Sentences with phrase «as the desert southwest»

From Imported Oil to Domestic Water The strains between the resources manifest themselves in tough choices at the local level — especially in land - and water - locked regions such as the desert Southwest.

Indeed, Hoerling and Kumar, in their ’03 Science article «The Perfect Ocean for Drought», make a fairly compelling argument that this trend is associated with a trend towards enhanced drought in regions such as the desert southwest of the U.S., a pattern we typically associate with «La Nina».

So Chevy had to muscle up the already - burly diesel to handle our brutal winter cold as well as the desert southwest's scorching heat.

Northeast: Mexicali stays warm during the day long after most other places in Baja, as the desert southwest flow continues to pump warm air into the region.

Indeed, Hoerling and Kumar, in their ’03 Science article «The Perfect Ocean for Drought», make a fairly compelling argument that this trend is associated with a trend towards enhanced drought in regions such as the desert southwest of the U.S., a pattern we typically associate with «La Nina».

Not exact matches

His research is partly inspired by a type of beetle found in the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, which collects moisture from the seemingly dry air on its shell and drinks the condensed water as it rolls into its mouth.

The Sonoran Desert has a beauty all its own and, with the McDowell Mountains as a stunning backdrop, the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch is a great place for multi-generational family vacationers to experience much of what the American Southwest has to offer.

The USGA recognized as far back as the 1970s, during the severe drought that then gripped the desert Southwest and California, that golf grasses needed to do better with less water, Kenna added.

The new work, based on computer models, paints a picture of ancient Mars, more than 3.5 billion years ago, as looking somewhat like the deserts of the U.S. Southwest, sans cacti of course.

If you are traveling with your pets in these southwest desert regions and they begin to exhibit any of the following symptoms, please seek veterinary care as soon as possible.

This bird summers in the American desert southwest, but winters on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and as far south as Belize.

Leaving Gili Asahan and back on the mainland there are small home - stays and private accommodations spaced out along the road to Bangko - Bangko — known as Desert Point and the surfing Mecca for those in the know — located on the far southwest tip of Lombok.

These geographical locations and their rich history of painting can be felt in Goethals work: the glazed layers of early devotional Flemish painting, the light and glowing colors of the desert landscape in the Southwest and the influence of American artists such as Clifford Still, Richard Serra and Brice Marden.

Finally, there was the experience of visiting the desert itself, which had the same liberating effect on Chinese artists as the Southwest had on such American artists as Georgia O'Keeffe.

Solar - generated electricity is particularly attractive in desert regions such as the U.S. Southwest because peak generation meshes nicely with peak air conditioning use.

Kathy uses fabric as the medium of choice to translate her vision of the Southwest's mesas, mountains, deserts, and the magnificent colors.

Perhaps more interesting, however, is the idea of the «supergrid,» where HVDC lines are used to interconnect entire continents with electricity so that electricity created in one place (such as solar power in the U.S. desert southwest or the Sahara Desert or wind power from offshore wind farms in the windy North Sea) is available wherever it's needed, no matter how far away that electricity isdesert southwest or the Sahara Desert or wind power from offshore wind farms in the windy North Sea) is available wherever it's needed, no matter how far away that electricity isDesert or wind power from offshore wind farms in the windy North Sea) is available wherever it's needed, no matter how far away that electricity is used.

IMHO a better approach to biofuel would be a crop that can be grown without irrigation in wasteland such as the playas of the desert southwest and that yields an oil that does not require distillation or other energy intensive processing.

Precipitation in the Desert Southwest correlates significantly with solar irradiance lagged 3 and 5 years, which suggests a link with ocean - water temperature anomalies transported by the Equatorial Countercurrent as well as the North Pacific Gyre.

I would add solar thermal electric plants in the Desert Southwest to the mix as well.

Barry Newman starred as Tony Petrocelli, a Harvard - educated lawyer who decides to put out his shingle in the desert Southwest town of San Remo.

As I venture on backpacking and camping trips, I will show you a little taste of some of my journeys through the southwest mountains, rivers, and deserts.

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.