Sentences with phrase «more habitat in»

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An exchange that used to house more than 5,000 traders shouting out their business now is a mostly docile habitat in which those still left on the floor quietly tap out orders on hand - held computers and barely make a peep at swift changes in market activity.
Today we are increasing our commitment to protect even more sensitive fish habitat in the future.
Scientists have blamed the giraffe extinction on «habitat loss» and explained that more and more people are moving in and developing on giraffe living areas.
At the same time, we would like to see not merely the preservation of existing wilderness, but changes in human habitat and land use that would allow us to share the land much more generously with other species.
I am not convinced that this objectification of humanity into victim and executioner does justice to the complexity of the human individual or to the dynamic of evil... The web that unites victim and tyrant in the same person is more complex than the white hat / black hat caricature that seems banal even in its natural habitat, the «grade B» movie.
If in our vital habitat [bi-mqom hayyutenu] we are afraid, in a place where we will certainly die, how much more so?»
The ONLY REAL SOLUTION to the overcrowding of areas like Gaza that does not result in war or death occuring is the colonization of planetary bodies like the Moon and Mercury both of which have more than ample supplies of water to create habitats for humans.
It seems probable, although accurate measurements are impossible, that impulses issuing from Jesus were more potent in shaping Western European peoples, both in Europe and in their newer habitats in the Americas, Australasia, Asia, and Africa, than in any previous era.
After a period when it seemed to be eclipsed by Buddhism, Confucianism enjoyed a marked revival; even more firmly established than before in China, its native habitat, it was spreading in Korea and Japan.
This watering action contributed to protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Warrego River system by supporting more naturally variable flow regimes.
Many are interested in releasing beneficial insects or planting more habitat such as hedgerows, but feel constrained by lack of knowledge and experience.
I think it would be great if other coffee farms in the region began more reforestation to provide habitat for guans.
Standards for preservation of native habitat in these areas would be more appropriate.
Research has shown that in the Dominican Republic, shade coffee farms had more males than females [3,5], indicating that shade coffee farms were a good substitute for tall forest habitats.
Companies and their customers can choose palm oil that's been grown in a sustainable way — meaning no more forests and other important habitats are destroyed, and the rights of workers and local communities are respected.
In 2017, The New York Times reported that the Bornean orangutan's population had declined by more than 80 percent in the last 75 years largely because of habitat losIn 2017, The New York Times reported that the Bornean orangutan's population had declined by more than 80 percent in the last 75 years largely because of habitat losin the last 75 years largely because of habitat loss.
Apart from the better food resources in organic fields, the key factors are more fauna - compatible plant protection management, organic fertilization, the more diversified crop rotation and the more structured landscapes with semi-natural habitats and field margins.
Many endangered or rare species which are enhanced by semi-natural habitats and field margins were more abundant in organic arable fields than in the integrated managed fields.
(citation needed) Shaded Kona cultivation systems show greater biodiversity than full - sun systems, and those more distant from continuous forest compare rather poorly to undisturbed native forest in terms of habitat value for some bird species.
There is something way more badass about a team named the Lions if they play in a city that is actually part of an actual Lion's native habitat.
See these three, plus leopards, elephants, zebras and more, all living in natural habitats at Florida's zoos.
If you are looking for a more in - depth exploration of the Drumlin Farm fields, farmyard, and habitats, register for one of our education programs.
Located in the area where Drumlin Underground has stood for more than fifty years, this larger landscape features our red fox and other wildlife that occupy the edge habitat that dominates the farm.
Spreading across more than 700 acres in Easthampton and Northampton along the western bank of the oxbow, the wildlife sanctuary offers visitors a range of landscapes and habitats attractive to birds, from marshes and meadows to grasslands and forest.
New York has awarded more than $ 440,000 in grants for 10 projects to help communities protect water quality and habitats in the Hudson River watershed.
In the long term, the species requires more habitat, which perhaps could be accomplished by making the adjacent federal land in Siuslaw National Forest suitable for martenIn the long term, the species requires more habitat, which perhaps could be accomplished by making the adjacent federal land in Siuslaw National Forest suitable for martenin Siuslaw National Forest suitable for martens.
And the return to ocean conditions last seen in the Ediacaran period more than 540 million years ago — when jellies last ruled the seas — has been a boon for certain fishes in habitats like the Benguela Current in the South Atlantic off Namibia in Africa, where jellyfish - eating gobies have replaced sardines in the food chain.
But more than 40 percent of the land - dwelling animals that live in mangrove forests are now under pressure from habitat loss, concludes an analysis published this week in BioScience.
Wolfe's group is pressing the Interior Department to categorize the walrus as either «threatened» or «endangered,» a move that would give the federal government more oversight of commercial activity — like oil drilling — in the walrus's critical habitat.
As humans put stress on the habitats of more complicated marine creatures, Robison explains, «jellies, because they are relatively simple, cheap to build, and can reproduce very quickly, can respond to negative impacts on other kinds of animals by rushing in to fill their niche.»
The authors examined the effects of climate change on more than a thousand species, including those that live on reefs and those that live in open - water habitats.
Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows that private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management on their land.
Now, researchers have exposed a more accessible analog for extraterrestrial life habitats: microscopic pockets of salt water in the Arctic Ocean's winter ice.
Using more than a dozen instruments placed around the habitat, including a first - of - its - kind underwater mass spectrometer that tracks fluctuations in key gases up and down the ocean waters, aquanauts watch readouts in real time on computer screens.
If that sounds like a habitat too far, more pragmatic plans are brewing all the time back in Koblick's office.
«There are more animals there than in all the other habitats,» Widder says.
«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.
New research has prompted scientists to call on policymakers to plant more trees alongside upland rivers and streams, in an effort to save their habitats from the future harm of climate change.
In highly disturbed habitats, bees make greater use of alien plants — not because the bees prefer them, but simply because introduced plants are more common where people have transformed the landscape.
«As particular strains are associated with particular habitats, hosts, and disease symptoms, this work will help us understand why particular symptoms occur in particular areas and help us to target control efforts more efficiently,» the authors say.
In the next 35 years, Voigt's team calculates that further habitat destruction alone will lead to the loss of around 45,000 more of these apes.
More than 540 international expeditions sailed to coral reefs, hydrothermal vents, seamounts, and open ocean waters to assemble a comprehensive picture of the diversity, habitats, and abundance of animals and microbes living in the sea.
One «growing phenomenon in the Arctic [is] polar bears foraging on land as their primary habitat, sea ice, retreats,» Kintisch writes, which makes field work even more dangerous, and difficult, than it would be otherwise.
«According to our study, there is more human — jaguar conflict in Darién National Park, probably because communities are near larger tracts of unbroken forest, which is much better jaguar habitat,» Moreno said.
But Hugh Possingham of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, who invented the software used to define such sites, says planners need to be sure to conserve 20 percent or more of every type of habitat within a protected area, and Australia hasn't done that.
«Climate change in Alaska means we're going to see more fires and while that's good for moose, it's really bad for caribou,» said Hundertmark, «because it's going to burn lichen beds that can take at least 50 years to recover and reduce viable caribou habitat
It can give a more detailed insight on call patterns, respiration times and swimming speeds of fin whales in their natural habitat, without disturbing them with any human presence.»
The authors suggest that human activity may even be driving a similar Lilliput - like pattern in the modern world, as more and more large animals go extinct because of hunting, habitat destruction, and climate change.
The team predicts that viable caribou habitat will shift north, the southernmost herds will disappear and herds in northeastern North America will become more threatened with extinction, losing up to 89 % of their current habitat.
This reproduction strategy lets corals spread rapidly to more suitable habitats without needing to wait for genetic mutations that make it hardier in the face of change.
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