Sentences with phrase «affected by plant»

Kittens are not affected by this plant.
Over 40 people gathered in front of town hall with protest signs that included pictures of coastal fish and wildlife habitat that opponents say will be adversely affected by the plant.
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.

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Good community relations can also be beneficial in times of crisis, such as a fire or a plant closing, by rallying the community around the affected business.
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.
Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor, said his union's members at Canadian Ford plants won't be affected in the short term by the accelerated cost - cutting program announced Wednesday.
Japan's Honda Motor Co said on Sunday it would slow production for a week at plants in Ohio, Indiana and Ontario, Canada, as parts it ships from Asia have been held up by the dispute, affecting models including the Civic, CR - V and Accord.
As for the workers affected by the closure of the Gunsan plant, they will be sent to other plants.
The NTSB is sending a team with expertise in power plants, airworthiness, and operations to investigate the Southwest Airlines jetliner, Sumwalt said, adding that specialists from NTSB's office of Transportation Disaster Assistance will help those affected by the event.
T) said on Sunday it would slow production for a week at plants in Ohio, Indiana and Ontario, Canada, as parts it ships from Asia have been held up by the dispute, affecting models including the Civic, CR - V and Accord.
Another factor that affected tree planting practices was the adoption of the «Clouds of Change» report for a sustainable region by the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
We returned and for a short time it seemed normal, but then strange things began to occur again behind thr scenes with one controlling narcissist woman whose family is friends with the pastor (so if she doesn't like you or feels threatened by you in any way plants bugs in his ear to affect leadership choices and assignments and negative treatment / assumptions about anyone she pleases).
To think of the self relationally is to think of its very existence as affected or constituted by the world external to the body, that is, by other humans, by plants and other animals, by the earth, and by the sky.
The plants can be affected by contact with oils and certain enzymes which can cause undesired reactions when protein is extracted, making harvesting, transportation and storage all the more important.
A fungal disease affecting plants that is characterized by dark, sunken lesions or black blisters on the pods.
GFI works to affect legal change through lobbying policy makers, writing op - eds, providing information to congressional offices, and researching potential regulatory pathways for cultured products.23 GFI also organized an event on Capitol Hill to promote plant - based meat that was co-sponsored by Beyond Meat.
I also want to send my prayers and condolences to those in Texas that were affected by the fertilizer plant explosion.
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.
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.
Commission on the Status of Women» Honoring Lives Affected by Domestic Violence: The Second Annual Tribute Garden Plant - A-Thon
«Paleontologists have come up with various kill scenarios for mass extinctions, but plant life may not be affected by dying suddenly as much as through interrupting one part of the life cycle, such as reproduction, over a long period of time, causing the population to dwindle and potentially disappear,» said co-author Cindy Looy, a UC Berkeley associate professor of integrative biology.
The first experiment, using pines, was designed to find out whether high levels of UV - B could cause malformed pollen grains in today's seed plants similar to those described by Foster, and whether these malformations could affect reproduction.
They also are affected by the introduction of non-native plant species and natural disasters, from floods to drought.
Researchers observed plant species which weren't dependent on fire - stimulated germination to be less affected by post-fire logging.
The new study, published online this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first to examine how biochar affects the chemical signaling that's routinely used by soil microorganisms that interact with plants.
By conducting a series of experiments on young plants, the researchers have shown that the growth of the lodgepole pine is greatly affected by which organisms live in the soiBy conducting a series of experiments on young plants, the researchers have shown that the growth of the lodgepole pine is greatly affected by which organisms live in the soiby which organisms live in the soil.
«There are a lot of different pathways by which temperature can negatively affect crop yield: soil moisture deficit [or] heat directly damaging the plants and interfering with their reproductive process.»
The researchers performed a series of experiments before, during and after the drought to test how pressures from heavy grazing by crabs — the main natural enemy of plants in the protected marshes — affected resilience to and recovery from the drought.
A team led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that the type of plant inputs (that is, root or needle litter) affected total carbon and nitrogen retention over 10 years, but that soil horizon (essentially, the layer of soil, such as the topsoil organic or deeper mineral layers) affected how the litter - derived soil organic material is stabilized in the long term.
«Our inspectors found all the reactors would be kept safe even in the event their regular safety systems were affected by these events, although a few plants have to do a better job maintaining the necessary resources and procedures,» said Eric Leeds, director of the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
In one of the first studies of its type, scientists found that the way in which plants arrange their flowers affects the flight patterns taken by foraging bees.
A team from La Trobe University's School of Life Sciences, led by Dr Richard Peters, worked with academics from Monash University's Faculty of IT to create, using 3D animation, a series of varied environmental settings and weather conditions, comprising different plant environments and wind conditions, to quantify how lizard displays are affected by this variation.
«By grouping waterbirds, such as plant - eating birds and fish - eating birds, we showed that the degradation affected a wide range of different plants and animals in the wetlands; declines in these waterbirds means their food levels are also falling,» says Professor Kingsford, who is Director of the UNSW Centre for Ecosystem Science.
«Because big bluestem is currently a dominant grass species of the Great Plains and makes up to 70 percent of the plant biomass in places, how the ecosystem works could be affected by predicted changes in growth of this species,» Johnson said.
The researchers investigated all processes in the plant regeneration cycle and specifically asked how much they are each affected by humans.
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.
In contrast, the later processes of plant regeneration such as seed predation, recruitment and herbivory, were found to be less consistently affected by humans.
Large swathes of China are affected by chronic air pollution from factories, vehicles and coal - burning power plants.
One plant species that will be negatively affected by climate change is the harebell.
The mathematical model developed for the latest work determines how termite mounds affect plant growth by applying various tools from physics and mathematical and numerical analysis to understand a biological phenomenon, said first author Juan Bonachela, a former postdoctoral researcher in the research group of co-author Simon Levin, Princeton's George M. Moffett Professor of Biology.
To construct the estimates, the researchers used data on locomotive diesel consumption, pipeline pumping station electricity consumption, locomotive and power plant emission factors and the AP2 integrated assessment model, which maps county level emissions to costs for counties affected by the emissions.
The downy mildew disease affecting these plants is caused by a fungal infection; therefore research aims to analyze their differences.
A new study that has identified 91 countries which are at risk for being colonised by this plant warns that the plant's expansion in infested areas will not be negatively affected by a rise in temperatures.
Like many other carnivorous plants, the waterwheel has been heavily affected by habitat destruction and illegal collection.
«Climate change risk for half of plant and animal species in biodiversity hotspots: The Amazon, Miombo Woodlands in Southern Africa, and southwest Australia will be among the most affected places in the world, according to comprehensive new paper and report commissioned by WWF.»
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.
Vineyards planted at higher altitudes or near the ocean — such as those in Oregon and Washington and in Argentina's Mendoza Province — will be less affected by rising temperatures and may continue to benefit from the warming trend.
We clearly show that power plants are not only causing climate change, but they might also be affected in major ways by climate,» says IIASA Energy Program Director Keywan Riahi, a study co-author.
Grasses stood out as a strong group, unaffected by flooding whether grown alone or in mixtures, while legumes (important nitrogen - fixing plants) were severely affected.
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