Sentences with phrase «for times of drought»

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The result of sharing awesomeness with others «is a community of individuals - people appreciating each other for their individuality... which is something I think we all need during these times of severe communal drought,» he concludes.

The subsequent rebuilding of livestock numbers takes time, so recoveries of livestock - related production from drought are generally more protracted than those for crop production.

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I think it was for a couple of reasons — partly when my dad was super sick and in the hospital for months, and at the same time we were having this years - long drought... and I just kept thinking «I just want a rainy day to sit inside and rest and recharge.»

Storm system heads toward drought - stricken California: Drought - stricken California was set to get some relief from an approaching storm that forecasters said would be unusually strong for this time of year for parts of the state...

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».

Some Arsenal fans have not been happy with the club for keeping Arsene Wenger as our manager for some time now and even though the pressure may have been taken off the Frenchman by the team ending the long trophy drought and then backing it up with back to back FA cup wins at Wembley, the failure so far this season to take advantage of the struggles of the Premier League big boys has brought it all back with a bang.

Benteke's scoring drought comes at one of the worst possible times for Liverpool: they are still expected to be without star striker Philippe Coutinho for the foreseeable future and have a Capital One Cup Final with Manchester City coming up on the schedule.

I get the criticisms, I truly do, but a lot of fans blindly deny the fact that he does score goals for us, and highlight his drought at the end of season as though that was the story of his season with us, neglecting the fact that before that he was scoring near on a goal a game in a time where we desperately needed it to secure CL football when it was in no way guaranteed..

Phil trying to end this drought, make a Ryder Cup team for the 11th straight time, and stay competitive with all the 20 - something bombers remains one of the most fascinating watches in the game.

Lukaku has scored three times in two games over the international break, and will now hope to end his goal drought at club level after going seven matches without finding the back of the net for Manchester United.

Again I bring up that I'm not mad at Thibs for signing Jamal and Rose, I think it's virtually impossible to scout players you don't know if all your free time is going towards coaching a team out of a 14 year playoff drought.

Also for the first time, two of these teams are ours, making North America the favorite to retain the bowl that the Dallas Aces captured last year in Stockholm after a 16 - year American victory drought.

They have now failed to score in any of their last five league games for the first time ever and their goal drought is currently standing at 465 minutes.

Then in 2013, Ozil joined Arsenal for a club record fee of # 42.5 m which made him the most expensive German player of all time and won the FA Cup in his debut season in England ending Arsenal's nine - year trophy drought.

Nestlé has been particularly criticised for extracting water in California for the Arrowhead brand — promoted at the LA Marathon — at a time of drought and without a current licence.

Cuomo in his State of the State address last month gave a shout - out to the Bills: «We ended the drought in Buffalo, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 1999, «Go Bills!

For example, in western US, drought and higher temperatures have doubled the rate of tree mortality since 1995, with mortality rates accelerating over time.

In a 2015 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, another team of Columbia researchers made the case that climate change made Syria's 2006 - 2010 drought two to three times more likely, and that the drought was a catalyst for Syria's 2011 uprising.

Yet even last summer — staring at the effects of growth and drought on the reservoir, where once - drowned islands were visible for the first time in as much as 75 years — Mulroy apologized for none of it.

FOR the first time, a single strain of genetically modified rice has been made that handles drought, salty soils and lack of fertiliser.

The worldwide demand for legumes, one of the world's most important agricultural food crops, is growing; at the same time, their production has been adversely affected by drought.

But, Jacob said, the significance of the study is that it shows a new way for scientists to estimate total water loss during times of drought, which would be more difficult to estimate without being able to detect how much the land is being uplifted in dry years.

Even at the time of the last IPCC report in 2007, the trends for extreme heat, droughts and intense rainfall were already clearly upward.

European wheat production areas have to prepare for greater harvest losses in the future when global warming will lead to increased drought and heat waves in southern Europe, and wet and cool conditions in the north, especially at the time of sowing.

It's difficult to say why the cocoliztli was so deadly for the native peoples, but the indigenous population may also have been suffering from malnourishment as a result of a great drought that afflicted the region at the time, Acuña - Soto says.

NCAR, which is financed in part by the National Science Foundation, has spent several years searching for ways to extend the predicability of floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events from weeks to months as a way to give weather - sensitive sectors such as agriculture more time to protect themselves against costly losses.

For the first time, scientists will have an instant read on how springs respond to all sorts of factors, from fertilizer application to drought or heavy rainfall, says Brian Katz, a geochemist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Federal drought experts found that parts of California descended into «exceptional» drought last week for the first time in 15 years of drought mapmaking by the federal government.

Even if the Southern Nevada Water Authority meets its 20 percent conservation target by 2035, in that time the demand for water will still grow to the point where there will be essentially no surplus available in case of drought or other spikes in water use, Ahmad reported.

Dry times are normal for the Colorado River Basin — analysis of tree rings going back 1,200 years shows frequent drought.

In part because of its weakness, as well as its unusual timing, the El Niño isn't expected to have much impact on U.S. weather patterns, nor bring much relief for drought - stricken California.

Oklahoma and Texas both had their wettest month of any month on record, nearly erasing drought for the first time since 2010 in those states.

For more earth - friendly jeans, choose organic brands — organic farming methods protect the soil, and healthy soil holds more water reserves to help in times of drought.

For the first time since 2011, the Pacific Northwest is not registering any sign of drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor.

It's the first time I know of that data has been parsed apart this way for any drought on the planet.»

I also see perennial - nominee Meryl Streep (17 times) squeaking by The Help's equally - deserving Viola Davis for Best Actress, more for her 29 - year drought than for her spot - on impersonation of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

But with it came a time of social turmoil; crime and violence fueled by thwarted expectations; a thirst for vengeance; high unemployment; and an influx of refugees from other African countries devastated by war, drought and economic disaster.

And for sure I have been in a drought for a while, much like these beaches I live on, we've not had rain here for a long time and then boom all of a sudden we've had a full day of rain today, like lashing down stay indoors in your pjs rain (love that, love) and boom I have found some great things....

And for sure I have been in a drought for a while, much like these beaches I live on, we've not had rain here for a long time and then boom all of a sudden we've had a full day of rain...

Containing over 1,400 artifacts from the end of the Ancient Maya Empire that have lain undisturbed for more than a millennium, the ATM cave was once used by priests to conduct human sacrifices at a time of drought, warfare, and civil strife.

Global warming may be of some benefit in certain regions for some period of time, however, it will continue as it already is now, bring about more chaotic weather patterns, droughts, famine, floods, crop shortages etc... We are actually witnessing it now.

I am unaware of any projection for «semi-permanent» drought in this time frame over the expansive region of the Central Great Plains.

Amazon, Arctic, Darfur and Napa Valley Stephan Faris, a correspondent for Time, Fortune, and Salon, who wrote Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, addressed land use and how global warming is responsible for drought, water issues, malaria spreading, health, and immigration pressures around the world.

Bury the biochar in the garden and increase it's resilience to drought and nutrient shortfalls for perhaps a thousand years, as it also sequesters carbon for that length of time.

The Pacific anomaly was around for a long time, making glaciers melt in January Alaska and of course affecting the California drought.

There has been, in my opinion, a trend, not really appreciated by most, which is stable extreme weather, one can name many zones of the world having some extreme fascet of continous drought, rain, heat and mostly changes in dominant wind directions for extended periods of time, which is in itself unusual.

For many kinds of disruption, from crop failure caused by drought to sickness and death from heat waves, the main risks are in the extremes, with changes in average conditions representing a climate with altered timing, intensity, and types of extremes.

With 90 percent of New Mexico currently in extreme or exceptional drought, the harshest categories in the U.S. Drought Monitor, farmers are forced to go to extremes for water, including paying up to $ 45,000 to drill a well «down as much as 91 meters (300 feet), nearly five times deeper than before the drought.»

Chinese dynasties were shaken when people held the corruption of the Emperor and his mandarins to blame for devastating floods; European and American communities into modern times declared days of public penance as an answer to droughts.