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The thick-billed murre and common murre have ranges 1,000,000 km2 and number in the millions or tens of millions of breeding pairs. However global populations are declining, although increases have occurred in some regions. These seabirds, together with other species of alcids, face a number of direct and indirect marine and terrestrial threats, which influence their survival and reproductive success. These include transboundary pollutants, by-catch mortality from fisheries, competition with fisheries for fish stocks, disturbance of breeding sites/habitat, and unsustainable harvesting. Marine pollution, especially oil, is a significant threat. Alcids are particularly sensitive to even small oil spills because of their concentrated aggregations. There is also concern over the impacts of cruise ship tourism on Arctic seabird colonies, given its rapid growth. Greater ship traffic increases the risk of groundings and other accidents, which may result in oil spills and other consequences.
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During the Salzburg Global Seminar session "Value(s) for Money? Philanthropy as a Catalyst for Social Transformation", Fellows envisioned their ideal "ecosystems" for philanthropy, which included a forest and an octopus!
"Fishing and livestock are not enough any more to sustain adequate incomei in Kazakhdarya-village. I established a carpenter’s workshop as an alternative income generation activity. The project (UNDP-GEF «Achieving ecosystem stability on degraded land in Karakalpakstan and Kyzylkum desert») helped me with equipment. I taught my skills to my sons. My shop is supplying the community with double window frames, doors and other wooden products. That is providing extra revenue to my family."
- Onaibek Akilbekov, carpenter
Photo by Nataliya Shulepina
Food production more than doubled (an increase of over 160%) from 1961 to 2003. Over this period, production of cereals—the major energy component of human diets—has increased almost two and a half times, beef and sheep production increased by 40%, pork production by nearly 60%, and poultry production doubled.
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From the Second survey diary
Onboard the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen we are currently performing an ecosystem survey that will help to increase our understanding about the living resources of the continental shelf, species assemblages and their linkages with the environment. To do so, we are conducting different studies during these 14 days of survey including acoustic assessment of pelagic fisheries, stratified assessment of demersal fisheries, sea-bottom impact of bottom trawling, oceanographic measures, plankton biomass estimation and sampling, marine mammals, birds and turtle’s distribution and the exploration of the sea-mountain and canyons off Cape Lopez. All these activities will generate a great amount of data that will need to be processed and analyzed once at land.
During the survey onboard the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, we will assess fisheries resources and we will collect benthos samples, both inside and outside the Marine Park with the intention of monitoring changes in the ecosystem between a recently closed fishing zone, previously exploited, and a contiguous currently trawled area. Results from this and following surveys will help us to understand how ecosystems recover after the closure of fishing activities and what effects can bring the creation of new Marine Parks on the marine biodiversity of West Africa. Preliminary results from trawl catches suggest bigger size and higher species diversity inside the park, than outside. One distinguished difference is that inside the park we got several big royal spiny lobsters (Panulirus regius).
So far we have conducted almost 50 bottom trawl stations. In many trawl hauls 20 to 40 different species have been identified. Most of these have been below 30 cm, but occasionally some big individuals have been caught. One African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus) was above 1 m long and weighted almost 20 kg. A Gorean snapper (Lutjanus goreensis) was close to 1 m long and 12 kg. One day we got a big Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) during the trawl, it seemed to be in good shape and after measuring we could release it again to the sea.
Raul Vilela and Kathrine Michalsen
(cruise leaders)
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader, •Morris Li Ming Shieh, President, China Guangfa Bank (CGB), People's Republic of China, •Hong Qi, President and Chief Executive Officer, China Minsheng Banking Corporation, People's Republic of China, •William R. Rhodes, Senior Adviser, Citi, USA, •Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom
•Zhu Ning, Deputy Director and Professor of Finance, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, People's Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Sustainability at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
My kids and I had a fun time at the California Science Center today. We saw a great IMAX film about the Hubble telescope and also toured the very cool Ecosystems exhibit, which opened yesterday. Here I am with my Smokey the Bear photo that they borrowed for the Los Angeles section - there was a whole wall of great so.cal. photos - it was a an honor to be included!
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In a large tank at the New Orleans Aquarium was an exhibit, sponsored by maybe half a dozen big oil companies, depicting the aquatic life you might find in the waters below an oil rig. The exhibit included large sharks and tarpon, many smaller fish, and several moray eels, such as these that lurk in pipes.
There are thought to be between 20,000 and 25,000 bears in the world, which occur in 19 relatively discrete sub-populations, some of which are shared between nations. Topping the food chain in the Arctic, the polar bear is exposed to high levels of pollutants that are magnified with each step higher in the food web (a process known as biomagnification). Recent studies have suggested that the immune system may be weaker in polar bears with higher levels of toxic contaminants (e.g., Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs). There is also evidence that the hormone system of polar bears is affected by pollution, something that may interfere with reproduction and growth. Climate change could also indirectly affect Arctic animals topping the food chain, such as the polar bear, through the secondary release of toxic contaminants have long been trapped in snow, ice and permafrost that is now melting.
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Yovanny's apartment building seems to be gradually reverting to wetlands.
It's the Circle of Life, people.
Story Points & Foreseeable Project Velocity
We plan and estimate capacity according to story points. Tales are small units that describe an element from the user perspective. software development company assign values to every story utilizing a points system that measures its complexity the greater complex the storyline is, the greater story points it's given.
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Squad capacity can also be defined in story points. Quite simply, we all know a squad has no more than, for instance, 25 story points per sprint. This judgement is dependant on yesteryear projects we’ve done which have permitted us to find out a regular quantity of story points we’ve had the ability to cope with in sprints from prior projects. This technique enables us to more precisely estimate time it will require to accomplish work and keep project velocity.
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance serves the straightforward purpose of keeping bugs from the final product. QA at Clearbridge is integrated with development through the project lifecycle, which will help reduce delays and bottlenecks and helps to ensure that defects are remedied because they are discovered.
We use a mix of testing practices including mix-developer verification (code reviews and unit testing) and also have a dedicated product team that handles client verification. Furthermore, software development company make use of a continuous integration system that compiles projects, checks for errors, and distributes the application towards the product team for testing.
Delivery
Once the application is able to be printed, we handle the submission tactic to the right application stores. For iOS particularly, it is really an important yet overlooked phase that lots of don’t look into project timelines, but certainly should. If done incorrectly, getting your application recognized towards the Application Store can require per week, in some instances longer when the submission is rejected.
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At Clearbridge, there exists a product release manager that assembles all of the assets, optimizes your application listing, and completes the submission process based on the guidelines from the application store being posted to.
Ultimately, searching at the mobile project past the scope of development is essential to making a much better, more effective product. While from the technical and style perspective, it must be seem, software development company also wise to require a corresponding mobile strategy, a obvious value proposition, an awareness of the users, along with a process for testing and delivery. Using this holistic approach is what is the main difference between failure and success within the highly competitive application ecosystem.
Aambyvalley rd., Upper Lonavala Maharashtra India
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Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
The million dollar question is?Will this ecology survive this "development" onslaught?
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The mangrove root systems and the trees that grow as a hedge in the backwaters and estuarine habitats tend to provide the best breeding grounds for crabs and cone shells (seen here).
These creatures normally are crepuscular and are active predominantly during the twilight hours of dawn and dusk.
Knowing the tidal patterns and the creatures' circadian clocks, the fisher-folk in these areas time their fishing and hunting sprees. As we landed in the mid-day, these cones lay there like ice-cones and seemed lacking life, but am sure, they are preparing themselves for their twilight life.
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
The land is one organism.Its parts,like our parts,compete with each other & cooperate with each other.The competitions are as much a part of the inner workings as the cooperations.
_ Aldo Leopold
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Photo by Jaqueline Marks, Seaweb.
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The Field Station will afford VI University marine science students the opportunity to conduct field research in Deep Bay and lab work in the lower level of the field station. Some of the students were on hand to tell us about their research and explain the unique centerpieces at each table (shown above right). Each flask held water and live shellfish from the bay and next to it was a flask with murky, algae-filled water. The students advised us to pour the ‘dirty’ water into the larger shellfish-filled flask and watch them go to work. By the end of the delectable meal the water was clear again – a creative demonstration of the important ecosystem services shellfish provide.
Protected areas have long been viewed as a key element for maintaining and conserving Arctic biodiversity and the functioning landscapes upon which species depend. Arctic protected areas have been established in strategically important and representative areas, helping to maintain crucial ecological features, e.g., caribou migration and calving areas, shorebird and waterfowl staging and nesting sites, seabird colonies, and critical components of marine mammal habitats. This map presents the protected areas in the Arctic, as defined by the Arctic Council Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group. IUCN categories I-IV represents a higher degree of protection. In addition, this map presents sites listed under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention - which includes some areas protected under national legislation, but also includes cultural sites. This map is edited from a map prepared for the Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010 publication, published by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF).
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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader, •Morris Li Ming Shieh, President, China Guangfa Bank (CGB), People's Republic of China, •Hong Qi, President and Chief Executive Officer, China Minsheng Banking Corporation, People's Republic of China, •William R. Rhodes, Senior Adviser, Citi, USA, •Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom
•Zhu Ning, Deputy Director and Professor of Finance, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, People's Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Sustainability at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Tide pools at Gericke's Point. Each tide pool is its own complete ecosystem and sustains a multitude of wildlife that is trapped there until the next high tide.
These marshes cover parts of Poplar Island off Maryland's Eastern Shore, an artificial island constructed as a repository of sediments dredged from cargo-ship navigation channels in the Chesapeake Bay. Engineers sculpted the island's eastern half and created meandering inlets to allow for tidal flow there and to foster the growth of high and low marsh vegetation. Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are studying how these marshes have grown over time in the nutrient-rich, dredged sediments.
Credit: Jeffrey Brainard
More information: www.chesapeakequarterly.net/V12N3/main1/
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
•Krisztina “Z” Holly, Adviser, National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, USA; Global Agenda Council on Fostering, •Huang Mengfu, Honorary Chairman, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), People's Republic of China Entrepreneurship, - Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Chief Executive Officer, Fora, Canada; Global Shaper •Kristin Peterson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Inveneo, USA; Social Entrepreneur •Mariana Mazzucato, R. M. Phillips Professor in Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom •Orlando Ayala, Chairman, Emerging Markets, Microsoft Corporation, USA; Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 13 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum