Sentences with phrase «amount of soil»

Hydrological drought is based on both precipitation and temperature, which affect the amount of soil moisture.

Because of the relatively small amount of soil available to the plant's roots when compared to those in a garden bed, the addition of compost or worm castings to the potting soil will help supply the necessary nutrients to the plants.

The amount of soil surface disturbance and resulting surface residue has implications for energy use, GHG emissions and economics of the cropping system.

The amount of soil moisture is estimated as «0.001 % of the total water found on Earth,» but like the sweat it is critical to controlling temperature.

«Previous models tended to dramatically underestimate the amount of soil carbon at high latitudes because they lacked the processes of how carbon builds up in soil.

The permafrost and seasonally thawed soil layers at high latitudes contain a significant amount (about one - quarter) of the global total amount of soil carbon.

The recovery of natural vegetation in abandoned areas depends upon the intensity and length of the agricultural activity and the amount of soil organic matter on the site at the time of abandonment.

That's an enormous amount of soil carbon released each year.

If you can make a habit of washing the dogs bedding each week, you will find that your dog remains remarkably clean without bathing, as any amount of soil or dirt is wiped off by the clean bedding.

Hookworm eggs can survive for months if they get under even a small amount of soil, allowing for human and animal reinfections, making hookworm eradication extremely difficult.

New field studies, presented here this week at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, quantify the amount of soil carbon at 1.9 trillion metric tons, suggesting that previous estimates underestimated the climate risk if this carbon is liberated.

Without a crop covering the ground, there is an increased amount of soil exposure that can lead to erosion from winter rains and runoff.

These experiments all measured how extra CO2 in the atmosphere affects plant growth, microbial production of carbon dioxide, and the total amount of soil carbon at the end of the experiment.

For example, when plants close their stomata, they use less soil water, changing the amount of soil water available to other plants.

Fertilizer importers have been advised to partner with researchers to come out with quality to enable farmers get the required amount of soil nutrient to boost crop growth.

No - tilled fields often have more beneficial insects and annelids, [29] a higher microbial content, and a greater amount of soil organic material.

The amount of soiled or wet diapers can easily be a good indication that your baby is getting enough to eat and drink each day.

At your first regular service drop off we will pick up the soiled diapers and replenish your cloth diaper inventory based on the amount of soiled diapers that are left out that week.

The EPA also flagged health risks to workers close to wastewater and other potentially radioactive materials, like the large amounts of soil and mud unearthed by drilling.

The amount of soiled or wet diapers can easily be a good indication that your baby is getting enough to eat and drink each day.

If you have kittens or you are transitioning an outdoor adult cat without litter box preferences, place a small amount of soiled kitty litter into the automatic cat box.

Keep the box clean, but leave a small amount of soiled litter to encourage the dog to return to the box.

The clay in many litters is accessed by strip mining, which requires massive amounts of soil and rock to be moved in order to access the mineral seam underneath.

Leave a small amount of soiled litter in the tray to build up a scent association for the kitten.

His large - scale sculptures, called Earthworks, engaged directly with nature and were created by moving and constructing with vast amounts of soil and rocks.

Some of these efforts entailed only subtle interventions — a rearrangement of twigs and stones, for instance; others employed bulldozers to move massive amounts of soil and rock, thereby creating new landmarks, or Earthworks, as they were called.

Huge amounts of soil nutrients arrive in South America every year, a gift from Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic.

They have the advantage of sequestering modest amounts of soil carbon while producing bioenergy (energy impacts are accounted for in the biomass Energy Sector solution).

Instead, it quickly floods into creeks, then rivers, and finally out into the ocean, often carrying away large amounts of soil and fertilizer.

In addition, variable amounts of soil carbon are lost to oxidation and erosion, and nitrogen oxides (potent greenhouse gases) are emitted.

Leaky return ducts located in vented crawlspaces draw significant amounts of soil gas, moisture, possibly pesticides, radon, and other pollutants into the conditioned spaces, often creating moisture problems, increasing cooling loads, and risking occupant health and safety.

Leaky return ducts located in vented crawlspaces draw significant amounts of soil gas, moisture, possibly pesticides, radon, and other pollutants into the conditioned spaces, often creating moisture problems and increasing heating loads during the heating months and cooling loads during the cooling periods as well as risking occupant health and safety [8].

Those three pillars: help farmers adapt to climate change, promote food security and profitability, and sequester significant amounts of soil carbon.

Hire a skip for large amounts of soil, rubble and plants; expect to pay around # 50 - # 200.

Not exact matches

Both overt and covert acts of anti-Semitism have soiled the pages of history with unforgettable amounts of both blood and shame which stand forever on the Christian church's record.

With organic fertilizers a buildup of toxicity in the soil is unlikely, as long as the amount of organic material incorporated into the soil is fully decomposed.

Both Overt and covert acts of anti-Semitism have soiled the pages of history with unforgettable amounts of both blood and shame which stand forever on the Christian church's record.

Landfills cause hosts of problems from contaminating soil and water tables to producing copious amounts of methane gas.

His reasons were to avoid phytophthora, a fungus that thrives in wet soil and attacks the plants» roots, and to apply measured amounts of water and fertilizer.

Control: Maintain a uniform supply of soil moisture through irrigation and avoid large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer.

«From the beginning, we've had a lot of interest from foodservice establishments and departments because of the amount and type of soil they generate.

Its equipment and technology is designed to remove the maximum amount of potentially harmful soils and bio-pollution in the most cost - efficient manner.

Just the right amount of sunshine, just the right amount of rain, just the right amount of nutrients in the soil and if you carefully combine that with a lot of love and Aloha you might just plant, grow, hand - pick, remove pulp, ferment, dry and roast the best Kona.

Tending to the soil increases the amount of greenhouse gasses sequestered, and means healthier plants with higher yields.

Improving water infiltration and retention capacity through high levels of organic matter and permanent soil cover, such as cover crops or mulch, which substantially reduce the amount of water needed for irrigation.

Joey, It's my understanding that the selenium content of butter would relate closely to the amount avaiable in the particualr soil the cows ate their grass from and the microbes in that soil.....

Phosphorus is no exception, and farmers use fertilisers to boost the amount of phosphorus in the soil.

The year round sunshine, nutrients rich soil, trade - winds and just the right amount of rain makes Hawaiian Peaberry coffee the best gourmet coffee on earth.

We also craft a select amount of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris, cool - climate white varieties with a unique capacity to thrive in the same exceptional soils as Pinot Noir.

Solarization also works well for preparing small amounts of garden soil which will be used for potted plants.