Such forests today are also healthier: the biomass (or total amount
of living matter) per hectare (100 meters square, or about 2.5 acres) has increased even more rapidly than the size of the forests themselves.
biomass the total quantity
of living matter in a particular habitat; plant and organic waste materials used as fuel and feedstock in place of fossil fuels
Migratory currents, the minute structures
of living matter, shifting atmospheres and the whorls of fingerprints are simultaneously summoned in the written topographies that swirl and crystallise across the picture surface, conveying turbulent energies and the processes of the universe.
Sean Scully: I wanted to bring abstraction into the world of living things,
of living matter.
Ramaswamy, who returned to India in 1986 after doing a Ph.D. and postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, works on soft matter, nonequilbrium statistical physics, and the mechanics
of living matter.
In it Lovelock laid out his daring idea that our planet is a single, self - regulating system, dubbed Gaia, wherein «the entire range
of living matter on Earth, from whales to viruses, and from oaks to algae, could be regarded as constituting a single living entity, capable of manipulating the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs.»
In fact, I don't really think of cancer as a disease as much as an alternative form
of living matter.
As productivity continues to increase, as in boreal forests, plant biomass (the total mass
of living matter of a particular type) increases, herbivore biomass increases, and ecosystems become capable of sustaining a third trophic level — the predators — with this level controlling herbivores.
The behaviour
of all living matter is governed by gene expression, the process by which biological materials such as proteins are made.
His forthcoming book «The Demon in the Machine,» is a penetrating look at the power of information to explain the physics
of living matter.
It is by addressing these issues, scrutinising the Government and understanding why things like the cost
of living matter so much to people that will reconnect voters with politicians - not pursuing a Z - list career on a popular, but ultimately trivial, TV programme thousands of miles away from this country.
Dr. Joseph Needham and Dr. W.H. Thorpe, Cambridge authorities on biochemistry and zoology; Dr. A.R. Peacocke, biologist in Cambridge; Professor L.C. Birch, Australian expert on evolutionary changes in the realm
of living matter; and Ian Barbour, American physicist, whose special interest has lately been turned toward the ecological problem — these are but a few of the many who have publicly avowed their acceptance of a process way of looking at humankind and the world.
Increase in order
of living matter on earth is gained at the expense of the sun, whose order decreases correspondingly ever so slightly.
We do justice to the fact, which strikes nearly every scientist, that between so - called «lifeless» matter and primitive forms
of living matter there is only a relative difference, not an absolute one.
But be the value of metaphysical speculation of this sort what it may, when one sees activity characterized by reason and purpose and at the same time producing strains
of living matter (no longer a word of materialism) which in turn has personality as a function, one has come in sight of God.
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces
of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man.
The emergence
of living matter, the appearance of consciousness in such living matter, and the coming into existence of moral valuation and appreciative awareness in human life are instances of «importance» which should be obvious to any observer of the world - process.
For all the subtlety and complexity
of living matter, the scope and contentment of its powers lie within circles of organic life.
(«Theories of evolution [that], in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces
of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man.»)
The Élan Vital is this counter-tendency responsible for the various organizations
of living matter.
It further says: «Presuming the rate of production of carbon - 14 to be constant, the activity of a sample can be directly compared to the equilibrium activity
of living matter and the age calculated.»
This fact
of life matters because we use those guesses to make important decisions about, for instance, government tax and spending policies.
While the latter have no «business as usual» stamp, since the war colored almost everything those years, one senses that the editors were saying: life must go on; faith needs nurture; the subtleties
of life matter; there are trenches in America as well as on the front lines.
No other facet
of my life mattered as much as feeding Lucille.
What does another woman's sex life and quality
of life matters when Gma has to line her pockets?
ICU stays in the final week
of life mattered the most, accounting for 4.4 percent of variance in outcomes, whereas a sense of alliance between patient and physician accounted for 0.7 percent.
The loss
of life matters in this movie and its never glossed over or shied away from like some modern - day action movies.
«Through this course, we are ultimately seeking to impress upon young women and men that decisions at each stage
of their lives matter.
The rest
of your life matters.
The association, through its political action committee «Quality
of Life Matters,» with financial support from a National Association of REALTORS ® independent expenditure grant, campaigned in favor of asking voters to approve up to $ 212.1 million in bonds that would pay for 39 public projects and result in a slight property tax increase.
Not exact matches
In this beautiful citation, wrongly attributed to Buddha, it is said: «In the end, only three things
matter: how much you loved, how gently you
lived and how gracefully you let go
of things not meant for you.»
Pinkerton urges us in no uncertain terms that «building your village — building it and sustaining it — is a
matter of life and death.»
Honestly, it's only a
matter of time before it becomes clear that all the tracking devices, all the navigation devices, all the data - generating wearables
of whatever stripe (just like all the content created by professional media publishers) will need to knuckle under and feed their results through Facebook's front door to the consumer, because that's where the consumer
lives and that's where the data needs to be.
He started using «Black Lies
Matter» when speaking
of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
At the end
of the day, it's not the things themselves that
matter in
life.»
Rarely is an assassin strictly, 100 percent on his or her own, no
matter how much
of a lonely
life it appears they lead.
Productivity growth
matters because it drives up our purchasing power: if it lags, so will our standard
of living.
You know, you look at all the outgrowth
of Me Too, and See Her, and Black
Lives Matter, and people standing up and having a voice, and saying, «I want to know where brands stand on issues.
A policewoman holds back a «Black
Lives Matter» supporter as she shouts towards supporters
of Donald Trump, who said they were members
of «Bible Believers» during the Republican National Convention.
It's just a
matter of how we apply it not just to the once - a-year marathon, but to a variety
of things in our daily
lives,» concludes Itzler.
Co-founder
of America Online, Steve Case, explains where venture capital is concentrated in the U.S. — and why does it
matter where you
live
So why should the job
of people in public
life or for that
matter in business be to try and stop change?
But on end -
of -
life matters, Florian said, we're notoriously remiss.
Police officers use bicycles to create cordons around a protest march by various groups, including «Black
Lives Matter» and «Shut Down Trump and the RNC,» ahead
of the convention.
«When you need financial advice, they can be a tremendous help — it's just a
matter of finding the best one for your situation (and being able to spot the Bernie Madoffs
of the world before you hand over your
life savings).»
Some
of Black
Lives Matter was organized on Facebook.
At the same time, they have a strong sense
of identity, speak their minds and want to do work that
matters — traits capable
of bringing to
life some pretty revolutionary ideas.
As often as experts offer counter-intuitive lessons about the amazing,
life - changing results
of failure, the fact
of the
matter is that most listeners don't really believe them.
It could be a
matter of life or death, which is why people in the medical profession want to see studies that show how accurate Theranos tests are compared to traditional ones.
Think
of someone in your
life who has always been there for you no
matter what.