Sentences with phrase «from erosion»

Together, restoring the earth's tree and grass cover and practicing conservation agriculture protect soil from erosion and reduce flooding.

The dark red sand beach originated from the erosion of volcanic stones.

However, if your home has any damage from erosion directly related to uncommon water movement, it is covered.

The park district is closing off a key section of the area for 30 to 60 days while it repairs damage caused in the last year from erosion and flooding.

Before we stepped out onto the bedding plane, we removed our shoes and put on polyester booties to protect the fossils from erosion.

It also protects coasts from erosion, particularly in winter, and some research shows it could even affect weather in areas further south.

The problem with leveraged ETFs is that your timing has to be decent, otherwise you'll lose a lot of money from erosion.

It is mud season in the Adirondack High Peaks, and state officials are urging hikers to protect trails from erosion by slogging through wet areas or simply sticking to lower elevations.

How could these two men significantly change the dynamic among serious investors on the coasts to reorient their focus on cities, many of them suffering from the erosion of manufacturing, in the Rust Belt and elsewhere?

Coastal marshes absorb and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere; they help filter out pollution in coastal waters; provide habitat for wildlife; help protect coastlines from erosion and storm surge; and can store huge amounts of floodwater, reducing the threat of flooding in low - lying coastal areas.

Without it the island would not exist for it serves as a natural break - water protecting the beach from erosion by the waves, and sheltering the caye and its inhabitants.

It is mud season in the Adirondack High Peaks, and state officials are urging hikers to protect trails from erosion.

Initial reports that the Government wants to change how private communications data can be stored and accessed have rightly caused great concern, not least amongst Liberal Democrat activists and Parliamentarians who all seek to safeguard civil liberties from erosion by state surveillance.

For example, it can be pressed into a cheap industrial textile — useful as absorbent padding inside machinery, to protect bare ground from erosion, or to soak up oil from polluted water.

And how do glaciers protect mountains from erosion?

Bank erosion and deposition are highly variable spatially, both along the bank and with elevation, and over time, with a single point on the bank often changing from erosion to deposition with subsequent flow events.

Later Sunday evening, officials said the threat of collapse from erosion had diminished, according to The Sacramento Bee.

As the lake deteriorated from erosion, storm runoff, geese droppings and schools of goldfish, Park District officials knew it was time for action.

Organic Gardening: Since these products are all effective at preventing weeds and protecting the soil from erosion without the use of chemicals or pesticides, they're safe for organic farming.

The technology behind the electrically powered plasma thruster can deliver large thrust density without the need to expose electrodes to plasma, which cuts down on damage from erosion over time.

These rapidly - moving glaciers protect Antarctic ice from erosion by ocean waters, which otherwise would raise worldwide sea levels by some 50 feet.

As the top layers of fresh snow disappear, old impurities, like dust from erosion or soot that blew in years before, begin to appear, darkening the surface.

The world's largest river island will disappear within the next few decades from erosion by the mighty Brahmaputra River, scientists say.

The develpment and health of crops is monitored from space, as is damage to rangelands from erosion, over-grazing or fires.

Like the dense rock spires that form from erosion in a windblown desert, the gaseous pillars in the Eagle nebula have been shaped and compressed by the stellar winds and energetic ultraviolet light from the nebula's massive stars.

In 2009, Vanderbilt doctoral student Tamara Carley, who has just accepted the position of assistant professor at Layfayette College, began collecting samples from volcanoes and sands derived from erosion of Icelandic volcanoes.

They act as a breakwater and help protect the salt marsh from erosion.

Before the Spaniards arrived, inhabitants of the arid northern Peruvian coast clad massive sand dune — like ridges with an accidental form of «armor»: millions of discarded mollusk shells, which protected the ridges from erosion for nearly 4700 years and produced a vast corrugated landscape that «is visible from space,» says archaeologist Dan Sandweiss of the University of Maine, Orono, one of the paper's authors.

Bamboo can be cultivated with little to no fertilizer, pesticides, heavy harvesting machinery or irrigation, and bamboo root systems can protect steep banks from erosion.

Though Houston business leaders have played important roles in developing and supporting school improvement, they now have a deeper role to play: protecting the basic reform strategy from erosion or careless abandonment.

Conversely, don't save your college or retirement money in safe, but low yielding money market funds when college or retirement are many years away; you will likely be missing out on many years of fat returns and your savings will even lose buying power from the erosion of inflation.

Once established, mangrove thickets protect the shoreline from erosion due to normal storms and tides.

It's most prominent features are its deserted coves and rugged rocky cliffs that are artistically shaped from erosion and the elements over time.

Preserving the sand dunes from erosion, maintaining the health of the coral reefs, being respectful of the local animals and plants, and making sure that what you bring to the beach leaves with you, will allow everyone to enjoy this tropical paradise.

The rivers in the interior run reddish brown from the erosion - even the crocodiles are red!

Shishmaref, pictured above, is one of many coastal towns and islands that are facing threats from erosion and sea level rise, as a result of rapid climate disruption.

In so doing, it may create a «negative feedback loop,» Beck says, in which the oil destroys marshland, lowers the overall resistance to storm surges, and thus brings about even more marshland destruction from erosion.

Astonishing objects that emerge from the erosion caused by a cow's tongue licking a block of salt.

From erosion stabilization to economic diversification and beyond, saving endangered animals improves the lives of their human neighbors, too.Indeed, famed biologist Edward O. Wilson has explained that the protection of species and biodiversity is not only beneficial to human populations, but is essential to their survival.

But the roundtable participants said their biggest worry about protecting privilege came from its misuse or lack of understanding in their companies» outside legal departments, not from erosion of the concept in general in North America.

Instead of plowing, farmers leave crop residue on fields after the harvest where it acts as a mulch to protect soil from erosion and a source of organic matter.

This indicates that the innovation potential has been substantial for fungicides with new modes of action and excellent performance, not least because some of the older groups have suffered from an erosion of efficacy against some important pathogens due to the emergence of resistance [see also FRAC 2007 (1)-RSB-.

However, there would be a decline in imports by Canada from the United States, resulting from erosion of U.S.'s NAFTA preferences in the Canadian market,» the analysis says.

In addition to being home to many types of sea life and a source of revenue, coral reefs play a vital part in protecting nearby coastlines from erosion and serve as a natural barrier against storm surge during hurricanes.