Not exact matches
In addition to
habitat destruction, the disappearance
of species is associated
with other forms
of deterioration
of the environment.
«From the complete
destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural
habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced
with unprecedented damage in the aftermath
of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.
With the taut suspense
of a spy novel, Voigt paints a vivid world
of murder, black market deals and
habitat destruction surrounding a fish that's considered, ironically, to be a good - luck charm.
Although people rarely intend to drive species into oblivion, as
with the giraffe, they do so through the
destruction of habitat, poaching and legal hunting.
We were very proud
of that, but then what people are forgetting is that [coping
with habitat destruction in a region like this] is a very long - term process.
In a letter publishing Monday in Frontiers
of Ecology and the Environment, Norma Fowler and Tim Keitt, both professors in the Department
of Integrative Biology, examine what would happen if more
of Texas» roughly 1,200 miles
of border
with Mexico were to be walled off, contributing to
habitat destruction,
habitat fragmentation and ecosystem damage.
This time the warming is more rapid, though, and comes
with the added challenge
of human - driven
habitat destruction, illegal hunting and pollution.
Polar bears are likely to have survived periods
of warming before, but Axel Janke at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, Germany, points out that this time the warming is more rapid and is happening in tandem
with human - driven
habitat destruction, illegal hunting and pollution.
«People rely on bees and pollinating insects for a large proportion
of our food, yet humans have paid the bees back
with habitat destruction, insecticides, climate change and air pollution.
«It is likely in the case
of the red wolf and the Great Lakes [eastern] wolf that mixture
with coyotes was caused by human actions, wolf control, and
habitat destruction, which allowed coyote numbers to increase.
Elizabeth Griffin Wilson, a marine scientist
with the international conservation group Oceana, points out that the new paper does not specifically investigate the effects
of factors like fishing bycatch or
habitat destruction, so she urges caution in comparing the human and natural toll on sea turtles.
STEVE: The big problem that a lot
of third - world nations have [
with habitat destruction] is currently incurable.
Zoologist Gordon Rodda
of the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Collins, Colorado, agrees, pointing out that the study is «one more line
of evidence that
habitat destruction interacts
with the introduced species, and the combination is devastating.»
«Our findings suggest that large - brained animals might be better prepared to cope
with environmental challenges such as climate change and
habitat destruction,» said Dr Szekely, who worked
with researchers from the Autonomous University
of Barcelona (Spain), Pannon University (Hungary) and McGill University (Canada) on the project.
«That's what we aimed for
with this study, to understand not only how many species have we lost already as a result
of habitat destruction, but also how many more have we committed to extinction due to those fast changes in forest cover.»
After years
of illegal poaching and
habitat destruction, an area that was once thriving
with Indochinese tigers is now barren.
Indeed, the rehabilitation
of our water bodies can not happen
with a denial
of science that portrays the toll
of global warming on our oceans due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions and human folly in overexploitation, unregulated and destructive fishing, marine pollution and
habitat destruction.
In terms
of bird welfare, 67 %
of Gatineau residents think
habitat destruction is the worst threat to birds,
with pesticide exposure coming in second at 46 %, and cats in third place at 33 %.
Continuing threats to bald eagle populations include lead poisoning from ammunition in hunter - shot prey, collisions
with motor vehicles and stationary structures, and development - related
destruction of shoreline nesting, perching, roosting and foraging
habitats.
Habitat destruction is a process
of land use change in which one
habitat - type is removed and replaced
with another
habitat - type.
«Humans already interfere - massively -
with Nature in diverse ways ranging from uncontrolled
habitat destruction to «rewilding», big - cat captive breeding programs, the eradication
of blindness - causing parasitic worms, and so forth,» added Pearce.
With over 100 victories that stop overfishing,
habitat destruction, pollution and killing
of threatened species like turtles and sharks, Oceana's campaigns are delivering results.
This is a reprise
of an increasingly familiar story: human - induced climate change, along
with other human bequests such as pollution and
habitat destruction, have begun to threaten the wild things everywhere.
In this book, ecologists, conservationists, lawyers, and atmospheric scientists detail the benefits
of alternative market - based systems for reducing and sequestering the carbon emissions currently threatening the planet
with global warming and the
destruction of animal and human
habitat.
But even
with such restrictions in place, Dr. Searchinger's study shows, the purchase
of biofuels in Europe and the United States leads indirectly to the
destruction of natural
habitats far afield.
Rising energy consumption has long been synonymous
with the
destruction of nature, but according to Linus Blomqvist, Director
of Research at Breakthrough Institute, a world
with cheaper, cleaner, and more abundant energy might improve human wellbeing and, at the same time, leave more land for
habitats and wildlife.
This extent
of habitat destruction and fragmentation means that even if individuals
of a species can move fast enough to cope
with ongoing climate change, they will have difficulty dispersing into suitable areas because adequate dispersal corridors no longer exist.
Climate change is also predicted to interact
with other drivers
of biodiversity change such as
habitat destruction and fragmentation, or the introduction
of foreign species.
There are many other human - induced stresses on life, including land conversion
with habitat destruction, species overharvesting, homogenization
of biota, and ubiquitous toxins, which must be dealt
with, yet global warming caused by fossil fuel burning may be a unique threat because
of the millennial time scale
of anthropogenic carbon within surface carbon reservoirs.
Native to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, the woodpecker species is believed to have gone extinct
with the complete
destruction of its
habitat from logging,
with nary a sighting after 1956.
With bees in serious decline due to
habitat destruction and overuse
of human - made chemicals, Ren Ri's unconventional beekeeping work is one
of many pointing to the vital urgency
of protecting the world's bees (which you could also do at home yourself).
They also face other threats from
habitat destruction, continued poaching for ivory, meat and hides; trophy hunting; and removal because
of conflicts
with humans.
Included in the changes is the replacement
of the commonly cited prohibition against harmful alteration, disruption, or
destruction of fish
habitat, along
with greater penalties that took effect Nov. 25.