Sentences with phrase «on aquatic systems»

Focusing on aquatic systems, a team of scientists led by Dr. Boris Worm of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, recently warned that if current trends of over fishing and pollution continue, we face a worldwide seafood collapse by 2048.

IISD President Scott Vaughan tells ScienceInsider that he intends to build upon this past research, while looking to expand the scope of the facility's science to investigate the effects of micropollutants and climate change on aquatic systems.

Not exact matches

In addition to making mechanical repairs on the pool, the district is considering adding aquatic attractions and a new filtration system.

The idea for this came from findings obtained as a result of research on invasive gobies in the Danube, on which two doctoral theses had already been written at the Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology.

The focus is still on scientific investigation and knowledge discovery of the chemical links between urban settings and aquatic systems.

«This presents a challenge and opportunity for robotic systems, particularly if they have the necessary onboard intelligence,» said Ryan, whose work depends on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, the veteran aquatic bots programmed to navigate without human control.

Whether this effluent should be processed is contentious; the Supreme Court is set to hear a consolidation of cases about the Environmental Protection Agency's requirements that power plants retrofit their systems to minimize impact on local water supplies and aquatic life.

Loss of large bodied terrestrial and aquatic fauna may have had a huge impact on systems and suggests many trophic cascades that formerly arose fromtop predators have vanished.

As a senior scientist at the Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Muruganandam has been doing research on natural resource management and fisheries and aquatic system management, in particular, for more than 20 years.

One of the chemicals on EPA's list, atrazine, is a herbicide reported in aquatic and drinking water systems across the USA.

A significant part of the carbon storage thought to be offered by ecosystems on land — mainly forests — is thus negated by this leakage of carbon from soils to aquatic systems, and to the atmosphere.

This will sell not only the filtration systems, but also everything related, the pumps and liners, fish and fish food, aquatic plants and all of the accessories and add - ons.»

We'll conduct a knowledge review session with you, and then play a DVD of local fish and aquatic life before taking you for 2 scuba dives on Placencia's reef systems, where there's an abundance of fish stocks and aquatic life for you to identify.

To ensure you receive the complete scuba diving vacation with a diverse range of dive sites, and aquatic life, Splash Dive Centers professional dive guides, and experts in finding and identifying Belize's aquatic life will take you on your scuba dive trips to some of the best sites on Placencias inner reef systems that are part of Belize's barrier reef, the largest reef systems in the Caribbean.

And despite the oceans» vast expanse, our marine debris is taking its toll on aquatic eco systems.

He has published on projects for aquatic settlements and informal infrastructures, as well as texts on science - fiction design, floating buildings, and swarming building systems.

We already know that human birth control medicines can have a dire effect on fish, so we'd be a little concerned as to what OvoControl P can do to raptors that may pray on pigeons, or what would happen if the drug got into aquatic systems.

While working as a contractor at a Long Island - based power plant, Rob Weltner witnessed firsthand the devastating impact that the facility's outdated cooling water intake system can have on aquatic life.

Water monitoring will be done through a comprehensive and integrated approach that quantifies and assesses the sources, transport, loadings, fate, and types of oil sands contaminants in the Athabasca River system and effects on key aquatic ecosystem components (both within the oil sands development area and in downstream receiving environments) that are measures of ecosystem health and integrity (fish, invertebrates).

Wastewater is collected through a district loop and treated in a solar aquatic system on site.

Arch will also implement a treatment system to reduce discharges of selenium, a pollutant found in mine discharges, which can run off and build up in streams, with adverse impacts on aquatic organisms.

But many of the actions taken in recent years have actually increased the vulnerability of other systems, especially California's aquatic ecosystems and disadvantaged social groups that rely on those ecosystems for their health or employment.

This symbiotic cultivation system relies on aquatic life, such as tilapia fish and yellow perch, to redistribute nutrients.

As the Sierra Club points out, there are already closed - cycle cooling systems that can replace the once - through systems and not only conserve a huge amount of water, but also save countless fish and other aquatic species, not to mention the animals that depend on the fish as a food source.

Outdated power plant cooling water intake systems indiscriminately devour aquatic life, sucking in eggs and larvae, trapping adult fish and wildlife on intake screens, and spewing heated, lifeless, chemical - laden water downstream.