Between 1970 and 2008, the ecological footprint of high-income nations rose seven percent, the report said.
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But visible or not, the ecological and economic costs of those servers are massive.
As scientists scramble to understand the ecological fallout, a massive research effort is ramping up.
It is not possible to predict with complete accuracy what the ecological consequences will be.
No living architect has thought more closely about the ecological effects of his buildings.
If technologies easily crossed the ecological divide, the implications would be less dramatic than they are.
But if they can, they would cause more, not less, concern about the ecological effects of road-building.
The ecological preconditions for this unprecedented event were, of course, global warming -- another product of Big Oil.
It notably targets the ecological, social and economic dimensions of biodiversity loss and the reduction of this loss.
They call it the ecological fallacy (although this term captures broader subtleties, too).
The new species were discovered as part of a CI program aimed at assessing the ecological health of a given area.
The number of organic farms was rising in Germany before the scare, said Thomas Dosch, head of the ecological farming association, Bioland.
However, until the ecological studies are completed, scientists will still be very much in the dark about the origins of this mysterious illness.
Moreover, each American currently has around six times the ecological footprint of his African or Asian counterpart and twice the footprint of Europeans.
Aral Sea Archival Fond (Kazakhstan) consists of files from 1965 to 1990 that record the ecological tragedy of the Aral Sea and attempts to fight it.
How do we plan on using the ecological restoration projects to enhance and assist the advancement of rehabilitation of family and social problems, even new intriguing educational curriculums?
Neither should we forget the ecological importance of both areas.
They say that the ecological efficiencies cities can offer, aligned with their financial and political influence, could lead to the development of more effective ways to curb carbon emissions.
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There is a genuine commitment to the ecological cost but I suppose the fact that we have a very strong economic reason to take action adds to the urgency.
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
It is located in the ecological continuum of the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve of the Dominican Republic and contributes to the Caribbean Biological Corridor as an example of collaboration among countries.
The presence of both pristine and rehabilitated forests makes Mount Kuwol an important area to study the ecological changes and effects of forest rehabilitation as well as the associated biodiversity.
Lastly, the third challenge is to pose strict limits on the processes of commodification of the environment which are at the root of the ecological damage that affects Latin America today.
And at the most fundamental level, this is what Prof Bowman is aiming for - to raise the severity of the ecological decline, and get people to think outside the accepted boxes.
"These results support the conclusion that bighead and silver carp have not yet become established in Minnesota, " said Steve Hirsch, director of the Ecological and Waters Division for the Department of Natural Resources.
Such questions are easier on Ascension, where the ecological canvas was almost empty to begin with, than in the other novel ecosystems that humans are, mostly by accident, setting up around the planet.
This policy brief is based on the UNESCO workshop on geoengineering organized by its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Basic and Engineering Sciences Division and the Ecological and Earth Sciences Division (Paris, November 2010).
Capital outlays are relatively low, the ecological footprint from the projects is quite small, and if the geology is right, engineers can tailor the technology to the terrain, rather than having to wrestle with it.
At the rollout, though, the ecological benefits took a backseat to the potential pocketbook savings and an appeal to younger and more affluent Indians who might appreciate some pizazz in what is usually a utilitarian fixture.
Thus companies need to work not only with conservation NGOs, but also with government agencies to ensure that their development plans consider the ecological integrity of the broader landscapes in which their projects and others will take place.
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