Sentences with phrase «pose ecological risks»

In a paper published online today in Biology Letters, a group of ecologists argues that the guppies — and other nonnative fish used for mosquito control — haven't actually proven very effective mosquito fighters, but are known to pose ecological risks.

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But our research shows that a decline in large vertebrate populations and the loss of key ecological interactions also poses a serious risk for the maintenance of tropical forest carbon storage.

Furthermore, today's toxic and expensive pest control solutions can impact nature's ecological balance and could pose untold long - term risks.

In light of what it considers national security risks posed by climate change, the government of Nicaragua has formed the Ecological Battalion, a first - of - its - kind team of soldiers dedicated to combating against environmental threats.

Now the United States Geological Survey has issued a report concluding that the Burmese python and four other species of giant constricting snakes pose a high risk of disrupting important ecological webs should they become established in the United States.

In light of what it considers a national security risk posed by climate change, the government of Nicaragua has formed the Ecological Battalion, a first - of - its - kind team of soldiers dedicated to combating against environmental threats.

Relying on negative emissions to «undo» earlier emissions may lock us into higher levels of warming if the expected technologies do not materialise or pose unacceptable social and ecological risk, «she said.

Objective 1.2 aims to advance use - inspired science (defined as science necessary to improve fundamental understanding in areas important to society) to assess the vulnerabilities to global change, understand the societal and ecological characteristics that confer resilience in the face of these changes, and support the adaptation and mitigation responses to the risks these changes pose.

Some stakeholders may be very concerned about the ecological risks an option poses, while other stakeholders may be very concerned about the costs to the general economy, while others may be very concerned about the equity issues.