Sentences with phrase «species at»

As part of these provisions, the European Union was required to «maintain or restore populations of harvested species at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield» by 2015.

A garbage patch the size of Texas is floating in the Pacific, we're losing species at an alarming rate, and genetically modified organisms are increasingly make their way into our food supply.

«The good news is that this infant was rescued before it was too late and is now in good hands,» International Gorilla Conservation Program Director Eugène Rutagarama explained, but added that «the bad news is that people believe there is a market for baby mountain gorillas and are willing to break laws and jeopardize the fate of a critically - endangered species at the chance for profit.»

The research provided information to forest managers to help conserve bird biodiversity and keep habitats safe for species at risk, including species like the Canada warbler, olive - sided flycatcher and the rusty blackbird.

Plant Species at Risk The Alps, which traverse Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, and Switzerland, host at least 4,500 plant species, more than a third of the flora recorded in Europe, including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants and almost 400 endemic species.

These threats have only been increasing since the first global assessment of bird species at risk of extinction was carried out in 1988.

Invasive species place a full third of globally threatened bird species at risk.

Listen to Encyclopedia of Life's One Species at a Time podcast about the Red Lantern Jellyfish, found about 800 meters below the sea surface, to learn more about how ocean life at various depths is interconnected and how it is being impacted by a changing climate.

The One Species at a Time podcast series is supported by the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.

But there is only sporadic, uncoordinated monitoring of the 43 different penguin colonies that make up most of the global penguin population.Just like polar bears, penguins are a high profile species at the mercy of warming poles.

Do you want to take that gamble with the survival of our species at stake?

We are experiencing the sixth mass extinction event, with the planet Earth losing species at 100 to 1000 times the natural extinction rate, according to the University of Copenhagen news article The biodiversity crisis: Worse than climate change.

Listen to Encyclopedia of Life's One Species at a Time podcast about how museum exhibit designers transported this enormous animal from Spain to Washington, D.C. in an effort dubbed «Operation Calamari».

To learn more about how to use EOL's One Species at a Time podcasts in the classroom and in broadcast media, please see our Podcast Guide for Educators or contact the EOL Learning & Education group.

«Over two decades, the authors applied the IUCN's Red List categories and criteria to the 1,041 species at 17 workshops involving more than 300 experts.

International field intercomparison measurements of atmospheric mercury species at Mace Head, Ireland

Airborne concentrations and deposition fluxes of major and trace species at marine stations in southern Scandinavia

Some of these are recognized as species at risk and supposedly protected by any number of Provincial, Federal and International laws.

Lake sediment (9, 10), peat bog (11, 12), and ice and snow (13, 14) records have been powerful tools to reconstruct past evolution of atmospheric deposition of Hg2 + species at specific locations, although their interpretation is still debated (15, 16).

However, both sediment records of atmospheric deposition of Hg2 + species at high northern latitudes and atmospheric GEM concentrations inferred from Greenland firn air support the conclusion that transfer of anthropogenic inorganic mercury through the atmosphere to terrestrial and marine reservoirs occurs on a large scale.

With the suspension on construction of the Ivanpah solor complex, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will further investigate its construction's effect on tortoises and determine whether finishing the project puts the species at risk.

A recent survey estimates that the red squirrel could be extinct in England within 20 years.hedgehogs, harvest mice, and Scottish wildcats were also identified as species at risk in spite of conservation efforts to save them.

That practice caused the extinction of a subspecies of Yellow Rail in central Mexico, which no longer hosts the species at all.

Researchers report that flowers are blooming up to two weeks earlier than they did 70 years ago in Alberta because of the weather has become substantially warmer, and this may put the species at risk.

The researchers found that in nearly all cases species at these high altitudes were appearing farther up the mountainsides than they had ever been seen before.

«This first - of - a-kind agreement will help industry leaders more quickly capture the enormous potential of wind blowing off the Mid-Atlantic coast, while protecting a critically endangered species at the same time,» said NRDC Clean Energy Counsel Kit Kennedy.

that the species at face value remains alive for some time after the extinction threshold is crossed, but becomes in effect a «dead clade walking» (Jablonski, 2001).

The zoo is also removing other products that contain palm oil, due to concerns that its production is driving rainforest destruction across Southeast Asia, putting orangutans and other species at risk.

Of international note: Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the Atlantic Migratory Flyway, and is home to 34 species at risk, including the Blanding's Turtle.

Finally, a major effect of dust may be in reducing the burden of anthropogenic species at sub-micron sizes and reducing their residence time (Bauer and Koch, 2005; see Section 2.4.5.7).

«Yu et al. state that «the observed developmental progression and survival of cultures was within the norm typically observed for this species at this temperature range.»

The number of sub-Saharan species at risk of extinction will rise by at least 10 per cent.

The macaw is just one of many magnificent animal species at risk from habitat destruction, including the jaguar, the night monkey, and the resplendent quetzal, Guatemala's national bird.

Consuming whale meat can be a health hazard for humans, since environmental contaminants have been found in the blubber of some species at levels far in excess of what is considered safe.

If ocean acidification continues at the current rate, many species at the bottom of the food chain, as well as corals, could face extinction.

We are already losing species at a record rate.

In the Cascade Ranges and the Sierra Nevada, species at high elevations tend to move south to higher elevations.

Personally, with the planet about to crash, I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk.

To accompany this interview on the wild, I added my new song about the disappearing species at the end of this program.

This is forecast to cause increased droughts for more than a billion people, bring about widespread death of coral reefs, and put up to a third of all species at risk of extinction.

Fourth, where do we expect future refugia — locations where species at risk from climate change will persist under future climates?

But, as usual, we have a lot of deniers who cherry - pick data and present little, if any, facts to substantiate their claims, Personally, with the planet about to crash, I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk.

«I believe the climate change deniers should be prosecuted and incarcerated for putting the human species at risk»

Algebra then yields the molalities of the remaining solute species at 288K, specifically the equilibrium molalities of,, and, as well as the other species, are determined for the average ocean.

Critical - habitat designations ensure that federal agencies must study the impact that any activities they conduct or approve in that area might have on the species at risk.

As of October 2017, there were more than 2,000 registered activities exempted from ESA prohibitions against harm to species at risk and their habitat, for which no information has been publicly released.

The 2007 IPCC report notes that a rise in temperature of 1 degree Celsius will put up to 30 percent of all species at risk of extinction.

For the first time, an Environmental Review Tribunal had defined the measures it deems, based on the evidence and expert opinion presented before it, necessary to protect the species at risk.

Becoming an ultra-social species at the planetary scale — another kind of Omega Point — will be much more difficult, although theoretically possible.

Sushi and sashimi lovers take note: Overfishing has caused a dramatic decline in the bluefish tuna population, with the species at risk for extinction in some areas, according to a series of studies by the Census of Marine Life and other researchers.