Sentences with phrase «extreme water conditions»
The problem, says Matthews, is that historical data is not a very good guide to the future of freshwater resources — particularly now that extreme water conditions have been exacerbated by a rapidly changing climate.
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The watch is made for those kinds of conditions, but nothing as extreme as deep water exploration.
Just want to share some valuable info (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/california-targets-wrong-water-wasters/Content?oid=4222724) since I'm writing from Los Angeles — almond crops are currently responsible for making the current extreme draught conditions even worse because they are such a water - intensive crop in an area that does not naturally have sufficient water supply, so please consider using other nuts and seeds instead, as CA is currently the only major source of almonds in the world (if you're able to find a small, local / non-CA supplier, wonderful!).
But unlike water, chemicals do not always require extreme conditions to change form.
This is not necessarily the exact amount of water you yourself will need — the IOM points out, «Given the extreme variability in water needs that are not solely based on differences in metabolism, but also in environmental conditions and activity, there is not a single level of water intake that would ensure adequate hydration and optimal health for half of all apparently healthy persons in all environmental conditions... the AI [Adequate Intake] does not represent a requirement; it is an amount that should meet the needs of almost everyone in the specific life stage group under the conditions described.»
IJC officials applaud the $ 22 million the state allocated to help communities, business and homeowners recover from flooding, but they cautioned that future climate conditions are uncertain and that extreme water levels could happen again and more often.
«Primarily because of grand corruption under successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999, millions of Nigerians continue to live in extreme poverty, a condition manifested by the lack of clean water, malnutrition, high rates of child mortality and morbidity, low life expectancy, illiteracy, perception of hopelessness and social exclusion.»
There are differences between Easter Island and the rest of the world, of course, such as its extreme southern latitude and cooler water temperatures, but the island is proof that reefs can survive even in uncommon and relatively harsh conditions.
In prior achievements, these scientists invented a new class of water - based electrolytes that can work under extreme electrochemical conditions that ordinary water can not, and have successfully applied it on different lithium - ion chemistries.
In extreme conditions — in this case, magma - heated water at an ocean depth of nearly 10,000 feet — things work a little differently.
Scientists also study water under more extreme conditions, including at high pressures, where it can exist in the solid state even at room temperature.
David Shiga reports on simulations that suggest the extreme conditions within Uranus and Neptune could produce a layer of superionic water around their cores (4 September, p 15).
«We know that these fungi are important in relation to the absorption of nutrients and water as well as for tolerance to diseases, but what about extreme conditions such as droughts and heat?
Even a camel can't match this trick for surviving extreme drought: The nematode Aphelenchus avenae can lose nearly all its body water, then recover to its slippery self years later when conditions moisten.
Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.
The new finding suggests that extreme tides, which occur fortnightly in synchrony with lunar phases, generate water conditions that could make swimmers sick.
At the opposite end of precipitation extremes, drought also poses risks to public health and safety.192 Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.
Aquatic species richness and abundance can decline, and in extreme cases salinization can prevent lakes from mixing - causing low oxygen conditions that smother aquatic life and reduce water quality.
A 2015 USDA report (Brown et al. 2015) on how climate affects agriculture delineates the sensitivities of specialty crops to many climate components (e.g., temperatures, atmospheric CO2 levels, water supply, cloud and light conditions, high winds and other extreme conditions).
Feb. 5, 2018 - Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.
Researchers at the University of Western Australia have discovered that rising sea levels could reduce water temperature extremes among reefs that have strong tidal conditions.
The researchers found that over a 15 - day period, the water temperatures were most extreme when the low tide period drifted to align with maximum sun heat during noon, and these conditions caused the warming of the shallow water on the reefs.
In a separate, but somewhat related project, Cook is working with researchers from ORNL, Missouri University of Science and Technology, the University of Alberta, and private companies to develop coatings in high - pressure water jet cutting tools and severe service valves where parts are subject to abrasives and other extreme conditions.
What does nt kill us: how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning will renew our lost evolutionary strength.
Designed for extreme climates and weather conditions, this revolutionary material is both wind - and water - resistant.
Moreover, the extreme conditions the actor famously endured over the course of the film — long stretches in snow and icy water, the consumption of some visibly repulsive substances — somewhat obviate the need for performance: One doesn't exactly need to act freezing and miserable when one is, in fact, freezing and miserable.
Well this is quite a fun drive, impressive patriot well suited to face the extreme off road conditions like mud, water and sand.
With savage, unstoppable momentum and the blackest wit, Ian McGuire's The North Water weaves a superlative story of humanity under the most extreme conditions.
This water bladder was constructed for the most extreme of weather conditions and promises to stand up to the test (proven by the no - leak lifetime guarantee).
The local wild rabbits are specially adapted to our extreme desert conditions and reduced water access, while our domestic pet rabbits are not.
We walked through row after row of tiny, filthy and dilapidated, decades - old wire cages packed with hundreds of desperate dogs forced to wallow in their own feces through extreme weather conditions — many without food and water.
In this analysis, hydraulic and agent ‐ based elements are combined in a model to investigate the performance of the water system within extreme weather conditions and changing human agency.
Its larvae can survive in extreme conditions with little water and limited amounts of bacteria to feed on.
Critics of Arctic drilling argue that given the extreme weather conditions, icy waters, and the remoteness of any oil well, it would currently be impossible to clean - up an oil spill adequately.
This pronouncement comes in the wake of extreme drought conditions currently afflicting central and northern China, and statistics released over the weekend that shows China experiences an annual deficit of 40 billion cubic meters of water, with almost two thirds of all cities experiencing varying degrees of water shortage and 200 million rural dwellers facing drinking water shortages.
«These fluctuations can cause extreme wet and dry regional conditions that adversely impact agricultural yields, water resources, infrastructure and human systems,» the study said.
Another example is a loss of electrical power during a heat wave or wildfires, which can reduce food and water safety.261 Air conditioning has helped reduce illness and death due to extreme heat, 262 but if power is lost, everyone is vulnerable.
It allows to imagine conditions to which society may be vulnerable (e.g., a combination of extreme precipitation and a storm surge that hinders discharging the abundant water) but have never occurred yet in the historical record.
The particularly rapid sea ice loss from 1997 to 2007 was related to extreme ocean conditions that drove a sustained warming of the surface waters throughout the subpolar Atlantic and Nordic Seas.
By considering also a phytoplankton biomarker indicative for open - water primary production, these extremes can be easily separated as under a permanent sea ice cover the phytoplankton biomarker is absent but reaches maximum concentrations under open - water conditions (Fig. 3, Supplementary Fig. 1) 31, 38.
Water supply depends on precipitation patterns and temperature, and water infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather, while transport infrastructure is designed to withstand a particular range of weather conditions, and climate change would expose this infrastructure to weather outside historical design critWater supply depends on precipitation patterns and temperature, and water infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather, while transport infrastructure is designed to withstand a particular range of weather conditions, and climate change would expose this infrastructure to weather outside historical design critwater infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather, while transport infrastructure is designed to withstand a particular range of weather conditions, and climate change would expose this infrastructure to weather outside historical design criteria.
Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.
With arable land in retreat and water supplies falling, crop yields were already in decline in many areas, while malnutrition rates were rising — precisely the conditions witnessed in more extreme forms in the famine - affected areas today.
25 kg / m ² is about the global average of water vapour on the air that goes from 1 or 2 kg / m ² (extreme winter polar conditions) up to 80 kg / m ² (near the equatorial convective «chimney» at the confluence of the trade winds)
Altered agricultural conditions, including extreme heat, expanded water demands, and increased severe weather events, will affect food availability and cost, particularly in vulnerable regions in which child undernutrition is already a major threat.43 The decreased protein, iron, and zinc content of certain major crops has been demonstrated for plants grown under increased CO2 conditions, 44,45 carrying significant implications for child nutrition.
As established in the 2016 U.S. Climate and Health Assessment — The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment — the resulting changes in our climate are creating conditions that harm human health through extreme weather events, reduced air and water quality, increases in infectious and vector - borne diseases, and other mechanisms.
Its waters and the abundant life they support are simply too sensitive to be drilled, especially since neither the oil industry nor scientists have identified a proven way to contain or clean up a spill in the Arctic's extreme conditions.
Hey Dogz bet you will have an air conditioner, still have a place to live and supplies of fresh drinking water when other places go under and are suffering extreme heat wave conditions and drought.
Horses are shackled between the shafts of their carriage, their vision restricted by blinders — often working in extreme weather conditions with inadequate access to water or rest, day after day.
These fluctuations can cause extreme wet and dry regional conditions that adversely impact agricultural yields, water resources, infrastructure and human systems,» says the study.