Sentences with phrase «dry country»

Israel now gets 55 percent of its domestic water from desalination, and that has helped to turn one of the world's driest countries into the unlikeliest of water giants.

Dr Elyakim Kassel, co-ordinator of the AQUASUN project and development manager of Solaris Synergy, pointed out that this was an environmentally friendly project that had no negative impact on flora and fauna and that even dry countries have industrial waters that are not rain dependent.

The sustained warming of the climate is a big deal and has lasting negative impacts for the world, and especially for hot, dry countries like India.

Can not increase evaporation in the sea, but extra water available on land; especially in dry countries as Australia = better climate.

South Africa ranks as the 30th driest country in the world and is considered a water - scarce region.

For a herder in a dry country, survival depends on the rains.

Jordan is a dry country, but tries to manage its scarce resources wisely.

The biggest challenge to come from climate change is a hotter, drier country.

Primates evolved to adapt to grasslands and dry country.

Opting to make it so that your plague can transmit itself through dust particles, for example, makes it effective in hot, dry countries, especially if you also add transmission via insects into the mix.

Dams are somewhat unpopular among western environmentalists, but different forms of pooling or water - harvesting are no longer rare in some dry countries.

However, similar options are not necessarily available in hotter, drier countries, such as Chad, where sorghum is a staple food for thousands of subsistence farmers.

The irrigation that grows crops, especially in dry countries, can also be responsible for taxing aquifers beyond their capacities.

«On the face of it, elevated CO2 boosting the foliage in dry country is good news and could assist forestry and agriculture in such areas; however there will be secondary effects that are likely to influence water availability, the carbon cycle, fire regimes and biodiversity, for example,» Donahue cautioned.

As I walked Wendy's farm, she pointed to Glennies Creek running next to her property, a vital freshwater source in this dry country.

The dry countries Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are currently embroiled in a dispute over water shortages, and have asked the World Water Forum to moderate.

Kentucky also happens to be the home of bourbon, which attracts countless tourists every year to visit the historic distilleries — but they are unable to drink it because the distilleries are located in dry countries.