A greater understanding of the mechanisms of interactive chemical effects is essential to fully understand the impacts of environmental mixtures like effluents for exposed organisms.
Much of the public debate ignores what little evidence there is and many policymakers seem to struggle to understand the impacts of immigration, let alone optimise them.
We need more data to understand the impacts of acidification, especially in vulnerable habitats, so much of the focus of research on this problem has been on monitoring.
To better understand the impacts of these regional differences, the Urban Age has investigated the demographic, economic and environmental patterns linked to global urbanisation and urban change.
Ruppel also pointed out that a lack of awareness makes it difficult for people to understand the impacts of global warming and effectively lobby government.
The Northern Territory Labor leader, Michael Gunner, on Tuesday said ranger groups were crucial "if we are to understand the impacts of climate change and create new and innovative ways to give our ecosystems the best chance to adapt".
Housing providers and other services need to recognise the prevalence of domestic and sexual violence, to understand the impacts on women's health and housing and to be asking about and responding to those experiences.
A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "We continue to work with HM Courts and Trubunals Service to understand the impacts of the Games on the criminal justice system.
Over the next 30 years, these sites will collect hundreds of terabytes of ecological data annually to help understand the impacts of climate change, land-use change and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity.
Mr. Gilfillan, the E.P.A. spokesman, said the e-mail exchange — which was shown to him for comment — did not reflect the agency's efforts to understand the impacts of natural gas extraction better.
Further, very little is known about where the long-distance migratory fish are spawning, a huge gap when trying to understand the impacts of proposed dams at various locations on the Mekong main-stem or on major tributaries.
