Sentences with phrase «dry soil conditions»

In more concrete examples, Ostro explains how alongside areas receiving record amounts of rain, the dry soil conditions are contributing to record high temperatures and how these are contributing to how hot it feels.

Furthermore, dry soil conditions may lead to an increased probability of wildfires (Thonicke et al. 2001; Thornley and Cannell 2004), impacting human livelihoods, ecosystems, the carbon cycle, and air quality (Kloster et al. 2010).

As fire probability is parameterized in terms of soil moisture in the upper 5 cm and fuel - availability, dry soil conditions can enhance the fire frequency directly (Viegas et al. 1992).

The oak trees, on the other hand, were able to transpire, albeit at low rates, under very dry soil conditions (soil water potentials below -4.0 MPa).

One of the potentially offsetting factors is the dry soil conditions at planting time in portions of the western Corn Belt.

For dry soil conditions, there are more than 1000 buildings that are within all hazard zones, 400 of those in the two highest hazard designation zones.

The Canada fire also is being fanned by dry soil conditions.

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Agricultural management impacts on soil organic carbon storage under moist and dry climatic conditions of temperate and tropical regions.

It also has contributed to key insights about how animal behavior can be harnessed to improve the condition of the land, especially in regions like his native Zimbabwe with long dry seasons during which ruminants are conveyers of soil fertility and moisture.

Projected global warming will likely decrease the extent of temperate drylands by a third over the remainder of the 21st century coupled with an increase in dry deep soil conditions during agricultural growing season.

In the Midwest, on the other hand, the grasses are generally able to withstand periodic dry conditions because their roots can grow toward deeper and moister soil.

Dry conditions in the U.S. are classified according to the Palmer Drought Severity Index, which compares the amount of moisture in the soil to that in the air closest to the surface.

The conditions are reminiscent of soil in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, Kounaves said, referring to the hyperarid, ice - free regions where the merest wisp of life hangs on.

Goordial, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University has spent the past four years looking for signs of active microbial life in permafrost soil taken from one of the coldest, oldest and driest places on Earth: in University Valley, located in the high elevation McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, where extremely cold and dry conditions have persisted for over 150,000 yeaDry Valleys of Antarctica, where extremely cold and dry conditions have persisted for over 150,000 yeadry conditions have persisted for over 150,000 years.

«From a policy perspective, we have to recognize that we have been trending toward drier conditions over the last 1,500 years and the warming in Nevada is only going to exacerbate that trend,» he said, noting that «warmer temperatures cause more soil moisture to evaporate so you amplify the effects of drought when climate is warming.

e FERREIRA AJD Soil water repellency under dry and wet antecedent weather conditions for selected land - cover types in the coastal zone of central Portugal (2005) Australian Journal of Soil Research, vol.43, 3, pp.297 - 308 DOI: NA

In addition, the amount of decomposition in the top 10 centimeters of soil was nearly 2 times greater in the warming condition and in the dry condition compared with controls.

Warmer temperatures evaporate critically important snowpack, convert snow to rain, and dry out soils, which increases the frequency and severity of arid conditions in California.

Another study analyzing annual mean soil moisture trends from 1948 to 2010 identified significant trends for 40.6 percent of the global area, with 60.2 percent of this area experiencing drier conditions, and 39.8 percent wetter.

Even in areas where precipitation does not decrease, these increases in surface evaporation and loss of water from plants lead to more rapid drying of soils if the effects of higher temperatures are not offset by other changes (such as reduced wind speed or increased humidity).5 As soil dries out, a larger proportion of the incoming heat from the sun goes into heating the soil and adjacent air rather than evaporating its moisture, resulting in hotter summers under drier climatic conditions.6

``... the erroneous sensitivity of convection schemes demonstrated here is likely to contribute to a tendency for large - scale models to «lock - in» dry conditions, extending droughts unrealistically, and potentially exaggerating the role of soil moisture feedbacks in the climate system.»

Plant species and soils were expected to be most affected by the drier and more fire - prone conditions, having a flow - on effect on traditional hunting and cultural activities, the researchers found.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A warming world carries many threats, and now scientists have discovered that a change in atmospheric conditions could have serious consequences for soil chemistry LONDON, 1 November — A warmer, drier world will be bad news for those people who already live on the edge.

The averages for the last 12 months show dry conditions over most regions within a large belt stretching across parts of both Europe and Asia, with below average precipitation and soil moisture and much below average relative humidity, starting in south - western Europe and ending near Japan.

However, most of the Iberian Peninsula continued to experience dry conditions, with below average soil moisture and relative humidity of surface air.

For southwest Europe all these measures indicate dry conditions, in particular for relative humidity and soil moisture.

Soil moisture and relative humidity indicate continued relatively dry conditions within a large belt stretching across parts of both Europe and Asia, starting in south - western Europe and ending near Japan.

For south - western Europe all these measures indicate dry conditions, in particular for relative humidity and soil moisture.

As hotter and drier conditions hit most of the state, Central Valley growers are planting grasses and legumes under their trees to increase the carbon and nitrogen in their soils.

Even though it is hard to predict individual rainstorms in California and their local impacts months or seasons ahead, the model predictions still have better chance to determine whether on average the next year will have drier or wetter soil conditions as well as more or less wildfire probability.

«The warming leads to a simulated long - term reduction in soil moisture which, although of weak magnitude compared to soil moisture deficits induced by naturally occurring droughts in the southwest United States, would imply that drought conditions may be entered more quickly and alleviated more slowly owing to long - term warming... Radiative forcing of the climate system is another source of predictability, although not really a welcome one, and rising greenhouse gases will lead to a steady drying of southwest North America.

«We've seen the effects of record heat on snow and soil moisture this year in California, and we know from this new research that climate change is increasing the probability of those warm and dry conditions occurring together.»

Within its distribution range across Central Europe, this species grows preferentially on well - drained, moist soils; but at the margins of its occurrence beech stands also exist under moderately dry conditions (Paule et al. 1994, Bolte et al. 2007).

Increasing soil organic carbon by improved management can help maintain productivity in drier conditions.

The hotter and drier conditions were a recipe for more wildfires — with lightning strikes igniting more easily in drier soils and vegetation, and higher temperatures spreading the flames.

Preferred habitat: swamps, wet meadows, damp woods, marshes, bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in summer if too dry + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 12 to 18» + + + + Wildlife value: Butterfly larvae like to pupate on irises + + + + Note: plant can be difficult to find; its iris cousins the Louisiana irises will achieve similar results

April 2018 saw very dry conditions, indicated by much below average relative humidity and soil moisture, and below average precipitation in south and central Argentina, in Australia, in Mexico and southwestern USA, and in eastern China.

The month saw dry conditions, as indicated by below average precipitation, soil moisture, and relative humidity and above average temperature compared to 1981 - 2010 in most of eastern and southeastern Europe, including the regions around the Black Sea.

Subsidence is caused by soil shrinkage and movement, and is increasingly becoming a risk to property owners due to cracks in the earth caused by prolonged dry spells which alter soil conditions.