Sentences with phrase «water faces plants»

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Even the seemingly pristine Galápagos Islands, one of the most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems on the planet, face increasing threats as a result of climate change, water pollution, invasive plants and animals and other challenges related to human activities.

The Department of Energy, meanwhile, is working with governors and transmission officials in Texas and the western United States on a multi-year computer project to find the best locations for new power plants faced with growing scarcity in nearby water resources to cool down their operations.

Did you get to the Zen point surfers talk about (the solitude, the water, the floating - on - air feeling...) or did you just never make it out of the continuous face - plant stage?

Adam M. Grossman's previous blogs include Face Plant, Eye on the Ball and Pouring Cold Water.

He would sometimes face - plant into the water bowl,» shares Josephine.

The Mosa Trajectrum golf course runs through a resort, creating a spectacular and challenging landscape consisting of varied plants and trees, desert cacti, open rock - faces and a multitude of water features.

His snowboard skills really gave him an advantage, but in between a few successful runs though there were a couple pretty brutal face plants in the water!

Sure, you can eat a weird alien plant or sip a bottle of water by holding it to your face, but why not let us players go all out and take advantage of our virtual limbs?

Initiated at this site and propagated throughout the city, this Land Art project establishes a permanent relationship among people, plants, and place and is designed to address water conservation, the most critical challenge facing California today.

The east Mediterranean island faces an unprecedented water crisis which has seen reservoir reserves plunge dangerously low and desalination plants unable to cope with growing demand.

REVIEW - ARTICLE Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

They are real things, 30 % species and plants of world will extinct, 750 million people will face drought and no water to drink.

In a state that's increasingly facing climate - change - induced heat waves and drought, regulators have refused to recognize the obvious pollution and carbon emissions from coal plants and the fact that solar PV uses very little water.

The IPCC assessment states that up to two billion people worldwide will face water shortages and up to 30 per cent of plant and animal species would be put at risk of extinction if the average rise in temperature stabilises at 1.5 C to 2.5 C.

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Urban water systems in Johannesburg are also experiencing severe difficulties in satisfying demand and Zimbabwe is facing food shortages andpotential loss of hydropower from Zambian hydroelectric plants.

As a result, analyses based on that information would have overlooked regions facing water stress Averting energy - water collisions requires that power plant operators regularly report accurate information on their water use to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and state agencies.

Wind power is also ideal for countries such as China that face severe water shortages: unlike coal and nuclear power plants, wind farms need no water for cooling.

Long overhangs and deciduous trees planted at the proper distance from south - facing windows = cooler Summer and warmer Winter.Rainwater harvesting is diversion of water from impervious surfaces such as a roof, to a collection container, to be used for other purposes (depending upon local building codes).

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I'm quite challenged with any gardening at the moment as I'm in the Arizona desert in an attached single - family home (aka duplex) with three exposures: an east - facing courtyard to which the water has been turned off so plan on container gardening, a south side of the house with some very boring desert plants and a west - facing patio (southwest corner of house) with no covering that gets overheard sun all day.

Since your plants must be watered in order to survive, and lets face it, it doesn't rain whenever we want it to, gardening equipment for watering is a must have.