Sentences with phrase «lack of rain in»

Their study, published in August in Geophysical Research Letters, concluded that the lack of rain in California over the past few years has been primarily a function of natural variability, not climate change.

I also like the way the crust browned from the bottom up on the free - standing tart (golden) The next time a make these I will be sure to have lemon juice, as the apples I worked with were extremely small due to lack of rain in my region.

Even if it be the devil jerking Job around or lack of rain in Texas God is in on it.

Scidevnet: The lack of rains in large, monsoon - dependent, agricultural areas of South Asia has compounded concerns expressed in a recent report about an impending global water crisis and its detrimental impact on agriculture.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In their 2010 third - quarter report, the company cites poor weather as a reason for slightly lower sales — a lack of rain last summer meant less beer in the fall and winteIn their 2010 third - quarter report, the company cites poor weather as a reason for slightly lower sales — a lack of rain last summer meant less beer in the fall and wintein the fall and winter.

Which of those among us hath negligently exercised such a grievous lack of judgment as to let in the above mentioned less interesting version of rain man?

Keep drilling oil and flooding the atmosphere with CO2 and lack of rain will not be the only «biblical» events in Texas or elsewhere.

In sum, we can speak of (a) a relation to nature — the animal kingdom, the calming of a storm, rain and fruitfulness of the land; (b) the social and political community — the overcoming of economic injustice, oppression, cheating or bribing, conflict and lack of compassion; (c) the wellbeing of persons in the community — an aspect assumed in the critique of things that hinder it (covetousness, anger, jealousy) and depicted as family and communal harmonIn sum, we can speak of (a) a relation to nature — the animal kingdom, the calming of a storm, rain and fruitfulness of the land; (b) the social and political community — the overcoming of economic injustice, oppression, cheating or bribing, conflict and lack of compassion; (c) the wellbeing of persons in the community — an aspect assumed in the critique of things that hinder it (covetousness, anger, jealousy) and depicted as family and communal harmonin the community — an aspect assumed in the critique of things that hinder it (covetousness, anger, jealousy) and depicted as family and communal harmonin the critique of things that hinder it (covetousness, anger, jealousy) and depicted as family and communal harmony.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

Our vineyards at Monte Bello in the Santa Cruz Mountains are not irrigated, so the lack of spring rain meant grapes at harvest that were among the smallest we have seen.

Let me try for you We never play well in pissing rain (Thomas I just had to) The lack of fans in the stadium affected the players The blue lines threw us - we've never played with them before We don't like playing in white socks - Where are the RED SOCKS?

Well im not in a wonderland he has his failings as we all do and great teams find a way to win good teams sit where we are 6 -5-4 but thats besides the point and it would be nice if your aunty had bolocks cause then we d be second but ive watched the games were an offensive team most the time although were terrible in the pissing rain but for the most part the game plans have worked weve created chances quality scoring chances one after the other problem is for me the finishing unless we sit back with 9 man behind the ball or ten when you push forward you will give up a goal if you lousy forwards fail to finish the set ups have been there this year but our strikers have failed to kill the games if we create quality chances and grab leads in the first 60 minutes like we have for the most part and in those games those games should of been killed even if we give a goal or two alongside the strategy but we failed to hit multiple should be goals we tried laca we'll see abou auba although hes a bit lazy so far but we'll see but we've lacked that quality in front goal a player the chances have been there im looking at the failure of the strikers and maybe that is his fault but monreal has scored as many goals recently as our strikers and thats sad our defenders or a midfielder will score and our stikers cant tally one in th first 60 mins of a game alongside them then were tired for last 40 give them hope there still only down one and we rue our missed chances while they push thats where iv been frustrated with this season not the tactics but the finishing

However, the lack of sun or rain protection means that if you're going out for a longer hike than you might want to invest in a different baby carrier.

It was actually from April of 2016 and by July, water levels in the system were below average, mostly because of a lack of rain.

Due to deficiencies in the sewer collection system and lack of treatment capacity, wet weather events such as rain or snowmelt generate more wastewater than the plant can handle.

My children have had to endure the cold of the winter, the wetness of the rain, the lack of security, and having to study in decrepit classrooms.

My health deteriorated and I was most of the time feeling dizzy when standing... Our situation became even worse when my two work cows and a donkey became very weak due to lack of forage... Because of the weak physical condition of my animals, I could not use them for long hours on the farm when the 2012 rains started setting in.»

There was a sudden spike in the ponderosa pine population in 1920, aided by a perfect combination of good rains and temperatures and a lack of fire control.

Lacking detailed historical records of what substances were typically found in American rainwater prior to industrialization, researchers decided to measure the next - best thing: unpolluted rain from the most remote regions of the world.

«The great majority of the rural population who grow maize — rain - fed agriculture — for their own consumption are the poorest of the poor and lack the means to invest in the very expensive and risky migration venture.»

They found no influence of human - induced climate change in the lack of rain that year.

I know that to many of you this all might sound silly and why would anybody ever give so much importance to the sunny weather or longer daytime, but believe me, after 10 years of living in Northern Europe, lacking light and for most of the year suffering the coldness, snow, slush and rain, one def.

I'm just so in love with warm weather that the thought of rain, cold, and a lack of sunshine seems miserable.

After a take down that revealed Silva's absolute lack of takedown defense, the fight would spend rest of the time with Cain in Silva's half guard, raining down elbows and leaving Silva a bloody mess, until he eventually mounted and TKO'd.

The Ireland that Eilis leaves behind isn't some squalid, rain - soaked backwater; rather, it's a dull but well - kept country town, insidious only in the lack of opportunities it represents.

However the lack of blood (except for one gory depiction of glass impaled in a man's leg) doesn't mean this production isn't full of devastation as buildings tumble, explode and rain debris down on people in the street.

Even in the rain, it lacks the cornering power of the QV, but the driving experience is only different — not «worse.»

While it might lack the sophistication of AWD systems in such legendary off - road brands as Jeep and Land Rover, it worked just fine during a day of freezing rain and ice.

A cheaply executed, squeaky interior and such a lack of insulation that rain on the rooftop filled the cabin with a thunderous drumming were unacceptable in a vehicle positioned in the hyper - competitive premium crossover segment.

Parking is aided by a great reversing camera but hindered by a lack of rear windscreen wiper (which I always find irritating in the rain but maybe it's just me) and no parking sensors.

Visiting in the dry season is ideal because the lack of rain ensures that the trails and roads are safer to use.

The fair itself is described as still under development, and there certainly were kinks to work out: the temperature in the halls was arctic, for one thing, especially for anyone whose clothes were dampened by rain, and there seemed to be a lack of coordination between the fair and museums in order to extend the opening hours during the event.

It is quite strange that this paper seems to review future of tropical rainforest in the face of rising CO2 and rising temperature — unfortunately, it completely lacks to mention change in precipitation, which is just - another - very - important (climate change) metric — and it completely fails to mention modelling work of Peter Cox group — that predicts decline in rain forest productivity and growth due to decline in precipitation..

But if at some point temperatures warmed sufficiently that snow would fall as rain instead, then I think the lack of snow cover across Siberia in the fall could amplify winter warming.

We have a massive trash pile accumulating in the North Pacific, huge dead zones (no life due to lack of oxygen) along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastline, acid rain, mercury contamination of ponds and lakes in the northeast, poor air quality, rapid loss of fish and bird species in the past 30 years and extensive loss of forests and wetlands.

-- This kind of operations could be used to help the areas with more problems caused by lack of Rain and excessive Sun exposure (in the heat seasons).

Lack of winds can also block rains: a persistent high pressure system, not an uncommon occurrence, blocked weather systems that might have brought rain to the American Midwest and East in the summer of 1988.

And it has occurred principally because of a lack of rain, not principally because of warmer temperatures... the scientific evidence does not support an argument that human - induced climate change has played any appreciable role in the current California drought.»

Surface temperature is largely affected by Wind direction combined with humidity, cloudiness, rain (and vegetation or lack of in the past few months).

Severe haze in Beijing is more likely to develop in winter months — December, January, and February — because of high levels of polluting emissions and a lack of rain to wash pollution out of the atmosphere.

We could see from horizon to horizon from the Buddha tower and watched the massive black cloud appearing in the far distance being driven by the wind towards us, which on reaching us poured rain into all the ingenious levels of gutters and channels designed to capture it as it passed over the city abandoned from lack of water.

The few plants that live in Antarctica today are hardy hangers - on, growing just a few weeks out of the year and surviving poor soil, lack of rain and very little sunlight.

There has of course always been agriculture in Egypt's Nile Delta, where annual river floods compensating for a lack of rain.

That's why it was so puzzling that NOAA's Martin Hoerling was quoted in the NY Times Thursday saying «to state the obvious, this drought has occurred principally due to a lack of rains, not principally due to warmer temperatures.»

Scientist Martin Hoerling with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the current lack of rain or snow in California is clearly not part of a long - term trend, or part of human - induced climate change, as many studies have already shown.

Rugged Quality Although not to be used in raining days due to lack of sun, the solar charger is waterproof (not including the USB output ports) and rugged enough to withstand most weather and environment conditions in the wild.

Dr. Curry; In an excellant article on the effects of rain in Pakistan as it relates to the lack of attribution to Global Climate Change, and KPO's use of marchesarosa's literary references to 800 years of Russian peat bog fires and drought, I would like to see a completion of the weather extreme trilogy by a discussion of winIn an excellant article on the effects of rain in Pakistan as it relates to the lack of attribution to Global Climate Change, and KPO's use of marchesarosa's literary references to 800 years of Russian peat bog fires and drought, I would like to see a completion of the weather extreme trilogy by a discussion of winin Pakistan as it relates to the lack of attribution to Global Climate Change, and KPO's use of marchesarosa's literary references to 800 years of Russian peat bog fires and drought, I would like to see a completion of the weather extreme trilogy by a discussion of wind.

Strong winds and a lack of rain caused these fires to spread quickly through Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Napa Valley, devastating the communities in their path.

When it does rain, the general lack of experience driving in those conditions can lead to more accidents.