Sentences with phrase «understand ecosystem changes»

To understand ecosystem changes, including global warming, ecologists need ways to incorporate physical as well as biological data into their thinking.

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Rather, most participants in the ecosystem have exposure to and responsibility for specific company performance, which is exactly why the changing landscape is important to understand.

NACO has worked diligently over the summer, with its partners to analyze the proposed changes to Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC), in order to understand the impact they may have on Angel investors, and our domestic innovation ecosystem more broadly.

NACO worked diligently with its partners to analyze the proposed changes to Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC), in order to understand the impact they may have on Angel investors, and our domestic innovation ecosystem more broadly.

Organizations today are severely lacking in understanding how ecosystems are rapidly changing and how to adapt.

The resulting data is used to compare relative abundance of seabirds over time — to help us understand populations within the sanctuary and their possible impacts on local ecosystems and as a barometer for other changes in the environment.

As part of the Microbial Ecology Lab, he will help survey the many distinct habitats of Shedd's animal populations, analyzing how unseen members of complex ecosystems are impacted by changes in the environment, advancing the understanding of how these tiny microbes affect animal health.

As ecosystems of the human environment change during development, pregnancy, or with changing diets, which bacterial species remain or how these microbial species function may shift is slowly becoming understood.

The study suggests that an understanding of how human use of the landscape interact with climate and ecosystem processes is important for organizations that want to develop strategies for climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and local development in one of the world's poorest regions.

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By, for example, examining what people in the area use different trees and shrubs for and look at how the landscape changes, we can better understand how land use, social change, climate and ecosystems interact, even in ways that can be unexpected,» says Lowe Börjeson, Associate Professor at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University.

Just as I came to see my research as part of a larger scientific ecosystem, today I understand that scientific advancements are just one part of the needed response to climate change.

Examples of such areas include understanding relationships between intended genetic changes and an organism's observable traits, the unintended effects of genetic changes on target and non-target organisms, predicting and monitoring ecosystem responses, and quantifying the economic and social costs and benefits of biotechnologies.

By focusing on the whole community ecology of the park — with a particular emphasis on the freshwater, soil, and intertidal zone systems of Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, and Isle au Haut and the organisms found there — she will strive to understand the impact of global phenomena, such as biological invasions and climate change, on the local ecosystem.

«If we can understand how the landscape has changed over decades and what that does to water quality, human health, and ecosystem health, we can begin to make predictions for the future,» said senior author Kathleen Alexander, professor of wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.

The Botswana government wanted to better understand how land cover is changing over time and how this might impact ecosystem services.

Predicting future biodiversity in these pools will help researchers understand whether unique fauna will be lost from the park due to climate change and contribute to global research attempting to understand how climate change will affect whole ecosystems.

As the climate continues to warm, Whiteman said there is a particular urgency to understand the functioning of organisms and ecosystems that are threatened by climate change, which can inform conservation efforts.

Data on past climates are vital for researchers seeking to understand how anthropogenic climate change will affect Earth?s ecosystems and species, including its effects on infectious diseases and food security.

Based on these findings, we identify knowledge gaps and fruitful areas for research that will further our understanding of the effects of climate change on ecosystems.

«Understanding climate change impacts is vital to help protect marine ecosystem services that humans rely on so heavily such as fisheries, aquaculture and tourism» said Dr. Rob Ellis, an ecological physiologist also based at Exeter University.

Logging and other land - use changes are a major cause of soil carbon release, but there has been recent interest to further understand soil carbon dynamics in forested ecosystems after logging.

Agriculture, ecosystems and ocean levels are all inextricably linked to the atmosphere — and understanding these processes is obviously critical to studies of climate change and the formation of public policies that are shaped by those studies.

Throughout his career, he has made major contributions to our understanding of worldwide changes in ecosystems, land use and climate, and global food security.

In response, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study on changing Arctic ecosystems to better understand the consequences of lost permafrost and sea ice habitats, and the Interior Department established a Climate Science Center at the University of Alaska to specifically address Arctic issues.

These findings give us a new understanding of how an invasive plant can acquisition soil biota to its own advantage, altering the environment and changing the ecosystem in the process.

The new study provides data to assist scientists in understanding how changes in the environment trigger long - term changes in coral reef growth and ecosystem function, which is a critical challenge to coral - reef conservation.

It's not yet understood, she says, why the increase in seasonal amplitude of carbon dioxide concentration is so large, but it's a clear signal of widespread changes in northern ecosystems.

For example, they may help researchers understand the full — and perhaps changing — potential for the plankton ecosystem to act as a sink to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

The new study «represents our best understanding of how tropical secondary forests change over time,» says Jennifer Powers, an ecosystems ecologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Glen Hood, a Ph.D. student at Notre Dame and lead author of the paper, said, «Our study has impacted our understanding of evolution by suggesting that change in individual lineages can reverberate through different trophic levels of an ecosystem and increase community - level biodiversity.»

While this underestimate does not call into question the response of climate to carbon dioxide concentration in the IPCC models, the researchers say, it does suggest that a better understanding of what happened during the last 50 years could improve projections of future ecosystem changes.

Professor Osborne added: «Understanding how the C4 photosynthetic pathway changes plant growth is crucially important for plant evolution, crop production and ecosystem ecology.

Over time, Richardson hopes the resulting trove of color data will help scientists understand — and better predict — how ecosystems like the Harvard Forest respond to changes in the climate.

«Because symbioses are so common, understanding how symbiotic species interact and how they evolve will tell us a lot about ecosystems and how they will respond to climate change.»

Dr Robert Marchant, Reader in the University's Environment Department, said: «An understanding of the long - term history of faunal change allows us to identify patterns in the interplay of natural and anthropogenic factors that have shaped Zanzibar's ecosystems today.

This productive partnership has been providing Canadian researchers and their international colleagues with the ability to monitor and understand the impacts of climate change and resource development on Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems and northern communities since 2003.

The researchers are convinced that insight into events in the past will contribute to better understanding of the impact of today's climate changes on ecosystems.

The plan sets a target of capturing 333 minke whales annually as part of a 12 - year - long research effort «to achieve conservation of [Antarctic marine ecosystem] resources while pursuing their sustainable utilization and to understand and predict the effects of factors such as climate change.»

«By studying the past, with the ability to see a moment in time and changes through time, we are better able to understand ecosystems and the organisms that live in them today,» Olive said.

The role played by biodiversity in the ability of ecosystems to continue functioning during extreme weather events, which are increasingly frequent as a result of climate change, remains poorly understood.

It is important because understanding the cause - and - effect cascade of changes to ecosystems is key to anticipating impacts of human actions and minimizing damage to natural systems that undergird our planet's ability to support human life.

If mesopelagic animals convey information through sound, learning more about who is communicating and what they're communicating about could change scientists» understanding of how the ecosystem fits together, Baumann - Pickering said.

Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks.

Key to assessing the health of today's rapidly changing ecosystems is understanding their history, which can only be read from the fossil record, or the paleobiology of the region, the scientists argue.

«If we are thinking about how we're going to restore ecosystems, or how they're going to respond to climate change,» UVM's Gotelli said, «we need to understand how they were organized before humans ever came on the scene.»

The study presented here highlights current knowledge gaps and provides research recommendations so that ecologists can gain a deeper understanding of the linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a changing world.

Studying how ecosystems respond and adapt to changes can help us understand what will happen in the face of species extinction due to human encroachment and climate change.

Indonesian and U.S. scientists believe that investigating previously unexplored ocean areas will yield new phenomena and provide information that will improve our understanding of ocean ecosystems, ocean acidification and climate change impacts.

«It is not going to solve any climate change issues, for sure,» Arrigo said, but the research is important in understanding the impacts of glacial melt on marine ecosystems.