Sentences with phrase «instance water stress»

It might include for instance water stress in a specific area — with defined consequences such as on biodiversity, fire, security or civil society — at either global or regional scales or both.

It might include for instance water stress in specific area — with defined consequences such as on biodiversity, fire, security or civil society — at either global or regional scales or both.

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These changes, the report notes, will place increasing stress on water, health, energy and transportation systems and have, in several instances, already crossed tipping points to irreversible change.

If a coral becomes stressed, though — for instance, if the surrounding water becomes too warm — it will expel its algae, bleaching a ghostly white in the process.