Sentences with phrase «impacts of drought»

A new report provides a national assessment on the possible impact of drought brought about by global warming.

In the context of the predicted significant impacts of drought and climate change, securing Indigenous cultural water rights will become increasingly important.

Based at NPR West's studios in Culver City, CA, but frequently roaming the country, Siegler's reporting has also focused on the far - reaching economic impacts of the drought in the West while explaining the broader, national significance to many of the region's complex and bitter disputes around land use.

At the southern ecotone (see Glossary) with continental grasslands, a contraction of boreal forest is projected due to increased impacts of drought, insects and fires (Bachelet et al., 2001; Scholze et al., 2006), together with a lower rate of sapling survival (Hogg and Schwarz, 1997).

on Waste technologies transform problems to profit as water innovators combat the twin impact of drought and pollution

Despite the plethora of research, more needs to be done, said the report, which ends with a wish list of critical research needs including better predictive capabilities and models, as well as ways to measure the socio - economic impacts of drought outside of money spent by the Forest Service suppressing fires.

Though growing seasons in some areas will expand, the combined impacts of drought, severe weather, lack of accumulated snowmelt, greater number and diversity of pests, lower groundwater tables and a loss of arable land could cause severe crop failures and livestock shortages worldwide.

Interactive Effects of CO2, Drought and Zinc Supply on Wheat (12 July 2017) Elevated CO2 improves the growth and yield of wheat, ameliorating the negative impacts of drought and low Zn...

The success of the competition to date has lead to unprecedented news coverage for some key development issues such as access to maternal health services in Nepal, the devastating impact of drought in northern Kenya and how climate change is affecting pastoralist communities in Africa.

«Tropical trees use unique method to resist drought: Research may alleviate concerns about impact of drought on Amazonian trees, which play a critical role in regulating the global climate.»

«And yet there's been limited research looking at the health impacts of drought — particularly here in the U.S.»

Yesterday the World Meteorological Organisation published its Annual Statement on the Climate, finding that «2013 once again demonstrated the dramatic impact of droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical cyclones on people and property in all parts of the planet» and that «many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human - induced climate change.»

The report provided a national assessment on the possible impact of drought brought about by global warming and the El Niño phenomenon on rangelands, forests and even vegetation.

For example, as an accompanying News & Views article by Prof Sonia Seneviratne and Dr Philippe Ciais points out, the study doesn't include some of the non-climate impacts of drought on ecosystems.

Elliot, K. J. & Swank, W. T. Impacts of drought on tree mortality and growth in a mixed hardwood forest.

This year, we continued to dive deeply into California water issues, covering legislative battles, new research from scientists, interviews with thought leaders, innovative solutions and the environmental and community impacts of drought.

«We found that the average impact of drought disasters on crops has gotten worse,» Lesk said.

But we can avoid some of the worst impacts of drought for Western North America.

The full impact of the drought on the state's agricultural regions is not yet quantified, but preliminary results from a University of California - Davis study suggest that Central Valley farms will receive 6.5 million acre - feet less surface water than under normal conditions.

Scientists are beginning to realize that this special kind of drought — and the number used to describe it — might hold the key to understanding, anticipating and potentially reducing the adverse impacts of drought in warm and arid places like the southwestern U.S. To Williams the number, known as vapor pressure deficit, is so important that he calls it the «unsung dictator of forests.»

Many of the previously reported regional - scale impacts of drought on tree mortality have affected low - and middle - latitude tropical regions2 and the temperate forests of the western United States3, but no study has examined high - latitude boreal regions with multiple species at a regional scale using long - term forest permanent sampling plots7, 8,9.

Anaerobic digestion processes that radically improve the quality of waste water while delivering green energy extracted from biological waste streams are emerging as a profitable way for agricultural and food processing industries to cope with the twin impact of drought and pollution challenges.

Though growing seasons in some areas will expand, the combined impacts of drought, severe weather, lack of accumulated snowmelt, greater number and diversity of pests, lower groundwater tables and a loss of arable land could cause severe crop failures and livestock shortages worldwide.

There is no choice but to avert the negative impacts of a drought - like situation to meet the future demand for food, feed and fibre.

Food prices also fell (by 0.3 per cent) as the impact of the drought began to subside.

Sonoma County Snares $ 8 Million to Fight Drought and Climate Change Sonoma County secured an $ 8 million federal grant to fund conservation projects and acquire land development rights that help combat the impacts of drought and climate change in the Russian River watershed, local and federal officials said Friday...

A common misconception among farmers is that shade trees steal water and nutrients from cocoa bushes, so these trees are often cut down; during climate - smart training, farmers learn that the right kind of shade trees on cocoa plots can help minimize the impact of drought, heat, and excessive rainfall.

«Because of the impact of drought in recent years, many Australians would be well aware that water is a key element of food production and processing, and so water is a key element of thinking about sustainability.

Matteson says he's urging Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) to request the USDA take a closer look at the impact of the drought on Jefferson County.

Researchers examined the impact of the droughts on households in 10 villages.

«We will combine water level, fishing effort, and fish life - history traits to understand the impact of droughts and floods on fishery yields,» said Castello, whose specialty is Amazon fisheries.

«More options can be considered to help reduce the impact of droughts and continental water shortages.»

Over a 13 - year period, researchers carried out fieldwork to assess the impact of drought on trees in the Amazon.

«Previous studies of the impacts of drought on flowers and bees have looked at individual species, often in the laboratory, but we used an experiment with rain shelters to examine the effects on real communities of plant species living in chalk grassland,» said Dr Ellen Fry from the University of Manchester, who set up the experiment.

Because the effects of drought on legume production were found to be affected less by climatic regions and related more to legume species, the selection and promotion of drought - resistant legume species could provide an approach to minimize the impact of droughts.

«We were in Death Valley, in the third year of our study, measuring the impacts of drought.

Scientists are also using orbiters to gather information on the gravitational effects of moving glaciers, to determine the impact of drought on the Amazon rainforest, and to generally assess the global impacts of human activity on Earth's ecosystems.

The finding suggests that models used to gauge the impact of drought on ecosystems should be refined to more accurately account for the role of low atmospheric humidity.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations to build

Today, Montana's drought planning efforts take this approach, seeking to apply foresight, commitment, technology, and cooperation to diminish the impacts of drought.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

The recently adopted UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

Fewer forests means less water in river systems, increasing the impact of droughts and the effects of climate change.

-- more and more literature is making it clear that temperature increases will have a large negative impact on vegetation (natural or agricultural), significantly increasing the impact of droughts.