Sentence examples for major environmental shift from inspiring English sources

Prehistoric deforestation is likely to be the cause of this flooding, inducing a major environmental shift with significantly increased surface runoff.

At Tournal Cave, the late Middle/early Late Palaeolithic transition is not directly marked by significant differences in terms of faunal exploitation, due to local climate and site function, but the major environmental shift recorded is delayed.

The transcriptome of dormant conidia was shown to be highly differentiated from that of germinating conidia and major changes in response to environmental shift occurred within the first hour of germination.

The transition from Late Palaeolithic to early Mesolithic cultures is strongly associated with the major environmental and climatic changes occurring with the shift from the Younger Dryas to the Holocene in northern Europe.

Over the past five years, direct action campaigns have played a key role in forcing government U-turns around major environmental decisions – think of the Plane Stupid campaign against Heathrow's third runway and the shift away from coal after the occupation at Kingsnorth.

This not only highlights the very recent timing of the rate shift (consistent with protracted speciation), but it also shows that no additional rate shifts throughout the evolutionary history of Carychiidae have occurred, suggesting that major environmental changes did not affect the rate of diversification of this clade.

Producing natural resource-based commodities also brings major environmental risk.

That consumption comes with a major environmental impact.

Such drainage is a major environmental problem worldwide.

"This is a major environmental initiative," Mr. Schwartz said.

Another major environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters, has also endorsed Mr. Gore.