Human Impacts
Human impacts on sub Antarctic terrestrial environments
... of human impacts on Antarctica, Hull & Bergstrom (2006) discussed four categories: (1) resource extraction and harvesting; (2) local impacts and habitat loss; (3) homogenisation of biota; and ( ...
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Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains
... The gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains.. Feary11, Ivor Williams12, Michel Kulbicki13, Laurent.[r] ...
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Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains
... of human impacts in the surrounding seascape, measured as a function of human population size and accessibility to reefs ( “ gravity ” ), diminishes the effectiveness of marine reserves at sustaining ...
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Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains
... of human impacts in the surrounding seascape, measured as a function of human population size and accessibility to reefs ( “ gravity ” ), diminishes the effectiveness of marine reserves at sustaining ...
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Meiofaunal communities and human impacts at Casey Station, Antarctica
... on human impacts have been conducted on the marine environment of Eastern Antarctica and most have been conducted in shallow waters (Stark et ...and human impacts due to the station ...
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Recent human impacts and change in dynamics and morphology of ephemeral rivers
... Both the cases considered here represent examples of the re- sponse to human interference in the river system. Although the main cause of local damage has been identified as con- struction works such as roads and ...
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Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
... increased human dominance outside the CPA and its boundary areas, and together provide strong evidence that ecological function is changing at the core of an ecosystem due to compression of ...
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Are we selecting appropriate metrics to assess human impacts on biodiversity?
... ecological impacts of these changes include biodiversity loss and species extinctions, turnover in species composition, and a loss of the critical ecosystem services provided by biodiversity (Millennium Ecosystem ...
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Sound and human impacts on beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska
... The present study documented that CIBs react to a variety of disturbances including boats, aircraft, explosions, and other sources of anthropogenic noise. Most reactions were avoidance reactions - diving, leaving the ...
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Achieving Climate Protection: Fostering an Essential Focus on Human Rights and Human Impacts
... It is time for the United States to take the lead in tackling the climate and energy crisis . . . . As people of faith, we are encouraged by the emerging understanding of the need to protect our most vulnerable brothers ...
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Detecting human impacts on the flora, fauna, and summer monsoon of Pleistocene Australia
... Our eggshell and wombat tooth derived δ 13 C data provide firm evidence for an abrupt ecological shift around the time of human colonization and megafaunal extinction in Aus- tralia, between 50 and 45 ka. Climate ...
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Islands and human impacts
... The conclusion of the majority of palaeoenvironmental research on Pacific islands is that people have been prominent in radically transforming island environments through species extinction, deforestation, erosion and ...
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Hydrological impacts of global land cover change and human water use
... Abstract. Human impacts on global terrestrial hydrology have been accelerating during the 20th ...man impacts include the effects of reservoir building and hu- man water use, as well as land cover ...
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Multimodel assessments of human and climate impacts on mean annual streamflow in China
... and human impacts (Piao et ...attributed human impact by comparing observed streamflow to simulations which were estimated with a climate elasticity approach based on the Budyko framework (Zhang et ...
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Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment
... all human impacts have been studied extensively, as is clear from the preceding discussion, severely hindering well- informed, science-based environmental ...The impacts of acoustics on marine ...
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Machine Agency in Human-Machine Networks; Impacts and Trust Implications
... than human machine networks since in essence the machine component is an intermediary, rather than a contributor to the performance of the ...the human occupants and interpretation and management of the ...
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Determinants And Impacts Of Human Mobility Dynamics In The Western Highlands Of Cameroon
... adaptations usually include both intensification and increasing commercial output (Guyer 1997). Rural farmers in the WHC and other developing countries are not only a larger group, but also far more vulnerable because of ...
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The Adherence of the Diet to Mediterranean Principle and Its Impacts on Human and Environmental Health
... A diet composed of locally and regionally produced foods is to be preferred because it reduces the energy costs and pollution associated with transportation (Duchin 2005) and results to be less expensive and therefore ...
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Global infant formula: monitoring and regulating the impacts to protect human health
... Over time, the manufacturers have claimed various improvements in infant formula with respect to its safety and its list of ingredients. However, it is not clear whether these improvements have led to significantly ...
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Editorial: One Health: The Well being Impacts of Human Nature Relationships
... for human psychological, emotional and physical health has caused a disconnect between humanity and the rest of ...achieving human well-being within the dominant economic development paradigm ...the ...
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