Sentences with phrase «by desiccation»

In 1989 cracking appeared in blocks 9 — 12, caused by desiccation of the subsoil by the action of encroaching roots from the defendant's plane tree.

One key step, he says, will be discovering why the tardigrades» DNA apparently was not damaged by the desiccation and radiation.

Not exact matches

After reading new research about the issue of «crop desiccation» done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Traditions decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada.

Like other so - called «resurrection plants», the grass has the ability to withstand desiccation (being dried out) for prolonged periods but can be revived by water.

In early 2017 scientists announced the discovery of possible desiccation cracks in Gale Crater, which was filled by lakes 3.5 billion years ago.

The desiccation continued, and, by 700 B.C., mostly desert flora like the hardy acacia tree dotted the now - parched landscape.

The MIS 5a palaeosol is overlain by massive sands, representing a major change in the depositional regime, which we interpret as evidence for climatic desiccation at the start of the last glacial period (MIS 4), which would be consistent with other dated records for the region [13], [16], [18], [30].

After reading new research about the issue of «crop desiccation» done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Traditions decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada.

O. «Sterilization» means the complete destruction of microorganisms by heat, bactericidal chemical compound, radiation or desiccation.

(1) all infectious waste will be sterilized or disinfected by heat, steam, chemical disinfection, radiation or desiccation; and

Once deposited in the soil, they are highly resistant to desiccation by environmental factors such as temperature extremes and sunlight and can remain viable for years.

With mild flea infestations, an occasional bath with a permethrin shampoo or a Program prescription may do the trick, especially when combined with a premise spray that contains a growth inhibitor or with application of sodium polyborate, an insecticide that kills fleas by lethal constipation and desiccation.

North and northwest China, where the average annual precipitation has decreased by one third between the 1950s and the 1980s, 2 has been experiencing just such a desiccation process.

Yet in view of the entirely predictable erosion of sink capacity (by forest loss & combustion, soils» desiccation, permafrost melt, and oceans» warming and acidification) that notion appears to be an outstanding example of optimism bias.

In order of seniority, the seven feedbacks that seem outstanding are: Water vapour — rising by ~ 7 % per 1.0 C of warming; Albedo loss — due mostly to cryosphere decline; Microbial peat - bog decay — due to rising CO2 affecting ecological dynamics; Desiccation of tropical and temperate soils — due to SAT rise and droughts; Permafrost melt — due to SAT rise plus loss of snow cover, etc; Forest combustion — due to SAT rise, droughts, pest responses, etc; Methyl clathrates [aka methane hydrates] now threatened by rising sea - temperatures, increased water column mixing, etc..