Sentences with phrase «spaces of human activity»

As described by the artist, these become «lived spaces of human activity» where «hands and plants, limbs and fabric, bodies and soil hold close to one another».

Not exact matches

``... a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming... is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases released mainly as a result of human activity... these gases do not allow the warmth of the sun's rays reflected by the earth to be dispersed in space.

It's hard to think of any modern human activity that has had more of a multiplicative impact on the imagination than space exploration.

David Southwood, the European Space Agency's director of science, quickly launched an inquiry (quashing rumors that NASA was responsible for the error) and told the anxious crowd in Darmstadt, «We're human, and the gods — maybe the Titans — always demand some human aspect in every godlike activity.»

Most of this year's space activity seems targeted toward a goal China has long hinted at, if not officially stated: a human mission to the moon.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

Part of President Obama's FY 2014 budget request for NASA, the asteroid initiative capitalizes on activities across the agency's human exploration, space technology and science programs.

Between now and 2030, investments and activities in the human exploration of space must be prioritized in a manner that advances the objective of initial human missions to Mars beginning in the 2030s.

Scientists around the world conducting research into what actually exists in ocean depths, as well as: the impacts of fishing and other human activities on these deep unknown spaces and species; and what types of improved management options may help to conserve these natural assets (and their contribution to planetary and human wellbeing) for the long term.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rspace exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rSpace Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.&rspace science activities.»

The effects of human activity have long been cited as a primary cause of global climate change, but new research from NASA has revealed that our use of technology also appears to be having an impact not just on the planet, but on Earth's near - space environment as well.

We provide that space for organizations, institutions or independent volunteer staff where you can find, discuss and enrich themselves through common experiences in the past, allowing a mutual aid for the progress of the various activities implemented through international collaboration between educators who don't know one other but with a common goal, human development.

Your notebook pages include the following activities: Fill in the blanks Short Answer Draw and Drop Video and Comprehension Questions Extension Activity Included in the Space Digital Interactive Bundle are the following Chapters • Chapter 1 - Space - An Introduction • Chapter 2 - Our Solar System • Chapter 3 - The Life and Death of Stars • Chapter 4 - The Seasons and Earth's Tilt • Chapter 5 - The Moon • Chapter 6 - Eclipse Solar and Lunar • Chapter 7 - Galaxies, Other Objects, and the Universe • Chapter 8 - The Immensity of the Universe • Chapter 9 - How Humans Meet Their Needs in Space Digital Interactive Notebook for Google and OneDrive cloud services.

Stella Connell Levy, president and executive director of the Restorative Schools Vision Project — a human rights organization that uses restorative justice to keep kids in school when they make mistakes — emphasizes that the circle and other such activities come to function as «safe spaces.»

This activity focuses on the history of space exploration, both human and robotic, and allows students to understand the progress made in terms of space travel over the past 70 years.

For cats who spend all or the majority of their day inside, it's important that they are provided with cat friendly activities and spaces to promote mental stimulation and human - friendly behavior.

Capturing the less celebrated corners of the UK — so nameless they are often embedded deeply into our consciousness and then forgotten — they are spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet bereft of human presence.

His refined black - and - white photographs document scenes of the American West of the past four decades, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of wilderness and open space.

This performance - like ritual is carried out in the privacy of my studio or a designated public space devoid of human activity.

In a manageable show of six paintings in Art Moving's snug space, Adam Simon wrestles with ideas about consumer culture and its effects on human interaction and activity.

Each meticulously composed space is marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence.

However, once the Lunar Power System is much under way, we will also be able to start moving energy - using activities such as mining and heavy manufacturing to Space, further helping solve the overall «humans on Earth» problem, not merely the energy - climate part of it.

While we know that treeline can be climatically «elastic» in the space of both latitude and altitude, i.e., moving north and south and up and down with topography, this paper raises important issues about rates of ecological adaption, rates that are being tested by contemporary rates of change forced by human activities.

He is reported to have gone from the sublime, back in June, when he said «climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities and poses significant risks», to the ridiculous, all in the space of a few short weeks.

Based on a series of columns written for the National Post (a newspaper that gives a tremendous amount of space to climate change deniers), the book purported to highlight research that dissented from the scientific consensus that climate change, caused by human activity, is a severe threat to the planet.

Measuring the distance apart and speed of 2 satellites in space orbiting the earth to the width of a human hair with no margin for error [damn those drift recalculations], and taking into account unknown factors with respect to the true values for water depth, water weight at different salt concentrations, ice depth magma flows, volcanic activity etc [ie making a lot of guesses], plus taking human motivation on board [like CO2 increase must melt ice surely] can give you an accurate measurement of the volume ice in Antarctica.

The Planetary Boundaries framework proposes quantitative limits for human perturbation of critical Earth system processes, and a «safe operating space» within which human activity should attempt to stay in order to avert the risk of large - scale, possibly abrupt or irreversible environmental change.

A group of 49 former NASA employees from Johnson Space Center have written a letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, requesting that the space agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate chSpace Center have written a letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, requesting that the space agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate chspace agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate change.

Scientists agree the main cause of climate change is human activities which magnify the «greenhouse effect» — a natural process in which gases in the atmosphere warm the Earth by trapping heat that is radiating towards space (2)(4).

James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, today published a study showing that greenhouse gases emitted by human activities have brought the Earth's climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.

Basic assumptions are that CO2 is a greenhouse gas that delays heat escaping to space; an increase in CO2 causes a temperature increase; and CO2 will increase because of human activities.

When Cynthia Rosenzweig — from the climate impacts group at Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York — and colleges analyzed articles published between1970 - 2004 they reported that 90 % of environmental damage could be attributed to rising temperatures driven by human activities.

traditional urbanism has three essential qualities: 1) a diverse population and range of activities; 2) a rich array of public spaces and institutions and 3) human scale in its buildings, streets and neighbourhoods.