Sentences with phrase «projects affect animal»
The two villages already have formed their own committee to study environmental issues, such as how the projects affect animal and plant life.
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Using acoustics to monitor these organisms could also help scientists study how these animals could be affected by climate change, and the consequences of potential commercial fishing projects, she said.
The projects aims to give us further knowledge in areas as diverse as coral reefs ecosystem, the dietary composition in wildlife and domestic animals over the last 50 000 years, the effects of antibiotic exposure on microbial ecosystems, and changes in biodiversity that might have an effect on or are affected by climate change.
For my post-doctoral project, I decided to focus on the question, «to what extent can atmospheric pollutants, such as CO2 and ozone, exert a selective effect on woody plant species, and how are the resulting changes in the genetic composition of the plant community likely to affect the animals that feed on them?»
Morris Animal Foundation has funded several research projects that have increased our knowledge of how this complex population affects the health of horses.
Professor Michael Day, AFSCAN Board member and Vice President of the WSAVA Foundation said, «Our scientific projects program will address an unmet need in the African academic community and help improve our knowledge base of diseases affecting small companion animals in Africa.
Each participating group will complete a community service project directly affecting the quality of life and well - being of the animals staying at Wayside Waifs.
These projects share certain concerns — how natural and artificial systems operate, how media affect memory, and the relationship between humans and animals.
Done in collaboration with local companies, residents and other organizations, the project's aim is to bring awareness to how palm oil production is negatively affecting humans and animals alike.
The length of the growing season in interior Alaska has increased 45 % over the last century7 and that trend is projected to continue.8 This could improve conditions for agriculture where moisture is adequate, but will reduce water storage and increase the risks of more extensive wildfire and insect outbreaks across much of Alaska.9, 10 Changes in dates of snowmelt and freeze - up would influence seasonal migration of birds and other animals, increase the likelihood and rate of northerly range expansion of native and non-native species, alter the habitats of both ecologically important and endangered species, and affect ocean currents.11
It also projected that shorter and warmer winters would affect sea ice cover, resulting in changes to animal behaviour and Inuit access to food sources.