Sentences with phrase «arid south»

The United States could see a 10 - degree temperature rise by the end of the century and a more arid south and west, Overpeck said.

Population dynamics, diet and aspects of the biology of feral cats and foxes in arid South Australia.

The United States could see a 10 - degree temperature rise by the end of the century and a more arid south and west, Overpeck said.

Not exact matches

Four different thin film solar PV technologies were tested by the MIT experts across three types of environment in the U.S.: Arid (Arizona); temperate (South Dakota); and humid (Florida).

Arid Recovery is a conservation project in remote South Australia dedicated to innovation in the protection of endangered species.

A study, involving researchers from the University of Southampton, found that water - limited ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions, such as The Great Plains and South - West United States and some in Australia and Mediterranean Europe, were particularly impacted by these indirect effects.

The river begins its journey from the snowpack in the central Rocky Mountains and travels south 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometers), draining an expansive yet arid area that encompasses parts of seven US and two Mexican states.

Eighty - four miles east of Mount Rushmore, the town of Quinn, South Dakota, blends unobtrusively into the outskirts of arid Badlands National Park.

Robyn Hetem, an ecophysiologist, has the body temperature data to prove it — collected from late 2012 into 2013, the hottest summer the arid Kalahari region in South Africa had seen in more than 30 years.

There is in fact a fascinating phenomenon: tropical forests that have close affinities with South America co-occurring with temperate and arid areas shared with North America.

Producing grain and other foods in an arid country like Jordan may require two or three times the water it takes in humid settings in South America or the United States.

According to results reported Friday in the journal Science, the South American tropics, long thought to have been arid during the last Ice Age, may have in fact been wet.

Marco Pfeiffer and his colleagues scan the arid Atacama Desert, where freshwater lakes and wetlands once provided refuge to South America's early settlers.

SUTHERLAND, South Africa — High on an arid plateau, an international group of visiting astronomers stands squinting into a simmering orange sunset.

The arid Atacama Desert, thought to be a barrier to early South American settlers, may have held lakes large enough to sustain small human populations, according to new research.

This study is unique given the under - studied target population of Mongolian herders, and the diverse landscapes covered, ranging from the arid Gobi region to the south to the Central Steppe and Altai Mountains to the north.

The Central Iberian Peninsula was characterised by a very arid savanna during the middle Miocene, according to a study led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) that compares the mammal assemblages from different localities in Africa and South Asia with those that inhabited the Iberian central area 14 million years ago.

It's also clear how this mild region, sheltered by mountains from the cold steppes to the north and from arid plains to the south, would have appealed to a band of human ancestors who may well have been the first to venture out of Africa nearly 2 million years ago.

For example when the lake Basins are dry they become «hyper arid» and thus inhabitable and hence hominin population would have been forced to migrate to the north and south [34] but there would also have been a server lack of resources.

Arid conditions, South Africa traditionally.

Australia's climate is generally arid to semiarid, temperate in the south and east and tropical in the north.

Tested in Australia, Dubai, Thailand, North America, South America, Sweden and South Africa, it had to face severe heat and cold, monsoon rains, high altitudes as well as rushing rivers, arid deserts and potholed roads.

The use of poison baits can reduce cat density, but even low levels of cat predation can exterminate threatened mammal populations, such as when cats killed at least seven bilbies reintroduced outside the Arid Recovery reserve in South Australia.

Ecologist Dr John Read has dissected the gut of almost a thousand feral cats that he's caught over the past 25 years in the South Australian arid lands.

From all our public areas and rooms, our guests will enjoy expansive views of the pristine arid savanna of the adjacent Galapagos National Park by looking north, to extinct volcanic cones shrouded in mist, mountains covered with lush tropical cloud forests, and green pasture farms by looking to the south - west; along with a 270 degree view of the infinite Pacific Ocean with nearby islands as a backdrop.

You can expect hot dry summers nationwide from April to October, but northern and coastal areas typically have cool, rainy winters in comparison to the arid climate inland in the south and east.

The shores of South Plaza are home to a large sea lion colony, while land iguanas roam the arid interior.

South Australia is a diverse state made up mostly of dramatic arid and semi-arid country known as the Outback.

Located high up in the remote town of Upington in South Africa's arid Northern Cape, near the banks of the Orange River is the Upington Golf Course.

A dream for the community at Mount Pecatu a region in the south, a distance of 20 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport to start a better life than the only previous evidence of farming in the arid steep.

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The New World Desert and indoor succulent collections (in the Arid House) include many specimens from South America, with over 1,100 taxa of cactus alone.

This beautiful camp is in a stunning location within Lewa wildlife / rhino conservancy, with outstanding game viewing, and spectacular views of Mount Kenya to the south and arid lowlands to the north.

The state plays host to arid conditions in the interior, tropical in the north and Mediterranean in the lower south.

From the arid lands of the north to lush landscapes in the south.

What I love about travelling in South Africa are the limitless options — from arid desert landscapes to lush forests and pristine, rugged coastlines.

Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world: It sits in arid northern Kenya and is part of a water system that communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan depend on for survival.

It was first cited 140 years ago when a pioneer geologist and surveyor identified a divide running from north to south between land that received ample rainfall, and soils in the so - called rain - shadow of the Rockies that could be classed as arid.

Sorghum is a tall cereal grain that is grown for food in arid parts of Africa and South Asia, and for animal fodder (and sometimes biofuel) in many developed and developing countries.

1838 − 39 Droughts in South Australia and Western Australia 1839 Severe drought in the west and north of Spencer Gulf, South Australia 1846 Severe drought converted the interior and far north of South Australia into an arid desert.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has flagged the desirability of a new HVDC line from Moomba to Brisbane and better connections between South Australia and New South Wales, ideally across New South Wales» arid west and through Broken Hill.

Climate News Network: El Niño, the mysterious meteorological phenomenon that periodically upsets global weather patterns, bringing catastrophic flooding to the arid lands of North and South America, and forest fires to South - east Asia, turns out to be more complicated than anyone had thought.

At the same time, what are now arid lands in Idaho and Oregon supported forests of warm - temperate trees like those in the mahogany family, presently characteristic of central and South America, and in the deserts of Nevada, forests were composed of trees that now are native to the southeastern United States and eastern Asia, for instance, maple, alder, ash, yellowwood, birch, beech, and poplars (Graham, 1999).

Four different thin film solar PV technologies were tested by the MIT experts across three types of environment in the U.S.: Arid (Arizona); temperate (South Dakota); and humid (Florida).

So, go all around the globe, northern and southern hemisphere, and erase 2 - 4 degrees latitude of agriculturally productive regions per degree C of warming, where they are poleward of any arid regions centered around 30 degrees north or south.