural psychology and psychological anthropology, with an emphasis on mass migration, globalization, and education.

So, if we get climate change wrong there is a very real danger we shall see levels of mass migration as yet unparalleled.

«You're targeting a certain group of people and using them as bait to prey upon British people's rational fears about mass migration,» the audience member said.

Nor has mass migration owing to global warming been observed.

Located in the Indian border city of Amritsar, the Town Hall acquired its collection, comprising personal items from the approximately fourteen million people that were displaced, from the families of those affected by the largest mass migration in history.

A major Italian weekly magazine, L'Espresso, is attributing mass migrations into Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and North Africa to global warming, warning that a legally binding agreement at the upcoming climate conference in Paris is necessary in order to preserve world peace.

The type of adaptation Shuford is perhaps unwittingly calling for would involve mass migrations by tens of millions of poor people around the globe.

In a 2009 paper published in Nature, researchers coined the term «climate velocity» to describe the pace of such mass migrations.

By 2050, climate change will cause mass migrations from rising seas, floods, and drought, says a new report authored by researchers at Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the United Nations University and CARE International.

The killings were on a scale not seen since the Partition of the subcontinent in August 1947 after the British had made their hurried departure, leaving behind the world's largest mass migration of humanity and suffering on an unimaginable scale.

As a comparison, annual mass migrations of animals across the Serengeti plains of Africa cover about 800 kilometers.

They also forge kinship in China's urban centers, where mass migration has left many feeling isolated.

As had happened many times over the course of history, mass migrations occurred as cold led to crop failures.

Click website for special The Gray Whale makes the most spectacular and longest mass migration of any marine mammal.

This would have unimaginable public health & social consequences including mass migration of population to Mumbai and Pune.

A forced mass migration from the Inner Boroughs to the Outer Boroughs.

The threat posed by climate change to regional security «will limit access to food, safe water, power, sanitation, and health services and drive mass migration and competition for remaining resources.»

At a time when mass migration due to the effects of climate change has become a critical concern, artist, and designer Andres L. Hernandez, and artist and dancer Zachary Fabri guide workshop participants through exercises focusing on drawing as an interpretative act of movement.

Hurricane Maria's destruction on Puerto Rico could spawn one of the largest mass migration events in the United States» recent history, experts say, as tens of thousands of storm victims flee the island territory to rebuild their lives on the U.S. mainland.

Evoked by a new analysis of a fossil tooth of the long - extinct animal, called Diprotodon, the scenario would be the only known seasonal mass migration among marsupials and their close kin.

According to a new analysis of a fossil tooth of the long - extinct animal, called Diprotodon, the scenario would be the only known seasonal mass migration among marsupials and their close kin.

The work used upward - facing radar systems and recorded insects flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high, documenting thousands of mass migrations northward in spring and southward in fall, suggesting the insects know when and in what direction to migrate and pick favorable winds to do so.

What Lord Nicholas was telling them, was the potential for mass migrations setting off mass conflict.

Using Hitchcock's film «The Birds» as metaphor, the exhibition explores a range of emotional responses and attitudes towards mass migration.

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has unveiled his plan to promote global mass migration in the left - liberal Guardian newspaper.

It is renowned for its unique birdlife and the various land crabs with the spectacular mass migration of crabs in November and December.

And then there's potential mass migration and subsequent mass human die - off from catastrophic mismanagement of «peak oil» and its impact not only on heating / cooling and transportation, but also our food production.

I don't think mass migrations have ever been a problem for the human race.

Higher food prices, social unrest, the failure of some fragile states — even mass migrations and a challenge to the world order — could all result.

In order to curb mass migration into Britain, she intends to pull Britain out of Europe's single market, while still pressing for access for British firms.

It's an interesting coincidence that the Reformation, which brought the whole of Europe into civil war and lead to mass migration happened a mere 25 years after Columbus «discovered» America.

This week, Hungary, which has during the past year come under pressure for its handling of Europe's mass migration crisis, has become the first government to open an office specifically to address the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Europe.

But they risk everything — their national character and their capacity to succor the downtrodden — by permitting uncontrolled mass migration of peoples who know nothing of their culture, in such huge numbers and at such speed that they can not possibly be assimilated and integrated into this or any future generation.

We will build an outward looking Britain that cooperates with other nations to tackle the great challenges of our time like mass migration, modern slavery and climate change.

Second, it's clear that the prospect of further mass migration will send voters towards the EU exit in next year's referendum.

Both Home Secretary Theresa May, pictured with Prime Minister David Cameron, and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith claim Labour doled out millions in benefits while allowing mass migration

There is a collapse in many parts of the world of the capacity of rural settings to provide a decent quality of life for its populations and a consequent mass migration into cities that are entirely unprepared and incapable of supporting even their existing populations.

Likewise, a single - minded focus on hotspots might shortchange areas like the African savannah, which is low in endemic species but enables mass migration.

While scientists have generally attributed their swarming mass migrations to food shortages, there's a darker side of that hunger that keeps these insects on the march: If one stops marching, the others will devour it, as seen here.

These cleared paths, she concluded, made it easier for the bison to move around within the park and, on occasion, led them on mass migrations out of the park as well.

The park is renowned as a rare and precious conservation success and is home to spectacular yearly mass migrations of grazing animals that support legions of predators.

Supporters say a loss - and - damage mechanism in a global climate pact could reduce the dangers of unplanned mass migrations following droughts and floods.

The Pentagon itself has described climate change as an «immediate» risk and major threat multiplier, one that could cause crops to fail, spark mass migrations and increase conflict for dwindling water resources (to say nothing of the threat sea level rise poses to U.S. naval bases around the world).

This provided the researchers with a snapshot of UK genetics in the late 19th Century before mass migration events.