Sentences with phrase «soil water movement»

Not exact matches

Hirmas has been researching the ease of water movement through soil, called conductivity.

Using math to account for the difference between the two states of the soil, Hirmas can make predictions about water movement.

Soil scientists call this movement of water preferential flow.

«Halogens like chlorine or bromine are added to the water as a tracer for the movement of soil - water.

Most breaks on fossilized bones are «the result of geological processes well after death,» says paleoanthropologist Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, such as movement in water or soil, tectonic forces, pressure of overlying sediments, and weathering or trampling of fossils as they erode out of sandstone.

«By identifying and evaluating the soil physical characteristics of a given soil profile, soil scientists can determine the rate of water movement and if measures need to be taken to improve it,» says Hartsig.

But the story about water movement in soil is complex.

The goal is to do a complete accounting of the movement of water from the time it hit the surface of a plant and passed through moss and soil, until it flowed out of the basin and into the network of high forest streams on its way to the lowlands.

Joining Peter Greenberg on the program will be Judy Schwartz, Author of Water in Plain Sight, who speaks about the soil health movement in Bismarck, and why people from all over the world are traveling to North Dakota to see how they maintain their ecosystem.

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► Evaporation is the movement of water from oceans, lakes, rivers, and soils into the atmosphere.

The co2 absorption in soil water isn't the only dividend that comes from hydrological movement.

Green infrastructure promotes the natural movement of water by collecting and managing stormwater runoff from streets, sidewalks, parking lots and rooftops and directing it to engineered systems that typically feature soils, stones, and vegetation.

The movement of water vapor through the hydrological cycle is strongly coupled to precipitation and soil moisture, which have important practical implications.

ck, they'll just attribute the difference to increased retention of water on land by soil and biota, also more frequent rain and slower movement of moisture across land and back into the ocean.

These methods are designed to re-enact the movements of the prehistoric herds that once nurtured global grasslands with their manure deposits and «hoof action» (gentle trampling that increases the soil's ability to hold water).