An increase in the frequency of damaging floods, heat waves, dust storms, hurricanes, and other extreme events Cause could degrade the integrity of such critical infrastructures Patient at rates the economies may not be able to tolerate Manner , leading to a serious deterioration of social, health, and economic services delivery systems. [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 DMT MCLH 05/11/2012 ]

The large growth in emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants as projected in some of the six illustrative SRES scenarios for the 21st century Cause will degrade the global environment Patient in ways beyond climate change Manner . [ 11IPCCBILAN2001 0 DMT MCLH 05/11/2012 ]

ELC issuance frequently results in very rapid and extensive deforestation of the concession area, while displacing forest-dependent populations that transfer pressures that Cause degrade or deforest neighbouring areas Patient . [ DEFCAMBODIA 0 MCLH 08/09/2017 ]

Water quality Patient generally would be degraded by higher water temperatures Cause (high confidence). [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 DMT 05/11/2012 ]

Dust from roads with heavy vehicle use Cause could degrade habitat of nearby populations Patient . [ ALBERTA SPECIES AT RISK GUIDE 0 MCLH 08/09/2017 ]

Mangrove ecosystems Patient will be degraded or lost by sea-level rise Cause at a of rate 1-1.7 % per year Manner and will lead to decline in some fish species. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 DMT MCLH 05/11/2012 ]

At the same time, habitats Patient will be degraded and fragmented by the combination of climate change, deforestation, desertification and other environmental pressures Cause . [ ENCY 0 DMT 05/11/2012 ]

Any resource management activities that Cause degrade alpine wetlands Patient will negatively affect breeding habitat for Boreal Toads. [ THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MEXICO 0 MCLH 08/09/2017 ]

Conversion of native grasslands for agricultural practices and excessive grazing Cause can degrade and fragment habitat for loggerhead shrike Patient . [ ALBERTA SPECIES AT RISK GUIDE 0 MCLH 08/09/2017 ]

water manipulation and canal maintenance at the refuge Cause can either enhance or degrade microhabitat Patient [ THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MEXICO 0 MCLH 08/09/2017 ]

Quality Patient would be degraded further Degree where flows decrease Location , but increases in flows may mitigate to a certain extent some degradations in water quality by increasing dilution. [ GREENFACTS 0 DMT MCLH 05/11/2012 ]

Methods of economic costing and valuation rely on the notion of opportunity cost of resources Patient used, degraded, or saved. [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 DMT MCLH 05/11/2012 ]