Sentences with phrase «affect plant water»

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Jeff Brooks, a spokesman for the company, contends water quality near the coal - burning plant is good and local agriculture and wildlife weren't affected by the spill.

At first, the affected area of the plant has a dark green, greasy, or water - soaked appearance.

This scenario is even more troubling from a food safety perspective: In addition to potential hygiene violations in Chinese slaughtering and processing plants, chickens raised on China's polluted soil, air and water could well be adversely affected by that nation's severe environmental degradation.

The Park Avenue facility could be affected by increased security at the Highland Park Water Plant.

In some of these regions, water treatment plants have been shut down with many communities in the affected areas unable to find fresh and clean water.

Operating the Teshie desalination plant is contributing to the debt burden of Ghana Water Company Limited that affects water tariff, generally.We would like to add our voice to all those who are calling for the abrogation of the contWater Company Limited that affects water tariff, generally.We would like to add our voice to all those who are calling for the abrogation of the contwater tariff, generally.We would like to add our voice to all those who are calling for the abrogation of the contract.

The illegal activities of sand winners there is affecting the main treatment plant of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).

Two companies that operated a manufacturing plant blamed for polluting water supplies in Hoosick Falls are seeking dismissal of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of the residents affected by the contamination.

The Niagara Falls Water Board said it detected a water main break on the Goodyear chemical plant property in the City of Niagara Falls late Thursday night, which resulted in a loss of system pressure affecting local residential and commercial water customers in the service Water Board said it detected a water main break on the Goodyear chemical plant property in the City of Niagara Falls late Thursday night, which resulted in a loss of system pressure affecting local residential and commercial water customers in the service water main break on the Goodyear chemical plant property in the City of Niagara Falls late Thursday night, which resulted in a loss of system pressure affecting local residential and commercial water customers in the service water customers in the service area.

Come hear Rockland County Executive candidates tell us their views on the environmental issues affecting Rockland's future — including United Water's proposed Hudson River desalination plant, land use development, planning and zoning, water management, energy use, «green» growth and economic developWater's proposed Hudson River desalination plant, land use development, planning and zoning, water management, energy use, «green» growth and economic developwater management, energy use, «green» growth and economic development.

These signals determine how the plant regulates water use and growth, which affect crop yields.

Fly ash uranium sometimes leaches into the soil and water surrounding a coal plant, affecting cropland and, in turn, food.

In the western United States particularly, water availability is affected by plants, which are like «little water pumps» that drain soil moisture throughout the entire growing season, he said.

«Root exudates affect soil stability, water repellency: Research digs into delicate plant, soil interactions.»

One area that requires scientific expertise is environmental assessment, in which the site that will house the turbines is studied to determine whether drinking water, plants, or animals will be affected by a new wind - power facility.

A wind - sheltered irrigation area was used to evaluate the capture of sprinkler irrigation water by container - grown ornamentals as affected by species, plant size, and container size and spacing.

When river or sea - water is used for power plant cooling, it gets released back into the environment at a higher temperature, a problem known as thermal pollution, which can affect aquatic organisms.

Drought stress leads to water deficits in crops, which affects crop growth and development and a number of metabolic processes in the plants, such as photosynthesis and primary metabolism

Neither of these problems affected the safety of the nuclear power plant, according to Williams, noting that the towers are primarily used to cool the water before it is put back in the Connecticut River so that it does not scald too many fish.

Marshes that harbored oil had a different set of insects than less affected swamps, and in some the oil killed off plant life, allowing Gulf waters to wash away more land.

They also don't know how the process would be affected if power plants were to mix the carbon dioxide with readily available saltwater instead of fresh water.

«Our observation that plants use roughly the same amount of water regardless of water availability suggests that a warmer or longer growing season may have a relatively small effect on evapotranspiration and thus could affect landscape water balances less than we previously thought,» Hamilton said.

Engineering CSE to alter lignin formation could affect the flow of water within a plant and determine how well it grows.

If local temperatures rise beyond 1 to 3 °C, crop yields are likely to decline as rising heat affects water availability and plant development.

The remnants left over from conventional water treatment methods build up, affecting the overall performance of the filtration plant.

Also, «water usage and water security are increasingly alarming problems,» especially considering approximately half of the cultivated surface of Earth is affected by drought, said Jocelyn Rose, the project's principal investigator (PI), a professor of plant biology and director of Cornell's Institute of Biotechnology.

While we know that these chemicals can negatively affect ocean water and plant species, we don't have enough research to know how much of these chemicals are absorbed and retained by the fish and if any of this passes to those who eat the fish.

We are made of 80 percent water after all, so it is quite natural to imagine that the pull of the moon also affects us in the same way it does oceans, plants, and nature.

The pH level of water directly affects the pH level of soil and can cause damage to plants.

I can keep plants alive (thanks grandma and mum for the training when I was little), but I wonder if putting water in the pots would affect the paint?

Teaching points that are covered in the topic are listed below: Understand that it is important to be able to grow plants well because they provide food and other items for us To know that all food chains begin with a green plant To understand the function of the parts of a plant To understand that plants need leaves in order to grow well To plan an appropriate investigation To make careful observations and measurements of plants growing To use simple apparatus to measure the height of plants in standard measures To use results to draw conclusions and provide explanations To know that water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant To know that that plants need light for healthy growth To know that plants need water, but not unlimited water, for healthy growth To know that temperature can affect the growth of plants To ask questions about the growth of plants To plan a fair test To write a clear conclusion

That technology has affected everything from water conditioners — water treatment plants across the country are adopting stronger chemicals for treating the water, making these more necessary that ever — to lighting, which Noce points out becomes smaller and slimmer each year.

However, this in itself is not enough to define what level of warming is «dangerous,» especially since the projections of actual impacts for any level of warming are highly uncertain, and depend on further factors such as how quickly these levels are reached (so how long ecosystems and society have had to respond), and what other changes are associated with them (eg: carbon dioxide concentration, since this affects plant photosynthesis and water use efficiency, and ocean acidification).

In terms of community impact, BNP has been directly involved in the funding of a four giga - watt coal power plant in India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal area.

Water resources, already over-tapped in many areas, will become even scarcer as a result of increased evaporation and snowmelt caused by higher temperatures, affecting agriculture, hydroelectric power plants, and water availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las VWater resources, already over-tapped in many areas, will become even scarcer as a result of increased evaporation and snowmelt caused by higher temperatures, affecting agriculture, hydroelectric power plants, and water availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las Vwater availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Global warming affects evapotranspiration — the movement of water into the atmosphere from land and water surfaces and plants due to evaporation and transpiration — which is expected to lead to:

«More CO2 promotes more plant growth both on land and throughout the surface waters of the world's oceans, and this vast assemblage of plant life has the ability to affect Earth's climate in several ways, almost all of them tending to counteract the heating effects of CO2's thermal radiative forcing.»

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Drastic changes to the environment Displaces people and animals stops natural flow Fish Flood cycle Water quality and quantity downstream can be affected, which can have an impact on plant life.

(3) Land air / soil annual temperature cycles are more extreme than oceanic water temperature cycles overall (in the way they affect the metabolism of land plants).

Rising tides along the Hudson River will affect commuter and commercial rail transport, drinking water and wastewater plants, and a great variety of riverfront businesses, private properties and popular venues such as public parks.

Altered agricultural conditions, including extreme heat, expanded water demands, and increased severe weather events, will affect food availability and cost, particularly in vulnerable regions in which child undernutrition is already a major threat.43 The decreased protein, iron, and zinc content of certain major crops has been demonstrated for plants grown under increased CO2 conditions, 44,45 carrying significant implications for child nutrition.

Understanding how these choices affect water use and water stress will help ensure that the dependence of power plants on water does not compromise that resource, the plants themselves, or the energy we rely on them to provide.

12 Factor # 6: Vegetation Affects both temperature and precipitation Influence how much of the sun's energy is absorbed and how quickly it is released Precipitation When plants release water vapor from its leaves into the air (transpiration)

In the short run, our choices for what kind of power plants we build can contribute to freshwater supply stress — by committing an imbalanced share of the available water to power plant use — and can affect water quality, by increasing water temperatures to levels that harm local ecosystems, for example.

Variable milfoil most seriously affects Maine and New Hampshire due to an absence of natural predators and ideal water conditions for plant growth.

Idso did not mention how rising temperatures and growing water scarcity might affect plant growth under climate change.

Mitchell cautions urban gardeners to address location (increased sun and wind can affect plants the higher up a garden is located), safety (railings should be well - secured, platforms safely positioned, especially where children are concerned) and weight loads (soil and water are heavy).