Sentences with phrase «of an alien species»

So let's imagine that we suddenly stand face - to - face with members of an alien species.

And so long as we are postulating non-falsifiable claims about life and its origins, I submit that this universe is merely a virtual reality construct of an alien species, a la The Matrix.

For plants, mammals, and fishes, the proportion of newly emerging alien species has remained constant during the last 150 years but the total number of alien species has increased.

Indeed, in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the big surprise is that the incursion of alien species can actually increase, rather than decrease, biodiversity at a local level.

The renowned Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson has claimed that the introduction of alien species is second only to habitat destruction as the leading cause of extinctions worldwide.

Indeed, one of the big surprises to invasion biologists is the large number of alien species that any given ecosystem can harbor.

«From entanglement to invasions of alien species: the harm caused by marine litter.»

This is not a new phenomenon, as natural debris (dead wood, ash, etc.) have enabled species to move around for millions of years, but the movement of alien species on litter items is potentially a new problem, because of the proliferation of floating — mostly plastic — particles.

Dr Hanno Seebens from Senckenberg, Germany, first author a new study on the topic has an answer now: «For all groups of organisms on all continents, the number of alien species has increased continuously during the last 200 years.

«As the date of first record is not available for most alien species, these numbers are clearly underestimating the full extent of alien species introductions,» says Dr. Franz Essl from the University of Vienna, Austria, senior author of the study.

In view of the ongoing destruction caused by rampant deforestation, the introduction of alien species and climate change — to name but a few of the forces we are unleashing on the planet — the idea that we might deny future generations the opportunity to perform a small act of creation through cloning seems woefully short - sighted.

University of Adelaide researchers in Australia, supported by the Invasive Animals Co-operative Research Centre, have developed a model of the likelihood of establishment of alien species of snakes and other reptiles if they are introduced to the wild, accidentally or on purpose.

And, indeed, most of the alien species actually do originate from there.»

This film doesn't go out of its way in an attempt to explain the origins of our alien species which actually works to its favor.

But the great thing about a universe as big as the one in Star Wars is that there's room to introduce any number of alien species.

Throughout this he, along with writers John Logan and Dante Harper, explore new territory with the creation and existence of the alien species as well as the possibility of androids outsmarting humans.

Along with the Caretakers, porgs are one of the alien species that has been keeping Luke Skywalker company during his self - imposed exile.

Little does she know that this cat is part of an alien species.

The original Ms. Marvel was Carol Danvers, an Air Force major who acquired superpowers after an explosion caused her genes to be fused with those of an alien species, the Kree.

In my view, the worst thing we can do to our industry is to be responsible for the introduction of alien species, and, more importantly, it is one of the worst things we can do to our own ecosystems.

Conservation Status The island night lizard is listed as Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, due to habitat alteration and predation resulting from introduction of alien species (e.g., feral cats, goats, pigs, and rabbits).

And then things started to go to hell as a mid-game event occured to try to shake things up, taking the form of an alien species from outside of the galaxy suddenly invading by landing squarely at the edges of my empire, edges I hadn't bothered to protect because as far as I was aware there was no possible threat from that direction.

I get a bit excited when there is new Destiny content for the hope that we're about to meet a new race of alien species to shoot in the head.

Retool is a 3D hacking puzzle game set on incomplete orbital defense stations that circle around Sinai, home planet of the alien species known as Onix.

This means that Scott is not designing weaponry of an alien species, and instead of designing over-detailed glamorous animations or weaponry with lots of particle effects and moving parts.

Getting to level 60 in Battlefront allows players to unlock everything available to them in the game, ranging from character customization (including, on the Rebel side, to be able to play as a wider variety of alien species) to weapons and outfits.

Other key areas that require attention include quantification of the effect of trawling and mining on benthic habitats, assessment of the impacts of alien species, quantification of the impacts of pollution (sewage and storm water) in the nearshore environment, and the quantification and prediction of future climate change effects.

There are many actions which can be taken to reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of alien species invasions, such as the treatment of ballast water in cargo ships and wood products, strict quarantine applied to crop and horticultural products, and embargos on the trade and deliberate introduction of known invader species.

In the Antarctic, tourism is expected to increase, and risks exist of accidental pollution from maritime accidents, along with an increasing likelihood of the introduction of alien species to terrestrial environments.

Rising temperature enlarges the pool of alien species that could establish themselves, enables the warm - water species (native and alien) present in the sea to expand beyond their present distributions, and provides the thermophilic aliens with a distinct advantage over the native Mediterranean biota.

Other potential impacts of shipping are ship strikes on mammals, introduction of alien species through fouling and in ballast water, disruption of migratory patterns of mammals, noise, and garbage and other debris.

Not exact matches

In the 4.4 billion years it took a species capable of space travel to form on Earth, Fermi proposed that the galaxy should have been overrun with intelligent, technologically - advanced aliens.

«By failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivize renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperiled biosphere.»

Hopefully they will find and understand the beauty and interconnectedness of the universe, how little we know about it, and just how much we have yet to learn as a young alien species stuck on a rock that's drifting through the void.

First of all a «god» would not call his creations Earthlings, that is what an alien species would say.

As it is, when you're the only in a group of friends to be the first to have kids, it's a little bit like being an alien species.

In addition to guiding all aspects of NISC Secretariat operations, Jamie is currently providing the leadership necessary to develop an Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) working groups; produce a documentary on invasive species entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species prSpecies (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) working groups; produce a documentary on invasive species entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species prspecies entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species prspecies issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species prspecies programs.

As a consequence, the alien species have spread widely in Chile and Argentina, and one species is on the verge of entering Bolivia and Perú.

Invasion by Bombus terrestris also promotes the spread of alien plants, which compete with native species.

In the Baltic Sea, the occurrence of the warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, which is considered to be an ecologically damaging alien species, is limited to south of the Bornholm Basin, and it has not been found in Finnish territorial waters.

This finding supports the idea that the earlier identification of comb jellies in this area was wrong, and that the Arctic comb jelly is found in the Baltic Sea as an Ice Age relic, not as an alien species.

Approaches to tackle the growing issue largely rely on knowledge of species» invasion history elsewhere, giving new previously unrecorded alien species a higher chance of slipping through border controls and eluding early response management.

The study shows that the number of newly emerging alien species — those never before encountered as aliens — continues to rise, posing a significant challenge to biosecurity interventions worldwide.

Insects, molluscs and other invertebrates have the highest proportion of emerging alien species.

Birds are the only group exempt from the trend, showing the lowest proportions of emerging alien species, with a distinct decline noted recently.

«While most new records do relate to the spread of species we already knew were aliens, the fact that one in four relates to a completely new alien species is both surprising and troubling.»

The study, published today in PNAS and led by scientists at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the University of Vienna and UCL, analysed a global database of 45,984 records detailing the first invasions of 16,019 established alien species from 1500 until 2005 to investigate the dynamics of how alien species spread worldwide.

«Humans have been moving species to new places for thousands of years, so we might have expected that most species that have the potential to become aliens would already have done so.

Such measures include the establishment and effective management of protected areas and networks of wildlife corridors; restoration of degraded ecosystems; control of invasive alien species and reintroduction of wild animals.

«With measures being taken to prevent alien species introductions and spread, there has been a decline in the proportions of newly emerging alien species from established sources, such as historical European colonies.