Sentences with phrase «significant change to the environment»

By 2015, they report, about half of the orangutans estimated to live on Borneo in 1999 were found in areas in which resource use has since caused significant changes to the environment.

We certainly can and do cause highly significant changes to our environment in many ways.

Not exact matches

Galen Cranz, a sociologist and professor of architecture at the University of California Berkeley who has long crusaded for more active work environments writes via e-mail: «It will take cultural change in order to make significant change.»

During Harvey's tenure as CFO, he played a critical role in helping the firm adapt to significant changes in the regulatory environment.

MLPs are subject to significant regulation and may be adversely affected by changes in the regulatory environment including the risk that an MLP could lose its tax status as a partnership.

The advent of rice varieties bearing genes with resistance to the disease has changed the perception about the disease: the incorporation of host - plant resistance genes in rice varieties, their adoption and deployment in the world's main rice - producing environments is probably one of the most significant evidences of the role of plant pathology in agricultural development.

The foundation supported several levels of training, first on building important culinary skills and knowledge of healthy food preparation, then on building employee morale and support for making significant changes to the school food environment.

In a letter to the chairman of LAG, environment secretary Liz Truss MP said the report «did not show that the impacts of lead ammunition were significant enough to justify changing current policy».

«Because of the close proximity of the 137 - unit Ezra Prentice Homes residential housing development to Global's facility, the potential for these proposed changes to have significant adverse impacts on the environment must be fully analyzed,» D.E.C. officials wrote in a letter.

WHEREAS, there are significant long - term risks to the economy and the environment of the United States from the temperature increases and climatic disruptions that are projected to result from increased greenhouse gas concentrations and the resultant climate change;

A study published yesterday in Nature Climate Change showed that early exposure to high levels of CO2 during the larval stage of development had significant negative effects on the fish's size, metabolism and ability to sense threats in their environment.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the pesticide DDT and other banned compounds dropped about 50 percent in fish in Lakes Michigan, Ontario and Huron from 1999 through 2009, although there were no significant changes in Lakes Superior and Erie fish, according to the study to be published this month in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

The event commemorates the 5 November 1965 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report to President Lyndon B. Johnson, which warned that the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels would «almost certainly cause significant changes» to the environment.

«If people continue to exercise their choices as they are at present and there are no other significant changes, the resulting traffic growth would have unacceptable consequences for both the environment and the economy of the country and could be very difficult to reconcile with overall sustainable development goals.»

After the middle Miocene, global climate change brought colder and drier conditions to New Zealand, with significant changes to vegetation and environments.

To meet the ’10 000 year criterion», set by the DOE, the repository must not release «significant» amounts of its radioactive content into the environment during that period, no matter what changes occur in the local climate, geology or water table.

This expertise is needed to deal with climate issues in the North Central US, where changes in temperature and precipitation could have significant effects on streams, forests, agricultural lands, and mountain ecosystems, in addition to the fish, wildlife, and human communities supported by these environments.

«The region is profoundly affected by climate change — including loss of sea ice, acidification of the ocean, and increased access for industries that pose significant risks to the ocean environment.»

The advent of rice varieties bearing genes with resistance to the disease has changed the perception about the disease: the incorporation of host - plant resistance genes in rice varieties, their adoption and deployment in the world's main rice - producing environments is probably one of the most significant evidences of the role of plant pathology in agricultural development.

But there's more to it than simply repeating something you like over and over — your actions exist in a constantly changing environment that has a significant impact on your actions.

In this documentary, plant - based diets are also shown to have a significant impact on our environment — the film subtly evolves from a narrative around nutrition and into a discussion around climate change, arguing that the decision to reduce meat consumption is perhaps the most profound choice an individual can make to reduce their impact on the earth.

«It's a change in the food environment that's likely to have a significant impact on public health and does not require significant behavior change,» New York University food scientist Marion Nestle told the Times.

NASA has learned that spending time in the low - gravity environment of space leads to significant changes to the body.

They're small but significant changes that can help to create the positive working environment that online teachers deserve.

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

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The continually changing regulatory environment has led to greater competition in the industry and the emergence of non-regulated providers as a significant part of the industry, which may make some companies less profitable.

«The fact that we live in an information society means we're going to have a significant wealth transfer taking place, and changes to the regulatory environment should help further the growth of ETFs,» says Rebetez.

The ever - changing environment of business has led to significant changes in the index world.

Dogs who are especially sensitive to their environment or who spend a significant amount of time in a shelter can experience cognitive and behavioral changes as a result.

As with any change to your pet's environment, there is a potential risk of impaction if your pet ingests a significant amount of its bedding.

Much of this unique environment is washed each day by the tides, so organisms that live here are adapted to significant daily changes in moisture, temperature, turbulence, and salinity.

A statement from the publisher read: «The Consumer Business centered on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.

«The Consumer Business centred on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.

Star Citizen Alpha 2.5 includes significant changes to Star Citizen's Crusader persistent universe environment.

True to form, light plays a significant role in these sculptural installations — like colored crystal balls that form a rainbow and an immersive mirrored environment — where viewers must move and change perspective in order to fully experience the art.

The graphic, below, from the UN Environment Program estimates that we only have about 1,000 gigatons (1 gigaton = 1 billion tons) of carbon dioxide left in our budget to «spend» before significant climate change occurs.

«President Obama understands that climate change poses a significant threat to our environment, to public health, and to our economy,» Podesta said.

How can this be «a significant step forward on climate change» as Rudd's supporters in the environment movement claim publicly when it won't guarantee to cut any domestic emissions at all?

These emissions contribute to climate change, which can have a significant negative impact on the environment, particularly over a long period of time.

As a result of the significant scientific effort to date, aided by public concern, models simulating climate change have gained considerable skill... There will be many scientific and technical challenges along the way, but the hope is that simulations of the global environment will be able to maximise the number of people around the world who can adapt to, and be protected from the worst impacts of, global warming.

The public health community has increasingly acknowledged that climate change poses a significant and complex threat to human health, and has made strides toward improving understanding of the links between the changing physical environment and human health concerns.

«Regarded as one of the world's most productive marine environments, the Bering Sea is widely thought to be rapidly warming and losing sea ice... Results show that, rather than declining, mean annual sea ice extent in the Bering Sea has exhibited no significant change over the satellite sea ice record (1979 — 2009).

The significant impacts of extreme weather on people, property, communities and the environment highlight the serious consequences of failing to adequately address climate change.

In her address to the COP - 19 assembly, Canada's Environment Minister, Leona Aglukkaq claimed that, «Canada is taking a leadership role in international climate change efforts by focusing on delivering significant environmental and economic benefits for all Canadians.»

Commit to making significant progress towards restoring the natural environment by 2020, including the doubling of UK woodland cover, meeting other habitat targets and ensuring that protected sites are in good condition; through utilising reforms to agricultural incentives, planning policy and other measures to create high quality landscapes rich in nature and able to adapt to climate change.

In combination, these two research efforts add to the massive amount of scientific evidence that climate change is always occurring; and, most definitely does not require human consumer / industrial greenhouse gases to produce significant impacts on planetary environments and those associated civilizations.

However, one can cause significant damage to the environment even without reaching a tipping point, so the threshold at which climate change becomes subjectively dangerous may well be below this.

Meanwhile, Sweden's environment minster said that while the US position has shown «significant, real change», more still needs to be done.

«This will have significant consequences on conservation planning in eastern Africa and we need to be better prepared for these changes,» said study co-author Dr. Stuart L. Pimm, a Professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.