Sentences with phrase «from beetle»

In fact, Elias and Matthews (2002) showed a much better relationship between modern beetle distributions and WMMT (r2 = 0.95) than CMMT (r2 = 0.80), suggesting that the seasonal range of warming inferred from the beetle assemblage (ΔMAT = 10.0 to 14.8 °C) is probably biased low.

If we are going to build sustainably, we have to use more wood and less concrete, especially in Canada where we have so much if it under threat from beetle infestations.

My guess is that the tree has already become so stressed by «something» or a lack of «something» that it can no longer defend itself from beetle / larvae attack.

It was only last year that the New York City Parks and Recreation Department declared Staten Island and Manhattan free from the beetle.

req'd), which just looks at the current and future impact from the beetle's warming - driven devastation in British Columbia:

In the worst year, the impacts resulting from the beetle outbreak in British Columbia were equivalent to 75 % of the average annual direct forest fire emissions from all of Canada during 1959 — 1999.

Millions of acres of forest have been lost, with severe economic and ecological impacts from a beetle outbreak ten times larger than previous outbreaks.

The research, published in Forest Ecology and Management, adds to understanding of the southern pine beetle and confirms previous research from the beetle's southern habitat on the importance of characteristics that increase forest susceptibility to the pest.

«Obtaining a sufficient number of recordings for individual beetles has been difficult and we developed a triggering method for long - term recording from beetle movement or flight take - off,» said Allen.

In 1980 he began studying one called verbenone that other researchers had isolated from beetle guts more than a decade earlier.

Read about the world, show her pictures of everything from beetles to pinwheels, and explore the things that interest her most.

In today's issue of Science, a researcher makes a strong case that this diversity stems from the beetles» fondness for a leafy diet and the appearance of flowering plants some 100 million years ago.

Others grow in pockets, or «climate refuges,» that for various reasons have protected trees from the beetles.

Some of the favored microbes come from the beetles» own gut.

From beetles collected at 27 sites in Alberta and British Columbia, they looked for any patterns amongst their catalog of 1536 mutations (single - nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs).

The approach has revealed the original hues of a variety of organisms, from beetles to feathered dinosaurs.

Scientists have discovered that it's not just bravado; the toxins from the beetles also kill parasites that live in the birds» reproductive orifice known as the cloaca, researchers report today in PLOS ONE.

But those plants and others have quietly become sources of a new generation of natural food colorings that are replacing traditional synthetic colors and colors derived from beetles.

Some DNA in this ice even came from beetles, butterflies, moths and other insects.

His images for A MONSTER CALLS use everything from beetles to breadboards to create interesting marks and textures.

Scientists have found that during past periods of global warming, everything from beetles, bees and spiders to gophers and wood rats shrank, as witnessed in the fossil records of those species.

So, are we likely to see more wildfires in places with pulses of tree mortality from beetles?

From beetles and butterflies to dragonflies and lice, bugs from the following orders are all good enough to eat.

I've sourced lolly lip glosses (most likely from China and laced with deadly chemicals) to put in the goodie bags, along with mini disco ball keyrings and rubber butterfly slappy things left over from the Beetles, Bugs & Butterflies party Sprog 2 had last year (they're goldfish at that age, they'll never remember).

Not exact matches

His research is partly inspired by a type of beetle found in the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, which collects moisture from the seemingly dry air on its shell and drinks the condensed water as it rolls into its mouth.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

If so, maybe try a different one, because you're a 50 cent cab ride from having beetles in your hovercraft.

The beetle survives by collecting condensation from the ocean breeze on the hardened shell of its wings.

Yes now she can babble mindlessly about talking snakes, talking fiery bushes, big boats that held 250,000 species of beetle along with wooly mammoths and snow leopards, guys that floated into the clouds in front of everyone (yet somehow the Jews and Arabs still just don't buy that he was the saviour), parted water / wine to water / walking on water / healing water, food from the sky....

They spread from tree to tree now in such numbers that the bird - beetle balance is destroyed.

This part the bible got right — from dust you came and to dust you will return — ergo your body will decompose, be eaten by worms and beetles then they will crap you out as new dirt — thus completing the circle of life.

They range from spice mixtures with aphrodisiac beetles to scaldingly hot chile pepper blends to elegant weekend curry lunches at the club.

This diversity is reflected in the unique spice mixture ras el hanout, which is prepared with twenty to thirty spices ranging from the familiar to the downright weird, including belladonna berries, iris leaves, and Spanish fly — the reputedly aphrodisiac cantharide beetles.

Val — More Than Burnt Toast, Taryn — Have Kitchen Will Feed, Susan — The Spice Garden, Heather — girlichef, Miranda — Mangoes and Chutney, Jeanette — Healthy Living Mary — One Perfect Bite, Kathleen — Bake Away with Me, Sue — The View from Great Island Barbara — Movable Feasts, Linda A — There and Back Again, Nancy — Picadillo Mireya — My Healthy Eating Habits, Veronica — My Catholic Kitchen Annie — Most Lovely Things, Claudia — Journey of an Italian Cook, Alyce — More Time at the Table, Amrita — Beetles Kitchen Escapades

Val — More Than Burnt Toast, Taryn — Have Kitchen Will Feed, Susan — The Spice Garden Heather — girlichef, Miranda — Mangoes and Chutney, Amrita — Beetles Kitchen Escapades Mary — One Perfect Bite, Sue — The View from Great Island, Barbara — Movable Feasts Linda A — There and Back Again, Nancy — Picadillo, Mireya — My Healthy Eating Habits Veronica — My Catholic Kitchen, Annie — Most Lovely Things, Jeanette — Healthy Living Claudia — Journey of an Italian Cook, Alyce — More Time at the Table Kathy — Bakeaway with Me, Martha — Simple Nourished Living, Jill — Saucy Cooks ~ ~ ~

Occasionally, the flavor just comes from things you may prefer not to ingest — like ground up beetles.

Even when the flavors come from «natural sources,» they may be derived from things you'd rather not ingest — like ground - up beetles.

It's a relic from another era, a time when a pitcher threw until beetles crawled out of their arms and scuttled into the crowd.

These food dyes have received much press given that they are derived from crushed beetle carcasses.

and the surprisingly beautiful, delicate renderings of oversize beetles and anatomically accurate human organs silkscreened dresses made of recycled and organic cottons and bamboo from Field Day Wearables.

Though it once counted among its residents King Charles I and his court as protection from the plague in 1625, today it's home to mostly deer and beetles.

The emerald ash borer — a voracious wood - boring beetle introduced to this country on a wooden palette of automobile parts shipped from China in the 1990s — is wrecking havoc on Erie County trees.

Jewel beetles have sensors that detect infrared radiation from forest fires as far as 50 miles away.

These tiny beetles don't look very interesting from afar, but a close view from above reveals a beautiful intricate pattern that looks more like art than an insect exoskeleton.

But bombardier beetles can shoot hot steam and noxious chemicals from their back ends.

From frogs swallowing light bulbs to beetles mating with bottles, the modern world is hijacking creatures» evolved instincts.

Beetles typically reduce methane gas wafting off dung, but pats from treated cows showed a 1.8-fold increase in methane output.

Like ants and honeybees, beetles communicate via scented chemicals called pheromones, one of which warns the insects to stay away from particular trees.

The morbid color, by now a staple of the Rockies, comes not from fire or some exotic disease but from an insect no larger than a grain of rice — the bark beetle.

That changed abruptly in 1998, when mountain pine and western pine beetles began a vicious attack on evergreens from British Columbia to Baja California.