Sentences with phrase «like rainforests»

If tropical rainfall patterns shift, ecosystems like rainforests could be hugely impacted.

They also appear rife to admit that perhaps Mother Nature takes care of herself and that what appears to be global warming to them is just part of a natural cycle, just like the rainforests rejuvenating themselves.

Cloud forests are like rainforests, but with less rain and more humidity.

Amazon opened its new Seattle office space which looks more like a rainforest.

School is like the rainforest of relationships: in the close quarters and shared experiences, friendships grow like mad.

Davids discusses what inexpensive coffees mean to farmers, even the theoretically beneficial types like the Rainforest Alliance certified Yuban blend (which I discussed in depth here).

One thing I wonder is — Are certification programs like Rainforest Alliance certification in some ways «hurting» consumer activism?

It was very much like a rainforest, warm, lush, and muggy.

Like any rainforest - it must be kept in balance to flourish.

A healthy vagina is kind of like a rainforest, says Dr. Shrivastava, where an ecosystem of bacterial species, vaginal cells, and yeast live together harmoniously.

Our microbiome is a complex ecosystem, like a rainforest or a coral reef.

And they're like our rainforest and they live in every epithelial cell surface of our body so they're on our skin, they're in your lungs, in your hair, in your nailbeds.

The zero - entry pool is quite large and feels more like a rainforest pond than a simple pool.

Mark Espat, Minister of Tourism «Like the reef, like the rainforest, like the caving, archaeology is a particular brand of tourism that attracts literally hundreds of thousands of people to Belize.

From the gigantic shopping malls in Cebu City to the desert white sand beaches of Malapascua Island to the stunning waterfalls hidden in the maze - like rainforest that covers the hilly landscapes around Oslob, you'll find in our top 10 pages all the information you need to prepare properly you next holiday in Cebu Province.

For a Barrier Reef holidays island there is so much to discover on Daydream, and just beyond its shores, including complimentary activities like rainforest walks, giant chess, mini golf, kayaking, stand - up paddle boarding, beach cricket, tennis and volleyball, sailing, water polo, bocce and coconut bowls.

Along the eastern coast of Hinchinbrook Island, an untouched tropical paradise on the coast between Townsville and Cairns, is the four - day, 32 kilometre (20 mile) Thorsborne Trail traversing cloud - cloaked mountains, jungle - like rainforest and pristine beaches.

With the combined efforts of FSC, SBCN, organizations like the Rainforest Alliance and others, it is hoped that increased consumer awareness and demand will help drive the underlying mission of sustainable, responsibly managed forests that provide positive impact for people and the planet.

Prices have dropped due to competition, though newer granites like rainforest green may still run as high as $ 250 per square foot, says Durbin.

Not exact matches

A less resilient society, just like the slowed rainforest, might have failed to heal fast enough between shocks to survive intact.

Instead of advancing storytelling toward greater self - awareness (and self - examination), a 3 - D spectacular like Avatar relies on the same naivete of once neo-genre movies like The Time Machine, Dances with Wolves, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and Rapa Nui, which took a nostalgic, unsophisticated view of industry and colonial expansion; this time Cameron pretends to introduce modernity and globalization to his naive audience.

The men planned to meet in the desolate rainforest of Central Africa, amid towering 150 - foot trees and swarms of small butterflies clustered like shark teeth on the seemingly endless red clay road.

sherri, I would make a guess that it's your dry (compared to our humid, rainforest - like humidity) air, the flour is sucking up lots more liquid than mine, I think... that might explain Ruhlman's slack dough, since Cleveland is more humid, even, than up here... add more water until you get a dough that feels right to you, the starter should have plenty of power to make it rise!

Acai is a grape - like fruit that comes from acai palm trees that are native to the rainforests of South America.

The Rainforest Alliance worked with the community of Tres Islas, located in the biodiversity capital of the Peruvian Amazon, to develop a sustainable economy that includes non-timber forest products like Brazil nuts and palm fruit, as well as sustainably harvested timber.

Cacao farms look after biodiversity, growing cacao beans under the shade of rainforest trees alongside crops like avocados, pineapples, bananas and coffee.

My guess is that it would be pretty awkward for a player like Kraft to quit Rainforest Alliance after touting their involvement for years.

Other staples that come from rainforests include citrus, cassava, and avocado, as well as cashews, Brazil nuts, and ubiquitous spices like vanilla and sugar.

This seems like an especially treacherous road for an organization such as Rainforest Alliance whose stated mission is conserving biodiversity.

Undoubtedly one of all the items I like best regarding the post on Rainforest Cupping for Quality 2010, round 2 Coffee & Conservation is how effectively you described the facts in easy to understand laymens terms.

Like our organizational logo, the Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ seal features a frog for a very good reason.

My mouth can be loving what I am eating but my head looks like I have just run a marathon through a rainforest.

Like T - Rex Café, Rainforest is full of animatronic jungle animals.

Like the rest of the Glee Gum line, Sugar - Free Glee is made with sustainably harvested rainforest chicle.

I think I must ask (and I am not the first): Is it really necessary for Roger Goodell to announce all the picks on day one, and a host of them on day two, while boos rain down on him like a summer storm in a rainforest?

It's a gentle boat ride like Magic Kingdom «s It's a Small World but through a bioluminescent rainforest, with Disney's most advanced animatronics yet.

If your baby seems to be on the active side then you should probably look into a non-stationary style jumperoo like the Fisher - Price Rainforest set.

Most sound makers will have options, as my babies got older I experimented with other noises like ocean waves and rainforest noises.

Seems like an odd point, but Eliza had the Fisher Price rainforest gym which is a lot bigger and I was kind of dreading getting it back out (it was fine at the time as we had a giant open - plan living space, but in the new house our front room is a lot smaller).

The Fisher - Price Rainforest Friends Grow With Me High Chair has all of the amazing features that you would hope to find in a great folding high chair with a kid like whimsy that is sure to bring a smile to any little one's face.

The seat rotates a full 360 degrees so your little one can enjoy 5 different play stations, all with cute rainforest animals like a monkey, tiger, and lizard.

Staving off this rainforest destruction — and subsequent revival of forestlands — through conservation efforts like the United Nations» Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program would be a big win for U.S. farmers, ranchers and loggers, according to the report.

UFZ researchers use rainforest models like FORMIND and FORMIX3 for this purpose.

Rainforest conservation could also lead to state - level increases in beef revenue, topping off at $ 10 billion for a big producer like Texas by 2030 or boosted revenues of $ 2 million for Alaska, the smallest beef producer, the report states.

Along the way, we meet creatures such as the Bornean bristlehead, a single - species family that inhabits the high canopy in deep rainforest; the helmet - billed vanga, with a beak that looks like it is made from blue plastic; and Odontopteryx, which, cruising Miocene seas on wings spanning up to 5 metres, was one of the largest flying birds ever.

The findings will help scientists disentangle inputs and outputs in places like the Amazon rainforest, where there are both big emissions from deforestation and big sinks from photosynthesis.

What is it like to work in the rainforest?

He illustrates the idea with a telling, if somewhat impractical example: «The permafrost, which has more carbon than all the rainforests put together, is at risk just by simple thawing, and a large herbivore like a mammoth could maintain it for another few decades against global warming,» Church says.

Researchers found that fungi like this help to police diversity in tropical rainforests.

«Fungi are stunningly beautiful, especially when they grow in perfect conditions, like in the rainforest,» Axford says.