Sentences with phrase «widespread declines in»

The global conservation movement is little more than a century old and, throughout its life, has displayed a consistent and defining characteristic: a brave and worthy but often futile struggle against the forces of growing human consumption, typified by persistent and widespread declines in species» populations, habitats, and natural resources, and the rising specter of climate change.

While Iowa lawmakers raised per - pupil funding for schools, widespread declines in enrollment mean that most of the Hawkeye State's school districts will receive few of those new dollars.

DHA deficiency may therefore be at the root of widespread declines in cognitive function, increases in mental disorders and epidemic levels of degenerative disease.

Scientists hoping to explain widespread declines in wild bumble bee populations have conducted the first long - term genetic study of Nosema bombi, a key fungal pathogen of honey bees and bumble bees.

The lesser prairie - chicken has experienced widespread declines in abundance and distribution, with some estimates suggesting greater than a 90 percent decrease of the population.

Patterns of widespread declines in North American bumble bees.

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2011 found widespread declines in oxygen concentration in the upper ocean between the 1970s and the 1990s.

If it worsens, Europe could face the widespread decline in prices known as deflation, which hurts companies» profits and leads them to lay off workers.

In the midst of a widespread decline in bees, particularly in the United States, a few bumblebees are finding a way to cope: shorter tongues.

At present, there is considerable concern regarding the widespread decline in native bee and honeybee colony numbers and increasing annual colony losses, particularly in the US and Europe.

Widespread decline in greenness of Amazonian vegetation due to the 2010 drought.

In this talk, Dr. Watmough will provide an overview of our current understanding of calcium biogeochemistry and describe the reasons for the widespread decline in calcium levels in lakes and the implications of calcium losses on soil fertility and forest health in addition to impacts on lake ecosystems.

Not exact matches

BlackBerry saw shares decline $ 1.25 to close at $ 14.00 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, amid widespread weakness in the information technology sector.

However, as we noted in our Financial System Review, financial vulnerabilities would usually translate into full - blown risks — with attendant consequences for the economy — only if there was a trigger, such as a widespread and sharp decline in economic activity and employment.

This, combined with widespread moral hazard, had inevitably to result in both tremendous misuse of capital and a sharp decline in the consumption share of GDP (as the household income share declined)-- both of which of course happened to a remarkable degree in China.

Analysts said the lower ceiling on gold sales was a belated recognition that central banks have grown less willing to sell their reserves, reflecting a change in thinking at central banks at a time when the dollar is in decline and inflation worries are widespread.

In this environment of declining demand and financial contraction, there have been widespread calls to support growth through fiscal expansion and banking - system restructuring.

Declines in asset prices have become widespread across the region, in many cases amplified by the higher interest rates put in place to resist currency depreciations.

The vision of millions of the faithful thrilled to bits with vernacular Mass facing the people smacks of wishful thinking in the face of widespread liturgical deformation and the continuous decline in Mass attendance.

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

Any weakening of the family will accordingly be reflected in the decline of democracy generally, and a widespread belief in the importance and the stability of families will help to sustain democratic ideals in other spheres of life.

Although this denomination is now declining, similar ideas are widespread in related movements and in some New Age groups.

Although infant sleeping practices have gotten safer over the last twenty years — 86 percent of babies slept with bedding in 1993 to 1995, compared with 55 percent in 2008 to 2010 — study authors found that the decline has slowed since 2000, and hazardous sleeping areas are still a widespread practice, despite doctor recommendations.

In the context of a widespread sense of American decline, what seemed to be at stake was nothing less than the status of the United States as a great power and the leader of the free world.

The number of laboratory - confirmed cases of influenza has dropped across New York state, the first decline since the flu was deemed widespread in December.

The Staten Island assemblywoman hailed news that the FALN founder will decline to be honored at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade following a widespread backlash — but slammed the pols for sticking by him in the first place.

Harpy eagles were once widespread in Central and South America, but today they are in decline, and their exact numbers are unknown.

Regional studies suggest that marine heat waves may provoke «widespread loss of habitat - forming species such as kelps and corals, drive shifts in species distributions, alter the structure of communities and ecosystems, and have economic impacts on aquaculture and seafood industries through declines in important fishery species,» they note.

Given widespread observation of habitat change and individual species declines — and knowing that extinction rates are many times higher than normal — the scientists predicted a drop, over time, in the number of species observed in most of these studies.

Other papers in the same issue suggest that the global decline of coral reefs is more widespread and began much earlier than researchers once believed.

To find out if UV - B could be causing widespread decline, zoologist Wendy Palen of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues surveyed 136 suitable breeding sites in the northwestern United States.

«We don't yet know whether cats or loss of habitat is the biggest contributor to the widespread mammal decline that we are seeing in Australia.

By the 1950s, a declining mayfly population in the western basin of Lake Erie indicated widespread anthropogenic eutrophication (human activities resulting in more nutrients such as phosphorus in the water, leading in turn to decreased oxygen levels).

«Mistiming as a result of climate change is probably a widespread phenomenon, and here we provide evidence that it can lead to population declines,» the researchers write in a paper presenting the findings in today's Nature.

Together with their colleagues from the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, scientists of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show that currently widespread insects are threatened with a serious decline in species diversity in the near future.

While the new study is not a definitive explanation of the widespread bumble bee losses, which are likely the result of many factors, Cameron said, it challenges a popular hypothesis about the sudden declines of wild bumblebees in the early 1990s.

This decline had been attributed in part to the widespread introduction of systematic STI management and changes in sexual behavior, and partly because AIDS deaths broke up many sexual networks.

The Common Tern is most widespread tern species in North America, but its breeding colonies in interior North America have been on the decline for decades despite conservation efforts.

This flexibility could help bumble bees in the wild, which face widespread population declines.

Due to widespread human developments, the world has encountered catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the planet over the last two decades.

Widespread use of non-invasive prenatal screening has led to a decline in invasive testing, and since samples are more likely to be evaluated locally, rather than a central service, there is a wider range of options for cfDNA testing compared to other parts of the world.

Although widespread, these declines seem restricted primarily to species in the subgenus Bombus sensu stricto, particularly B. affinis, B. franklini, and B. occidentalis [24], [60].

The loss of milkweed plants due to extensive herbicide use and changes in farming practices, such as the widespread adoption of herbicide - resistant crops, has been identified as a major contributing factor of monarch's decline in the eastern U.S. Disease, climate change, widespread insecticide use, and loss or degradation of nectar - rich habitat may also be contributing to declines.

A new study finds that despite declining rates of teen smoking and widespread bans on smoking in public places, 48 percent of middle - and high school students are exposed to secondhand smoke every year.

Naturopathic medicine experienced a decline in the 1940's and 50's with increased popularity of pharmaceutical drugs and technological medicine, and a widespread belief that these therapies could eliminate all disease.

In diagnosing a widespread, deeply ingrained problem, Baldwin was writing the formula for a nation in declinIn diagnosing a widespread, deeply ingrained problem, Baldwin was writing the formula for a nation in declinin decline.

The new English Baccalaureate qualification (EBacc)-- which emphasises a range of «core» academic subjects — has caused widespread concern amongst the musical community, including fears this will lead to a decline in the creative arts and technology.

Today, we are dealing with a deteriorating situation in a declining institution, namely widespread ineffective instruction in the public schools.

Chile's voucher program has led to widespread socio - economic stratification and a decline in public school enrollment, all while making little to no impact on student achievement.63 The program's design essentially creates three school systems: public schools attended mostly by the lowest - income students; voucher - subsidized private schools attended by more middle - class students, as they can charge additional fees or tuition; and nonsubsidized private schools attended by the wealthiest students.

In fact, the decline is so widespread that alternative certification programs have also noticed troubling declines in both enrollment and retentioIn fact, the decline is so widespread that alternative certification programs have also noticed troubling declines in both enrollment and retentioin both enrollment and retention.