... results of his team's study are significant not only because of their implications for our understanding of human influences on climate change, but also because they agree with the National Center for ...
... in both Arctic and Antarctic temperatures over recent decades but have not formally attributed the changes to human influence due to poor observation data and large natural variability. Moreover, the ...
... because it gives scientists and coastal managers a way to look into the past and trace human influences, in this case wastewater pollution, into local waters and ultimately into the organisms living ...
... above the pace observed within natural systems, and 50 percent faster than in systems subject to other human influences, including pollution, according to Chris Darimont, the lead author of the paper ...
... and predict human effects on the oceans," Taylor said. "It shows how far-reaching human influences are, and will serve as a baseline in efforts to prevent and mitigate future harm."
The authors ...
... in Mexico and determined that the country underwent severe drought conditions between 1994 and 2008, and that human changes related to land use and global warming may have aggravated the dry, warm ...
... marine protected areas (MPAs), ecosystem-based management (EBM), and ocean zoning to manage human influence, such information will prove invaluable to managers and policymakers, said Halpern.
"The ...
... been substantiated by reliable data.
Climate change
In addition to the major human influences, the researchers also analysed the influence of two meteorological phenomena. The influence of El Niño ...
... as we tend to assume that human activity always has a negative impact on the natural world."
Not all human influence is positive for the endangered ibis, however. Western Siem Pang - currently an ...
... the models in many different ways. In every case, a water vapor fingerprint arising from human influences could be clearly identified in the satellite data.
"One criticism of our first study was ...
... he says.
“Most people are convinced that the warming along the Antarctic Peninsula is due to human influences, but the question is how far south that warming will go, and what effect it will have,” ...
... of changes are consistent with warming. The researchers say it is unlikely that any force but human-influenced climate change could be driving all this; factors like deforestation or natural climate ...
... important source of nutrients that can once again become available for uptake by seagrasses.
Human influences
Coastal floors can be stabilised by the extensive root systems of the seagrass fields. ...
... proposed as an explanation for major oceanic extinctions.
“One way to look at the present human influence on global warming is that we are conducting a global-scale experiment with Earth’s climate ...
... on "Continental-scale ecology in an increasingly connected world" (June 2008), ecologists discuss how human influences interact with natural processes to influence global connectivity.
The authors ...
