Sentences with phrase «by additional plantings»

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Currently, he grows grapes on 5 acres, recently planted an additional 28 acres and expects by 2016 to have approximately 40 acres of producing wines in northern Arizona.

Additional keywords: crop improvement, crop modelling, G × E, genotype by environment interaction, plant breeding, trait simulation.

Additional outdoor adventures include cooperative games, scavenger hunts by map and compass, plant and animal identification, and environmental education.

And an additional 1,500 megawatts through energy efficiency and modernization of exisiting power plants by fixing current constraints that prevent certain plants from operating at full capacity, without building new power lines or new power plants.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

In winter months, when demand for heat cranks up, there are two reserve systems: an additional heating plant fueled by wood chips, and another (rarely used) furnace that burns traditional oil.

Global simulations conducted by the team found that microbial responses to enhanced root activity under rising CO2, while depending on plant species, climate and soil mineralogy, led to a loss of global soil carbon stocks that counteracted the additional carbon storage resulting from increased plant growth in many regions of the world.

In the past, some people have argued that the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air would be partially offset by an increase in plant growth, caused by that additional (CO2): increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere should work like extra fertilizer and lead to increased plant growth.

Plants with the lowest marginal cost — that is, those that can produce additional electricity most cheaply — are selected first by the market.

They supplied additional bacteria by spraying it on the plants during other stages of growth.

They implicitly assume that it all results from additional plant growth when in fact it often occurs by displacing stored carbon, such as forests.

So bioenergy only reduces greenhouse gases if it results from additional plant growth or in some other way uses carbon that would not otherwise be stored (for example, by using the waste material left after timber harvest that would decompose rapidly anyway).

That fast - spreading development is creating additional water stress while simultaneously damaging the ecosystem's ability to absorb carbon dioxide and store or «fix» it in plants, according to the research — a study led by scientists at the University of Montana and published in the journal Science.

According to an analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released in December, more aggressive policies like these could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants by 26 per cent, from 2005 levels, by 2020 — equivalent to an additional 10 per cent shaved off total US emissions.

By 2030, the figure could grow to 14 percent of capacity, a level that would be met with «minimal» additional investments in power transmission and storage, while significantly cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the draft asserted.

A 2008 environmental impact statement estimated a potential for 5,540 megawatts of new electric generation capacity from geothermal on BLM lands in Western states and Alaska by 2015 through 111 new geothermal power plants, with an additional 6,600 megawatts from another 133 plants by 2025.

Additional experiments showed that Chlamy uses miRNAs just like plants do, by cleaving a lengthy RNA strand at just the right spot before it's used as a protein template.

The original proposal of a 15 inch cap of borrow soil, with agricultural limestone and a bactericide below and revegetation by shallow - rooting plants was determined to be «inadequate,... at the least, an additional layer must be added that will act as a barrier for water, plant roots systems and burrowing animals».20 In response Cyprus - Amax proposed, in January 1995, a typical cap section which added a 30 - mil PVC liner overlaid by a geoweb drainage mat with a fabric cover below the 15 inch soil cap.

Trostle said four additional federally funded projects, three led by AgriLife Research, are aimed at providing more information for producers on guar in relation to guar agronomics, wheat rotation, plant breeding / adaptation and bioenergy.

So, by increasing photosynthesis on earth by one - third, as much additional energy will be absorbed by plants as is released by all human activity.

I've birthed the Thyroid Yoga Recipe Book: You Nourish You, with gorgeous photography and additional recipes featured by Parsley Health founder Dr. Robin Berzin; expert Ayurvedic practitioner Tina Paymaster; plant - based chef and healer Cassandra Bozdak; and I'm very excited to share it with you.

Dr. Greger, I'm a plant based eater and have had some luck losing additional weight by following Bright Line Eating, partially based on the removal of sugar and flour including whole grain flours from the diet.

In realistic terms, any major effort to supply additional plant protein for human consumption in the U.S. would require dismantling the nation's agricultural system, since most of American agriculture is directly or indirectly involved in producing livestock either through direct grazing on grasslands or by growing feed on cultivated land.

*** These activities also require additional materials which are easy to come by: Plastic water bottles (4 per group) Plastic soda bottles (1 per group) Plastic cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3 cups per group) Sand (2 - 3 cups per group) Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave feedback.

A current project involves the assessment of Engineering Plant Technicians (EPTs) onboard Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), utilizing additional sensory input and feedback devices developed by Anthrotronix, Inc..

The diesel CX - 5 carries about 200 pounds of additional weight compared to the gas - powered model and is characterized by heavier steering and a more planted body.

GM said it will also lower its breakeven volume point to 10 million vehicles by reducing its plants from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010, cut an additional 7000 to 8000 North American employees in addition to the cuts dictated in the February viability plan, and reduce labor costs from $ 7.6 billion in 2008 to $ 5 billion in 2010.

The Contractor shall provide, at no additional charge, upon 24 hours» advance notice, a tug or tugs and docking pilot, acceptable to the Contracting Officer, to assist in handling the vessel between (to and from) the Contractor's plant and the nearest point in a waterway regularly navigated by vessels of equal or greater draft and length.

And even with the additional poundage, this F - 150 was unfazed by the lumber and felt planted and confident tackling the twisting mountainous road.

No doubt bolstered by the additional output on tap, the 1.5 - liter power plant seemed particularly well suited to the slick six - speed, which offers light but communicative clutch feel and satisfying shifter operation.

That is why they have injected an additional $ 25 million investment into their Kentucky Truck Plant, where the Navi is made, boosting its production capacity by 25 percent.

The entire plant (seeds and stalk) is used in the extraction of CBD hemp oil and provides all the benefits of CBD along with providing a multitude of additional benefits provided by the terpenoids and flavonoids.

This project also improved visitor experience around the site by installing safety fences and additional safety features, planting native vegetation, and paving the nearby Merchant Road parking lot.

In addition to growing plants and developing new seeds, it now includes additional crafting, a variety of cute creatures you can bring to the island (either by growing special plants, capturing them, or setting them free in towns and dungeons, depending on the type of creature), and optional character interactions.

The game's main story and side quests are diversified by the many additional activities, like planting and gathering crops, fishing, brewing, cooking, or crafting.

2006...: ICAL KRBBR PRDLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany Looking Back, White Columns, New York Next to Kin, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany Minotaur Blood, Galerie Fortescue Avenue, London, curated by Gionata Bonvicini La maman et la putain, curated by Eva Svennung, Air de Paris, Paris Our Marvellous Ambition, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; curated by Bennett Simpson (Additional Venues: Power Plant, Toronto; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 2007) Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers, Kunsthaus Dresden

Readers are transported through the museum's Matisse works — an array of Eastern nudes, colorful fabrics, carpets, potted plants and idyllic landscapes — plus a selection of additional paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the French master.

Additional large - scale works by Tony Cragg and Bernhard Heiliger were acquired for the Mercedes - Benz plant in Stuttgart - Untertürkheim.

She found the frailty of the aged plant more beautiful and more interesting, so she purposefully furthered her project by drying additional fruits and vegetables and waited patiently for their delicacy from aging to photograph.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

Soil erosion was exacerbated by sheep overgrazing on plants that were already struggling, plus the additional stress from blankets of volcanic ash — all ending in Iceland's surreal (and hard to farm) topography.

Some new analysis done by Synapse Energy Economics, at the request of NRDC and Riverkeeper, shows that the state of New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the pPlant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the plantplant.

Here's just one case in point: As the New York Times reports, the nine Northeastern states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) that make up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have announced an additional 30 % reduction in power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launched in 2009.

The logic is this will save utilities money by keeping dirty gas - fired power plants offline during peak energy demand times because it is expensive to fire them up daily for just a few hours of additional energy.

Sandia scientists find the optimal way to mop up surplus solar flux on CSP towers Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity at a tower CSP plant, by cladding part of the tower containing the receiver with photovoltaic (PV) panels, according to Sandia scientist Cliff Ho.

That's because a working electricity system fueled mostly by wind turbines requires additional massive costs that a fossil fuel system does not: huge excess capacity (perhaps 300 - 400 %) to deal with conditions of light wind; gigantic batteries to store power for conditions of no wind at all, which can persist for days; extra transmission lines to bring electricity from windier areas to the rest of the country; and finally, an entire array of fossil fuel back - up plants for those occasions when the wind doesn't blow for a week and the batteries are dead.

Paper may have environmental advantages in that unlike coal, the CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) that is released into the atmosphere is not additional CO2 freed from coal sequestration and permanently added to the atmosphere, but may be recaptured by planting a tree to create more paper.

To provide additional flexibility while CCS technology is being perfected, plant developers during the first three years in which the new performance standard is in effect could have the option to construct traditional coal plants that do not capture and sequester CO2 if they offset on a one - to - one basis their CO2 emissions by taking one or more of the following steps:

The President directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement standards to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from power plants, double renewable energy in the United States by 2020, and open public lands to an additional 10 gigawatts of renewable energy development, enough to power more than 6 million homes.

Der Spiegel reports that «Germany's CO2 emissions haven't been reduced by even a single gram,» and additional coal - and gas - fired plants have been constructed to ensure reliable supply.