Sentences with phrase «by plant growth»

Up until now, 29 per cent of human emissions of carbon dioxide has been taken up by the oceans, 28 per cent has been absorbed by plant growth on land, and the remaining 43 per cent has accumulated in the atmosphere.

Figure 2: Data show that CO2 removed from the atmosphere by plant growth does not compensate for fossil fuel emissions.

Scientists, therefore, look for strategies that favor denitrification over nitrogen removal by plant growth.

Not exact matches

According to Ryan, from 1997 to 2000 and 2000 to 2006, productivity growth in the electronic and electrical product manufacturing industry fell by 25 % — two — thirds of which is attributable to lower productivity within existing plants.

The natural gas plants are necessary partly because of expected load growth, partly because of the intermittent nature of solar power and partly because of the planned retirement of around 3,000 megawatts of generation powered by less efficient coal and oil plants, he said.

Operated by a team of fewer than 30 employees, the Kapolei, Hawaii - based company has fueled growth through major deals inked within the last year alone: the building of a $ 260 million plant in Idaho, a $ 370 million contract with Sanyo Electric Co. and a $ 678 million contract with Suntech Power to deliver polysilicon, as well as an agreement to provide the second - largest photovoltaic power system in Hawaii.

An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report a few years ago concluded that «a key cause of the underlying fall in manufacturing employment everywhere is rapid productivity growth, whether by restructuring inefficient plants or deploying skills, knowledge, technology and new processes to boost efficiency.»

By contrast, most manufacturers operate in a low - growth environment where they must do «a million things a little better» to excel, such as reduce scrap rates and improve plant productivity.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

The coal industry is booming driven by growth in export demand for coal world wide and the large number of coal - fired power plants currently scheduled to come online.

The plan designated it as a significant growth area, but the municipality is at least six years behind with construction of a new sewage plant needed for the town's population to grow from 30,000 to 86,000 by 2031.

The growth of the American car industry is now driven by international auto manufacturers who conduct research and development, invest in plants and equipment, and build cars and light trucks in America.

a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.

Most of the church plants grew by transfer growth, not church growth.

This activity has been spurred by the prevailing market ideology, by the concomitant deregulation of the financial markets and the growth of the financial services industry and by the combination of a, fairly sluggish economy with a hot stock market that encourages paper profiteering rather than investment in plant and product.

I am Rev.D.Samuel, founder / Managing trustee of India Rural Gospel Mission Trust, which in involving in out - reach, Evangelism, church planting / growth, and children's home and community social service run by faith.

In both cases individual members may exercise some dominance over others, in particular by altering the patterns guiding further growth and development, but the social coordination stems from basic patterns embodied in the genetic makeup of the plant cells and in the laws and traditions of human culture.

The Church is a farm or garden which the apostles planted and watered, though the growth was given by God; it is also a building erected by the apostles on the foundation which is Jesus Christ (3:6 - 11).

The article also demonstrated the need for proper certification and testing in the single serve coffee market: The PurPod100 is certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute * (BPI) and meets ASTM International ¹ s Standard D6868 for compostability **, which means that it can disintegrate within an established period of time, produce compost that enables plant growth, and is safe for the environment.

The plant growth habit of «NuMex Piñata» is smaller and tends to decline earlier in the season due to the lack of chlorophyll produced by the foliage.

I could go on for days about how awesome this little nut is — full of plant - based protein, completely satisfying, good at stabilizing blood sugar throughout the day, uber sustainable and requiring very little water for growth, super affordable, genuinely liked by almost every kid on the planet, providing a slew of health benefits, etc... but I do understand that some schools don't allow peanuts because of allergies.

«The internal growing area is 11.5 inches wide by 14.5 inches deep, making it the largest plant growth chamber for space to date,» Massa said.

[9] Cotton accounted for 5.7 % by value of all the plant protection chemicals sold that year, including 16.1 % of all insecticide sales, 3.9 % of herbicide sales, 4 % of growth regulators / desiccants / defoliants, and 1 % of world fungicide sales.

The plant is designed to double its capacity without any need for further expansion, although further expansion of new product lines is also planned by Barry Callebaut, based on market growth.

But by stopping the destruction of mature (old - growth) forests, we prevent a huge amount of carbon from going into the atmosphere, and by promoting Earth - friendly planting and management of young forests, we absorb large amounts of atmospheric carbon.

I discovered I could increase the per plant yield and also the pod size by employing a few simple practices such as choosing individual seedlings of the largest and most favorable growth characteristics and then when I began crossing varieties choosing seedlings that show distinguishing hybrid vigor!

As soon as the plants have perfected their seed - leaves, they should be planted singly into small pots, and these pots again immersed in the hot - bed, keeping them as near as convenient to the glass throughout the whole period of their growth, and shifting them frequently and by slow degrees till they arrive at a fruiting state.

Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil using an inert medium (sand or gravel) and a water and nutrient solution containing all the elements required by the plant for normal growth.

A new Great British Food Unit has been established to turbo charge UK food exports and support industry growth plants, like its target of increasing manufactured food exports to # 6 billion ($ 7.8 bn) by 2020, according to UK environment secretary Elizabeth Truss.

Over wintering is a fickle affair but you can improve your chances of success by: - Growing species that are more cold tolerate like Pubescens - Improving climatic conditions by bring plants indoors - Removing ripe pods before over wintering - Cutting back woody stems and removing dead or diseased growth to keep pest & disease at bay - Controlling water regimes If your attempts at over wintering are littered with more failures than success all is not lost.

You'll hear the book «Planting a Rainbow» by Lois Elhert, investigate how to plant seeds and how to nurture their growth and development until the flowers grow.

Tree Planted By the Stream in Duluth, Georgia seeks to provide a nurturing, high quality, safe and fun learning environment that is fit for the child's overall growth and development.

The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership's strategic plan, The Saratoga Strategy, outlines our efforts to secure new jobs and capital investment by engaging existing business owners, fostering the growth of early stage companies and planting the seeds and providing resources for new start - up ventures in Saratoga County.

From a 3.6 % growth in 2016, the sector saw a 4.3 % increase largely due to planting for food and jobs programme initiated by the government.

Inside of these layers scientists have found pollen, allowing them to estimate the total amount of plant growth of that year by the pollen count.

The researchers found another subtlety in the Amazon's response to rainfall, which has led to new insights on a question under debate: Are seasonal changes in plant growth more limited by lack of sunlight or lack of water?

Part of the problem is that the benefits of better plant growth, thanks to higher carbon dioxide concentrations (plants use CO2 for photosynthesis) are more than offset by the impact of higher temperatures and differing precipitation.

By conducting a series of experiments on young plants, the researchers have shown that the growth of the lodgepole pine is greatly affected by which organisms live in the soiBy conducting a series of experiments on young plants, the researchers have shown that the growth of the lodgepole pine is greatly affected by which organisms live in the soiby which organisms live in the soil.

They found that when thale cress and lettuce plants were subjected to increasing amounts of biochar mixed with soil, using the equivalent of up to 50 tonnes per hectare per year, if applied in the field, plant growth was stimulated by over 100 percent.

That said, whereas CO2 emissions from coal - fired power plants in the U.S. have declined, greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands have doubled since the turn of the century and look set to double again by the end of this decade — the primary source of emissions growth for the entire country of Canada.

Brassinosteroids and auxins are two growth promoting plant hormones and the study goes further in showing that their signalling molecules were also stimulated by biochar application.

While essential for plant growth, an over-abundance of this biologically - available nitrogen can result in «nitrogen saturation,» a phenomenon previously reported by Forest Service scientists in Riverside.

«Our results show that healthy growth can be achieved by combining certain soil bacteria with grasses, even when plants are grown in extremely nitrogen - deprived soil,» said study coauthor Richard Ferrieri, director of Brookhaven Lab's Radiochemistry and Biological Imaging Program.

It hypothesizes that decreases in some plant characteristics, like survival or growth, may be offset by increases in other plant characteristics, like flowering.

Plant growth is strongly influenced by the environment: stems grow up towards the sun, while roots grow down under the influence of gravity — an effect called gravitropism.

Phloem tissue is responsible for translocating nutrients and sugars (carbohydrates), which are produced by the leaves, to areas of the plant that are metabolically active (requiring sugars for energy and growth).

The nanoparticles reduced the growth of one of the tested plant species by 22 percent as compared with silver - free biosolid treatment.

Plants are even sensitive to hot and cold, allowing them to respond to the weather by doing things like changing their growth rates and modulating their use of water.

By next spring, however, the charred landscape is guaranteed to be green once again, aided by natural chemicals that activate seeds from latency and spur plant growth after the flames have passeBy next spring, however, the charred landscape is guaranteed to be green once again, aided by natural chemicals that activate seeds from latency and spur plant growth after the flames have passeby natural chemicals that activate seeds from latency and spur plant growth after the flames have passed.

A new climate change modeling tool developed by scientists at Indiana University, Princeton University and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration finds that carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere owing to greater plant growth from rising CO2 levels will be partially offset by changes in the activity of soil microbes that derive their energy from plant root growth.