Sentences with phrase «availability of water resources»

Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security explains that changes in the availability of water resources could play an increasing role in political tensions, especially if existing water management institutions do not better account for the social, economic, and ecological complexities of the region.

A growing body of scientific research concludes that increased temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are altering the timing and availability of water resources in the western United States [3].

This rapid change might affect the availability of water resources by altering the rates of evaporation and precipitation.

Overall, there is low confidence in the projections of specifically how climate change will impact future precipitation on a subregional scale, and thus in projections of how climate change might impact the availability of water resources.

The Berkeley Lab study is the first of its kind for Africa, using multiple criteria - such as quality of the resource, distance from transmission lines and roads, co-location potential, availability of water resources, potential human impact, and many other factors - to characterize wind and solar resources.

«Residents expect safe and affordable water for basic daily needs, and industrial, institutional and commercial users depend on the availability of water resources to produce their goods and deliver services.»

Not exact matches

2.3 the consistency of the watering action and expected outcomes with the relevant water resource availability scenario;

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

There could be three evolutionary processes could explain this adaptive radiation of hominins: 1) the occupation of novel niches for species living in a highly productive but spatially constrained region when there are deep fresh water lakes in the EARS [46] and 2) the lakes themselves creating spatial structure producing population isolation and vicariance and 3) repeated periods of increased resource availability stimulated adaptation and radiation followed by periods of environmental stress when the lakes rapidly dried up imposing strong selection pressures [28].

Other than physical space additional school resources must be considered: soap and water availability, hand wipes, number of staff supervising meal / snack time, number of staff cleaning before and after any eating, designated time for hand cleaning strategies, etc..

The level of activities carried out in each constituency is dependent on how long Green Belt Movement has been engaged on the ground, the degree of community commitment and involvement, availability of water, quality of soils, climate and availability of financial resources.

IPCC AR4 WG1 SPM says (under «Fresh water resources and their management» of «C. Current knowledge about future impacts») In the course of the century, water suppries stored in glaciers and snow cover are projected to decline, reducing water availability in regions supplied by meltwater from major mountain ranges, where more than one - sixth of the world population currently lives.

The solution to a sustainable future will always be walking a tightrope between a need for population control & free markets until geothermal strategies for base load power transplants fossil fuels and indeed until better water availability and a host of other finite resources become magically available.

It creates a vicious cycle which aggravates the situation even more and which will affect the availability of essential resources like drinking water, energy and agricultural production in the hottest areas, and will result in the extinction of a part of the planet's biodiversity.

Availability of resources such as usable water will also depend on changing rates of precipitation, with decreased availability in many places but possible increases in runoff and groundwater recharge in some regions like the high latitudes and Availability of resources such as usable water will also depend on changing rates of precipitation, with decreased availability in many places but possible increases in runoff and groundwater recharge in some regions like the high latitudes and availability in many places but possible increases in runoff and groundwater recharge in some regions like the high latitudes and wet tropics.

The term Peak Water has been put forward as a concept to help understand growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources.

Gleick explained how water and energy are linked, how limits to the availability of both resources are beginning to affect one another, and how recognizing this link when developing national energy and water policies can lead to many substantial economic and environmental benefits.

Equally important to water - related risks confronted by the energy sector, the use of water for energy production can impact freshwater resources, affecting both their availability (the amount downstream) and quality (their physical and chemical properties).

Better resource availability for infrastructure repair required due to extreme weather (e.g., human and physical resources for water main breaks and road repair due to extended freezes, and better stockpiled availability of salt and de-icing chemicals for previously unpredictable extended snow and ice events).

The additional processes included in the JULES model will provide a more complete picture of water resources of South Asia than previously possible, allowing quantitative analysis of the effects of changes in river flow and glaciers on water resources and the implications of these changes on water availability for irrigation and therefore crop yields.

The report highlights that natural resource constraints, especially climate change and the limited availability of productive land and water in some regions, pose substantial challenges to producing food at affordable prices.

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

Climate factors, especially rainfall has significant impacts on availability and quality of water resources systems of the region.

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

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.

Concerns about the availability of water supplies needed for gas production, and questions about wastewater disposal have been raised by water - resource agencies and citizens throughout the Marcellus Shale gas development region.

It is certain that competition for resources will become more severe as the availability of resources (e.g., soil and water) becomes more variable and less predictable as the climate continues to change (25).

Naturally, your specific foodprint depends on where you live, and the availability of such resources as soil, water, and sunlight.

As climate change, drought, mismanagement and over-allocation of water in Australia has significantly decreased the availability and quality of water resources, these issues impact on Indigenous peoples» ability to fulfil our cultural and customary responsibilities on sea and water country.