Sentences with phrase «in such high altitudes»

It was immensely popular because it was one of few crops that could survive in such high altitudes (10,000 — 20,000 feet above sea level).

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He adds that better understanding of such high - altitude processes will help explain why «noctilucent» clouds have become more common in the past 50 years.

Such early contacts between Tibet and China «point to a high - altitude component of the Silk Road in Tibet that has been largely neglected,» says Martin Jones, an archaeobotanist at the University of Cambridge.

The analysis also confirmed other effects of being at high altitudes, such as the increase in hemoglobin to ferry as much oxygen as possible.

«One major adaptation is a positive selection for genes involved in hypoxia response and skeletal development, similar to those expressed in other organisms in high - altitude environments such as Tibet and the Andes,» Dr Subramanian said.

Such changes had been observed before in the lab, but never in humans, and never at high altitude, the team reports this month in the Journal of Proteome Research.

Vineyards planted at higher altitudes or near the ocean — such as those in Oregon and Washington and in Argentina's Mendoza Province — will be less affected by rising temperatures and may continue to benefit from the warming trend.

Who in the region has weapons capable of reaching such altitudes with high accuracy?

The implications of these data are that maternal treatment with antioxidants may provide possible therapy against the programming effects on vascular dysfunction in pregnancy complicated by fetal hypoxia, such as during placental insufficiency, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or high altitude pregnancy.

Some mitochondrial SNPs have been associated with various characteristics, such as adaptation to cold weather or high altitude environments and have been implicated in susceptibility to diabetes and various inflammatory diseases.

«If indeed these features are high - altitude clouds generated by flow perturbations associated with a deeper vortex system, such drastic fluctuations in intensity would indeed be possible,» Sromovsky added.

«Such concentrations are clear evidence of strong irregularities in Mars» high altitude winds and circulation patterns,» says NASA in a statement.

As high - altitude clouds and hazes are not expected in hydrogen - dominated atmospheres around planets with such insolation15, 16, these observations further support their terrestrial and potentially habitable nature.

Very little of the infrared spectrum from space reaches to sea - level, although more of it can be observed by high - altitude aircraft, such as the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), or telescopes on high mountaintops (such as the peak of Mauna Loa in Hawaii).

Because snow leopards successfully live at such high altitudes (3500m to 6500m) for many years researchers thought the haemoglobin of this species was in some way adapted so it could carry more oxygen than the haemoglobins of other big cats.

To answer the question what is maca root, let's climb high above sea level till we get to altitude of 13,000 feet in Peruvian Andes and find there this amazing root plant, which is the only plant that is used for food to grow at such extreme heights.

Nearly all maca cultivation in Peru is carried out organically, as there are few pests naturally occurring at such high altitudes, and maca itself is seldom attacked.

The Urus» braking system is commensurate with its super sports car performance, ensuring high thermal resistance and accommodating frequent and heavy braking, even from high speeds and in extreme conditions such as on track or at high altitude.

While initiatives are still at work to increase global access to internet connection — such as programs like Google's Project Loon that literally plans to use high - altitude weather balloons floating over various regions around the world to provide internet access to places that otherwise wouldn't have it for decades — there's no point in having internet access if you can't afford a device to connect.

They do well at high altitudes such as in the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and high plains where ranchers pastured their livestock.

Ferrets» mischievous behavior, such as chewing on cage bars or falling from higher altitudes, may result in trauma to the maxillary canines.

Due to the differences in altitude, there are many humidity levels and temperature differences what makes this region is such a unique spot on earth, with an extremely high variety of biodiversity.

YOU SHOULD BRUSH UP ON WHAT CLIMATE IS: -» there is no such a thing as `' earth's global climate» — there are many INDEPENDENT different MICRO CLIMATES 1] Alpine climate 2] Mediterranean climate, 3] sea - level climate 4] high altitude climate 5] temperate climates 6] subtropical climate, 7] tropical climate 8] desert climate 9] rainforest climates 10] wet climate 11] dry climate, as in desert AND THEY KEEP CHANGING; wet climate gets dry occasionally b] even rains in the desert sometimes and improves.

In 1982 M.I.Budyko claimed that we could do jobs such as this inexpensively if we used high - altitude airplanes to deliver the sulfur.

Claims of increases in skin cancer failed to take into account increase in life expectancy or such anomalies as the lowest levels of skin cancer occurred in Colorado, the state with the highest levels of ultraviolet radiation due to altitude.

Also at risk of extinction or extirpation are species such as the Panamint alligator lizard and bristlecone pines that live at high altitudes in the park.

If I was setting up an airport thermometer with a bias I'd be sure to make it read high, because reading low could be dangerous in terms of aircraft performance on takeoff (denisty altitude and such).

say it has been predicted that «the average temperature in the semiarid northwest portion of China in 2050 will be 2.2 °C higher than it was in 2002,» and they report that based on the observed results of their study, this increase in temperature «will lead to a significant change in the growth stages and water use of winter wheat,» such that «crop yields at both high and low altitudes will likely increase,» by 2.6 % at low altitudes and 6.0 % at high altitudes... Even without the benefits of the aerial fertilization effect and the anti-transpiration effect of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content, the increase in temperature that is predicted by climate models for the year 2050, if it ever comes to pass, will likely lead to increases in winter wheat production in the northwestern part of China, not the decreases that climate alarmists routinely predict.»