Sentences with phrase «competition for water»

1 The growing competition for land across national boundaries is indirectly competition for water.

It is often said that future wars in the Middle East will more likely be fought over water than oil, but in reality the competition for water is taking place in world grain markets.

It is often said that future wars will more likely be fought over water than oil, but in reality the competition for water is taking place in world grain markets.

Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for water.

In the coming decades, lack of water will constrain development, stress natural resources, and increase competition for water among communities, agriculture, energy production, and wildlife and natural ecosystems.

Rising temperatures, increased competition for water supply, and elevated storm surge risk will affect the cost and reliability of energy supply.

In this study, we incorporate height - structured competition for light, competition for water, and explicit scaling from individuals to ecosystems into the land model version 3 (LM3) currently used in the Earth system models developed by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL).

In the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for water.

Those familiar with the aggressive competition for water, especially from Texas and Colorado, do not find this far - fetched at all.

The increasing competition for water, the dwindling supply, pollution, and the effects of climate change are examined in Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, by Stuart A. Kallen.

Because new circles appear in the short grass matrix without the tall grass perimeter, it seems likely that the bareness of circles, as of vehicle tracks, stimulates the tall grass to grow, perhaps because of reduced competition for water.

Some of that produced water has been recycled in recent years for use in hydraulic fracturing, which helps make that method of oil extraction more water efficient and reduces the competition for water between farms and oil fields.

Not only will that add to the competition for water, but environmentalists also worry that dams like the controversial project on the Madeira River in western Brazil will block the flow of nutrient - bearing sediments and fish migration routes.

Traditionally, weeds have been thought to reduce crop growth and yield due to competition for water, nutrients and light.

One of these groups was the semi-nomadic Maasai, some of whom periodically kill elephants during fierce competition for water or cattle - grazing space.

It was responding to the WWF's call on states to vote in favour of a UN convention on international waterways to prevent future conflicts based around competition for water resources.

Soil cover with specially selected valuable crops, avoidance of erosion and desiccation, target - oriented organic fertilization, avoidance of competition for water in the area of the fine roots.

Not exact matches

While fracking typically consumes less water than farming or residential uses, the exploration method is increasing competition for the precious resource, driving up the price of water and burdening already depleted aquifers and rivers in certain drought - stricken stretches.

So, before wading in to dangerous waters, here are some things to consider when you're tempted to look to the competition for your next employee of the month.

Like Comcast, Charter announced plans for a mobile wireless service for its customers, and the two have teamed up, in a sense, to ensure they can test the mobile waters without competition from each other.

Even more serious is the competition for an equal share of such basic natural resources as food and water.

See also, for example, Fluer Anderson, «Producers in Power Push» (The Australian Financial Review, 20 October 2014, page 5), Fluer Anderson and Katie Walsh, «Cold shoulder for carve - ups» (The Australian Financial Review, 22 October 2014, p 11), Editorial, «Open economy is good for the farm» (Australian Financial Review, 21 October 2014, p 58), Lexi Metherell, «Agriculture green paper to spark debate over water, competition» (ABC Radio, The World Today, 20 October 2014) and Joe Kelly, «Green paper canvasses court orders to break up businesses» (Dynamic Business, 20 October 2014).

Tap water is the best option for consumers, Parker admits, but bottled water is not in competition with tap water.

He also outlines the ACCC's role in ensuring privatisation delivers for consumers, improving the functioning of the financial system given the competition focus of the Murray report, ensuring a smooth transition for consumers to NBN services and reviewing water rules to improve outcomes in the Murray - Darling Basin.

Combine this with the increasing competition in this sector as more of the categories blur for example we've seen the proliferation of flavoured waters, functional beverages e.g. coconut water, birch water, coldpress juices and the popularity of iced teas and coffees.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

On the back of a 37 goal season for Vitesse, Bony took to English football like a fish to water and bagged 25 goals in all competitions in his debut season.

For ten years we've been treading water and through a mixture of luck and bad competition we have coasted through to champions league football NOW all the main competitors most notable the SCUM have caught up and 9vertaken us.

While that is allot and should be enough money for just about any top player on the market the thing is though, if we have competition for the signature well then Manu Che Manc PSG R Mad Barca can all blow us out of the water.

If Arsenal are to stand any sort of realistic chance of lifting the Premier League trophy next May then you would think that we need to get off to a good start, as there is some very strong competition for the title and the likes of Man City, Chelsea and Manchester United have spent some eye watering amounts of cash in the transfer market to strengthen their own chances.

Amazingly Arsene Wenger made TEN changes to the Arsenal side that fought for 98 minutes against Burnley last weekend, but the accusation that Wenger picks schoolboys to play in the Cup competitions has been blown out of the water today.

The draw for Round Four took place shortly after the end of the game, and of the ten Premier League teams left in the competition, eight have been drawn to face each other with some mouth - watering ties.

The pool design includes a gradually sloping depth, a toddler pool within the main pool, and eight lanes in deep water for competition and lap swimming.

The government's bill envisages the same regulatory and competition regime for the NHS as for the energy, telecoms or water companies.

They include an additional $ 100 million for water infrastructure investments, a $ 100 million «Downtown NY» revitalization initiative in which 10 cities will win $ 10 million apiece in a similar vein to his annual Regional Economic Development Council competition, and a tax cut program for small businesses (defined as those with less than 100 employees).

Other possible explanations for the decline, which is being caused by a low survival rate of seal pups, include a change to the food supply owing to warming waters; competition for food from large fish called jacks; or the possibility that the reserve is simply too new for its ecosystem to have settled down.

«We know that, in many ways, land use can have severe ecological impacts, for example, biodiversity loss; an extreme and inequitable competition for land, water and energy; and carbon emissions, an adverse impact of converting corn to biofuels.

International companies are also being pitted against one another because of water shortages and competition for existing resources.

Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 Samina Sarwat of Bangladesh took home two top prizes at the sixth annual Global Innovation Through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech - I Competition for her design of a water...

Submissions for the competition tackled most of the big - ticket issues, including energy and water consumption, poverty and climate change.

As fracking and refracturing become more common to make wells produce more oil and gas, it adds to an already fraught competition among agriculture, aquatic ecosystems, and municipalities for water supplies, the study says.

But the realization that successful large - scale operations have to function like well - run farms raises the issue of competition with food crops for water and land, says agronomist Raymond Jongschaap of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

While mature trees can use their roots to tap water deeper in the soil, competition with dense understory vegetation can make it difficult for seedlings to survive.

This was a surprise, Stephenson says — foresters have assumed that most trees that die under normal conditions simply lose the competition for light, water or nutrients.

Seehausen believes that, in studies of invasive fish species in Switzerland, greater attention should now also be paid to the neglected question of feeding competition: «That also applies for fish transferred from one Swiss water body to another which have not previously been regarded as potentially invasive.»

There are plenty of fish that can survive out of the water for short periods of time today, but they don't stick around because there's too much competition and too many predators.

THE BIG PICTURE: LAND UNDER PRESSURE The current pressures on land are huge and expected to continue growing: there is rapidly escalating competition between the demand for land functions that provide food, water, and energy, and those services that support and regulate all life cycles on Earth.

Prior studies suggesting that ApoC - III may predominantly affect LPL - mediated TG hydrolysis were based on fractional clearance rates of ApoB in patients lacking ApoC - III and ApoA - I (13) and in vitro studies showing that excess ApoC - III (or ApoC - I) blocks LPL activity in lipid droplets or emulsions possibly due to competition for the lipid - water interface (12, 19).

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For example the body builders follow no carb diet a week or two before the competition in order to burn the last body fat left in their bodies and do fight water retention.