Sentences with phrase «measure changes in the ecosystem»

Rebecca Terry, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Oregon State University, and a colleague report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they used fossilised owl pellets preserved in a cave to measure changes in the ecosystem over a 13,000 year span.

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• In an editorial, Science Editor - in - Chief Marcia McNutt bemoans the pace of exploration of ocean ecosystems, which she says is «woefully inadequate» to establish a first - order baseline against which rapid changes can be measureIn an editorial, Science Editor - in - Chief Marcia McNutt bemoans the pace of exploration of ocean ecosystems, which she says is «woefully inadequate» to establish a first - order baseline against which rapid changes can be measurein - Chief Marcia McNutt bemoans the pace of exploration of ocean ecosystems, which she says is «woefully inadequate» to establish a first - order baseline against which rapid changes can be measured.

However, a team of geographers from the universities of Jena and Oxford, and from Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, has now succeeded in establishing a methodology that enables them to measure the aboveground biomass of the savannahs and record even minor changes in the ecosystem.

Daintree is just one of the sites in Australia's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an information - sharing organization that collects, manages, and shares data on flora, fauna, and other environmental factors to capture snapshots of what key wilderness ecosystems look like now and measure the potential effects of climate change.

Research in Nature Climate Change reveals that adaptation measures have the potential to generate further pressures and threats for both local and global ecosystems.

The team measured monthly changes in seven functions for which coastal ecosystems are highly valued.

It also illustrates how the diverse ecosystem services rendered by the coasts are being subjected to increasing pressure, and profiles measures that will be necessary in the future to respond effectively to the threats from both climate change and natural disasters.

However, research to date suggests that measures such as functional diversity or biomass of functional groups may not be directly related to ecosystem impact, due to spatial and ontogenetic changes in function.

He studies the microorganisms in the ecosystem and also measures changes in water quality, production of greenhouse gases and circulation of nutrients.

In the face of global climate change, scientists are always in search of better models to accurately measure carbon in an ecosysteIn the face of global climate change, scientists are always in search of better models to accurately measure carbon in an ecosystein search of better models to accurately measure carbon in an ecosystein an ecosystem.

Its warming effect, however, is simultaneously amplified and dampened by positive and negative feedbacks such as increased water vapor (the most powerful greenhouse gas), reduced albedo, which is a measure of Earth's reflectivity, changes in cloud characteristics, and CO2 exchanges with the ocean and terrestrial ecosystems.

The dialogue highlighted the often - overlooked role of blue carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves and seagrass meadows, in measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

GBM has been able to initiate 3 demonstration sites in Tamiyoi, Bawa and Porro in the Kirisia ecosystem as a climate change adaptation measure.

Policy decisions made during this window are likely to result in changes to Earth's climate system measured in millennia rather than human lifespans, with associated socioeconomic and ecological impacts that will exacerbate the risks and damages to society and ecosystems that are projected for the twenty - first century and propagate into the future for many thousands of years.

Biological reserves and ecological corridors have been either implemented or planned for the maintenance of biodiversity in natural ecosystems, and these can serve as adaptation measures to help protect ecosystems in the face of climate change.