Sentences with phrase «following dry years»

A recent study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Florida found the number of American alligators observed in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge dropped following dry years, and then appeared to recover in later non-dry years.

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Now if a farmer had 3 bad years in a row, he would lay everything he had left on the following dry season, having all hope that a miracle rain would hit.

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High fire years, she said, almost exclusively are marked by warmer - than - average spring seasons followed by warm, dry summers.

«The snowpack we had this year was below average — around 70 percent of average towards the end of February, followed by one of the driest, warmest Marches on record,» said Tim Mathews, a fire meteorologist with the Rocky Mountain Coordination Center.

«Since 2005, the Amazon region has experienced alternating wet and dry years, with high fire years followed by flood conditions,» Morton said.

Each summer, archaeologist Sarah Hlubik treks rutted dirt tracks to a dry riverbed in Kenya, following, approximately, in the footsteps of ancient hominins who camped there about 1.6 million years ago.

These molecules control the climate, so following them allows us to understand the history of Mars over the last four billion years and to track the change from a warm and wet climate to the cold, dry climate we see today.

The combination of a wet year followed by a dry one creates the perfect conditions for nitrate to leach into groundwater

For example, in years that had more than average burning during the dry season, measurements of soil moisture, evaporation and vegetation greenness — all of which help to trigger rain — decreased in the following wet season.

About 13,000 years ago, a sharp, 1300 - year - long cold and dry spell called the Younger Dryas reversed the warming that had followed the last ice age.

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

It's been used as a hangover treatment in Mexico for many years — which has actually been supported by research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which showed participants who drank the juice before a night out reported significantly less nausea, dry mouth, and loss of appetite the following day.

After I solved the vitamin C issue, I did perhaps 50 experiments over the following few years, increasing carbs which made the dry eyes go away and reducing them which made them immediately come back.

Too short, I mean, because when it dries and the curl suddenly makes it 3 cm shorter... When I first met my hairdresser, some 20 years ago, I gave her very «detailed instructions» (her words), and she followed them.

During B - D's recent interview with John Carpenter regarding his upcoming psychological horror film The Ward (which follows a ten - year dry spell...

The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip, dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains why he's done with movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.

Following last year's major redesign, the 2018 Pathfinder continues to add new features and technologies such as the innovative Rear Door Alert system, which can help remind drivers of anything that may be forgotten in the rear seat — pets, valuables, dry cleaning, groceries and more.

A year ago, we introduced a freeze - dried snack line that includes: Beef Tendons, Rolled Salmon Skins and Turkey Necks, followed by our Vital Treat line, which includes: Beef Nibs, Wild Alaskan Salmon, Rabbit Bites, Beef Tripe, Turkey Giblets, and Chicken Breast.

Following the month - long dry dock, which takes place in Freeport, the Bahamas, Carnival Paradise will resume its year - round schedule of four - to eight - day cruises from Tampa, FL, March 26, 2018.

Following the dry dock, Carnival Sunshine will embark on a schedule of nine - and 12 - day Mediterranean voyages from Barcelona and Venice from April to October 2013 then launch year - round seven - day Caribbean departures from New Orleans beginning November 2013.

Day Three — Optional Zip Lining over a canyon outside of Santa Teresa, or alternatively a three hour hike to the Hydroelectric plant (usually sunny and dry), followed by an easy three hour hike from the Hydroelectric plant to Aguas Calientes (usually sunny, but can be rainy depending on the time of year).

Relevant to this issue, there is currently a debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).

Dry years occur typically in succession over a 4 - year interval followed by a deluge in the fifth year.

«Even though California historically has periods of dry and wet years, there isn't an analog for climate extremes like the ones we've observed in recent years, such as those record - breaking prolonged periods of drought following by periods of intense precipitation pulses that cause flooding,» Woodburn said.

The tree rings showed that huge swaths of southern China, Mongolia and surrounding areas consistently dried up in the year or two following big events, while mainland southeast Asia got increased rain.

This mild dry winter was followed the following year by a similarly mild but very wet winter.

The first kind of precipitation whiplash is from year to year, meaning that we'll see more extraordinarily dry years followed by incredibly wet years — in the way California's five - year drought ended in 2017 in one of the wettest winters on record.

We found that when wet years were followed by drier years, the simulated annual wood production per unit of leaf area, a measure of tree vigor, dropped below a critical threshold on site I but not on site II.

In our simulations, when precipitation fell below average, the trees quickly shed foliage to adapt to the drier conditions, and tree vigor was negatively affected by the sudden drop in leaf area as indicated by the decrease in the following year's GE (ratio of change in the change in LAI to stem diameter).

They know it from days and nights that are hotter than in the past; from more frequent and more intense hurricanes or freak years like the last one when there were none; from long periods of dry weather followed by unseasonable heavy rainfall and flooding; and from the recognisable erosion of coastal areas and reefs.

According to Neilson, the latest models suggest that parts of the US are experiencing longer - term precipitation patterns, with less year - to - year variability but several wet years in a row followed by several years that are drier than normal.

The second fire, followed by a dry summer, produced just one - tenth as much tree growth as was seen 12 years previously.

Jordan's cloud - seeding experiment followed after Russia, which last year ordered the rain to fall earlier in order to guarantee a dry day for parades and celebrations.

In 1986, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed the first dry storage installation at the Surry Nuclear Power Plant in Virginia, and more nuclear plant owners followed suit, armed with a 20 - year license, along with expectations that Yucca Mountain would soon begin operations.

By Peter Gleick, President January 16, 2014 California has a «Mediterranean» climate, which means that each year it has a concentrated rainy season, followed by a long temperate and dry period.

This sounds similar to what's being worked on in Alberta, except Shells» Shale plan is to generate scads of electricity, use that energy to pump a chilled refrigerant around and over buried tar shale deposits - this is to freeze the groundwater enough to encapsulate a 2000 - foot deep segment of shale - followed by pumping out the groundwater inside the frozen periphery and inserting giant electrodes into the isolated shale body to heat the now - dried interior to 700 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of three years, before extracting the oil liberated by the interior heat.

Confirmed: 2011 Was Texas» Driest Year On Record & The Second Hottest Perhaps it doesn't need official confirming, especially for TreeHugger readers who've been following our diligent coverage of all the grim announcements about the state of Texas» drought, but the National Weather Service has officially stated that 2011 was the driest year on record for Driest Year On Record & The Second Hottest Perhaps it doesn't need official confirming, especially for TreeHugger readers who've been following our diligent coverage of all the grim announcements about the state of Texas» drought, but the National Weather Service has officially stated that 2011 was the driest year on record for TeYear On Record & The Second Hottest Perhaps it doesn't need official confirming, especially for TreeHugger readers who've been following our diligent coverage of all the grim announcements about the state of Texas» drought, but the National Weather Service has officially stated that 2011 was the driest year on record for driest year on record for Teyear on record for Texas.

«The destructive fires in California are not unexpected given the wet winter last year and resultant plant growth, followed by hot and dry weather since then in which the vegetation dried out,» University of Colorado Boulder meteorologist Roger A. Pielke Sr. said in an email.

And that followed two other dry years.