Sentences with phrase «scale environmental forces»

He argues that geoarchaeology — a relatively new science that combines aspects of geology and archaeology — offers the potential to make dramatic contributions to our understanding of how climate change and other large - scale environmental forces are shaping human history.

Not exact matches

It may surprise some of our supporters that Kenyan armed forces have been working with the Green Belt Movement (GBM) since 2006 to fight environmental degradation, which is happening on a staggering scale.

Untitled (Set for a Homestead) 2011, 2014, Installation view from Force Field Project There's an excellent article written by Christa DiMarco at Title Magazine about Napoleon Member Lewis Colburn's large scale environmental installations and sculptures.

Climate threshold - The point at which external forcing of the climate system, such as the increasing atmospheric concentration of heat - trapping gases (greenhouse gas es), triggers a significant climatic or environmental event which is considered unalterable, or recoverable only on very long time - scales, such as widespread bleaching of corals or a collapse of oceanic circulation systems.

The threat of climate change has not only surpassed the old threats it's also forced us to look realistically at how far renewables can take us and what their true environmental impact would be when scaled up to the level needed to halt climate change (economics aside).

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