Sentences with phrase «terrestrial areas»

And while many of the collaborators may be tiny island nations with modest terrestrial areas, their expansive exclusive economic zones (EEZ) effectively make them massive ocean states.

Ecosystem responses to past rainfall variability in the Sahel are potentially useful as an analogue of future climate change impacts, in the light of projections that extreme drought - affected terrestrial areas will increase from 1 % to about 30 % globally by the 2090s (Burke et al., 2006).

The Aichi targets (within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity) of setting aside marine and terrestrial areas for conservation are also good examples of the political translation of a science based concern over global loss of biodiversity.

By absorbing the force of strong winds and tides, wetlands protect terrestrial areas adjoining them from storms, floods, and tidal damage.

We have embarked on a goal for 2015 to work with others to double the amount of protected area on the planet, both terrestrial area as well as freshwater and marine resources.

With an efficient economy, the world population of six billion could live comfortably on 100000 square miles, the area of the state of Wyoming (0.17 % of the terrestrial area of the planet).

Not exact matches

Topher, in addition to them wanting to teach the «Talking Snake» theory of galactic and terrestrial formation to kids, I take issue with the following areas where Bible - cuddlers want to tell all people (atheists, agnostics, Muslims etc.) what they must do:

The pond is a documented breeding area for the eastern tiger salamander, one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in the United States and a species on the state's endangered list.

Global change research encompasses a wide variety of study areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, and terrestrial processes.

The air temperature had risen to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which kept most of the area's terrestrial denizens hiding in shade or below ground.

It can be difficult to test these theories in terrestrial labs, so our work provides a window into an otherwise inaccessible area of physics.»

But sometimes I've been doing expeditions with colleagues here to understand the ecology of some of the species and islands is one of the areas that I have been very interested to understand, the life history of birds both marine and terrestrial in islands.

Major challenges in the near future include assigning clearer attribution to sea ice as a primary driver of such dynamics, especially in terrestrial systems, and addressing pressures arising from human use of arctic coastal and near - shore areas as sea ice diminishes.

Over the past 25 years, marine protected areas in the region increased by almost 14 % and terrestrial protected area increased by 0.3 %.

Although the country has a target to increase terrestrial protected areas from 13.8 % of total land area in 2015 to 20 % by 2025, economic development has already had an impact on wildlife.

Only male grey seals were observed to visit pontoon traps, and grey seals made trips between their terrestrial resting sites and foraging areas.

(Similar impacts have been seen in terrestrial protected areas.)

Small ponds have a high perimeter - to - surface - area ratio, for example, and accumulate a higher load of terrestrial carbon — so - called «leaf litter,» sediment particles and other material.

Aichi Target 11 calls for increasing by 2020 terrestrial protected areas to 17 percent on land and 10 percent in marine environments.

The 193 national signatories of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) made a global commitment in 2010 to increase the world's terrestrial protected area network from 13 to 17 percent by the year 2020.

Ice - free areas of Antarctica — home to more than 99 per cent of the continent's terrestrial plants and animals — could expand by more than 17,000 km2 by the end of this century, a study published today in Nature reveals.

Last year, scientists in Denmark showed that terrestrial leeches can be used similarly to sample an area's fauna, though they feast on fewer species than do carrion flies, don't travel as far in search of prey, and live in only certain habitats.

In this latest study, the team of researchers applied empirical and process - based models, to analyze local areas, as well as the global surface, and the effect of temperature and water availability variations on carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere.

Many American homes, especially in rural areas, can not receive TV pictures from terrestrial transmitters.

His research interests were in the areas of marine and terrestrial plant physiology and ecology.

These correlations were negative, suggesting that when average fire weather seasons are longer - than - normal or when long seasons impacted more global burnable area, net global terrestrial carbon uptake is reduced.

The Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna has gathered an exceptional number of renowned experts over the past years with complementary research areas in microbial ecology, functional genomics and aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem research.

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and oceans at significantly higher rates, per unit area, than terrestrial forests (Figure 1).

Biography: Jon Day has 39 years of professional experience as a natural protected area planner and manager (both terrestrial and marine), 28 years of which has been in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park.

While fossils are generally discovered in different areas from where the animals lived, the latest discovery suggests Kryptodrakon progenitor lived in a terrestrial environment comparable to the dry environment in northwest China where it was uncovered.

Similarly, meerkats, Suricata suricatta, respond to aerial predator alarm calls by freezing, scanning and running for cover, and to terrestrial predator alarm calls by moving towards the sound source while scanning the area [3].

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

They frequent rice paddies, so their setup might include a shallow water area (often a large low bowl will do) but they also need substantial terrestrial sections.

Lafferty started out believing from review of previous published literature that «infectious disease was preventing the recovery of sea otters, and the most likely source of infection of Toxoplasma gondii was terrestrial runoff containing oocysts defecated by cats,» but when he and colleagues tagged 135 California sea otters in 2009 and followed them for four years, they found that «Counter to expectations, sea otters from unpopulated stretches of coastline,» around Big Sur, are less healthy and more exposed to parasites than city - associated otters,» from the Monterey Bay area, who have more exposure to fecal matter from cats.

Fredebaugh, S.L., et al., Prevalence of antibody to Toxoplasma gondii in terrestrial wildlife in a natural area.

The area also supports the most diverse array of vegetation types in South Africa as five of the country's seven terrestrial biogeographic areas are represented in the Eastern Cape.

Fashion of the more terrestrial sort can be found in the pedestrianised area of Via dei Fiori Chiari (by the Brera museum) and in Via Solferino.

The Bacalar Chico Project is geared toward sustainable use and development of this unique area of North Ambergris Caye due to a variety of exceptional factors: at Rocky Point the reef touches the shore; the green sea turtle and the loggerhead nesting site between Robles and Rocky Point; the offshore marine habitat once known as a breeding area for Queen conch; and the seasonal spawning bank for the nassau and yellowfin groupers; the high diversity of terrestrial and vegatation zones.

[30] However, in February 2009 the WGWAP issued an urgent warning that the number of western gray whales observed in the primary (near shore) feeding area had decreased and the panel called for a»... moratorium on all industrial activities, both maritime and terrestrial, that have the potential to disturb gray whales in summer and autumn on and near their main feeding areas.»

Access to many areas on the island is limited due to fragility of the terrestrial and marine resources.

A total of 178 terrestrial plants and 246 taxa of marine flora have been described from the area while over 500 species of fish, 65 scleractinian corals, 45 hydroids and 350 molluscs have been recorded.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the spectacular ocean and terrestrial views, as you eat some of the area's finest dining for meals 3 times a day at this stunning luxury villa rental on Peninsula Papagayo in lush Costa Rica.

The lounge / dining area has TV with satellite channels, including most of the main UK terrestrial channels, movie channels & Eurosport.

The Sian Ka'an Biosphere (Origin of the Sky) World Heritage Site is one of the most sensitive and ecologically diverse ecosystems in the hemisphere, complete with duned beaches, tropical mangroves, and lagoons, in an area inhabited by monkeys, jaguars, crocodiles and all manner of terrestrial and marine life.

covering an area of 3,140 acres (12.7 km2) terrestrial and 4,420 acres (17.9 km2) marine on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula

And what about wild areas, whether terrestrial or marine, and their associated ecological services?

It includes terrestrial and marine areas as well as large tidal flats, which are home to a great diversity of species and serve as resting places for rare migratory birds.

Great Sandy, Australia, a terrestrial, coastal, marine area, features the largest rainforest stand on sand in the world.

Important areas are interannual variability in terrestrial fluxes and the interplay of warming, management, and CO2 enrichment responses at the ecosystem scale.

COLE BAY — A lack of local food production, unrestricted and uninspected development, insufficient use of renewable energy, solid waste issues, no terrestrial conservation areas, and ineffective public transport have resulted in St. Maarten running at an ecological deficit,» says environmental agency St....