Sentences with phrase «combined impacts of drought»

Though growing seasons in some areas will expand, the combined impacts of drought, severe weather, lack of accumulated snowmelt, greater number and diversity of pests, lower groundwater tables and a loss of arable land could cause severe crop failures and livestock shortages worldwide.

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Whereas this has had noticeable, negative impacts that are expected to worsen in every region of the United States and its territories, including, among other significant weather events and environmental disruptions, longer and hotter heat waves, more severe storms, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect problems, threatened native plant and wildlife populations, rising sea levels, and, when combined with a lack of proper forest management, increased wildfire risk;

This region supplies a full quarter of the world's wheat so the combined US and Euro - Asian droughts have resulted in severe impacts to world food security.

Instead of the typical lawn that needs a lot of water and maintenance (hence more negative impacts due to the machinery), there are special drought - tolerant turf grasses that can be combined with other, less water needing plants to reduce the lawn area.

The total impact of the drought — 5 billion extra tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — exceeds the annual emissions of Europe and Japan combined.»