Sentences with phrase «more verdant»

It is trapped air from long ago and is now back into the carbon cycle, making this planet more verdant.

In doing so, they both drew upon the conventions of landscape photography and painting as practiced in wetter, more verdant places and invented new visual forms that responded to the new environments they encountered.

Vvardenfell was a much more verdant and hospitable place than 700 years in the past.

Broken Arrow, the largest suburb of Tulsa, is located in Green Country, a geographical region of Oklahoma known for its rolling hills and more verdant surroundings.

Exciting, funny and beautifully shot by Adam Stone (Midnight Special) in the more verdant corners of Utah, Damsel manages to import any number of modern notions into a surprisingly traditional western structure, recognising the appeal of the genre while not being afraid to steer it into some distinctly modern channels.

There's something astigmatic in its panoramic shots of the Highlands, shadows buzz with not - so - subtle noise, and although costumes and the more verdant scenery are gratifyingly vibrant, human complexions are far less enlivened here than in other BD transfers I've seen.

In the image below we see the eastern hemisphere, with a slightly more verdant palette.

Pistachios bring even more verdant color and a bit of nutty sweetness.

Not exact matches

Dried poblano chiles are called anchos, but fresh they have a verdant flavor not all that different from a bell pepper but with a more complex smokiness to them.

By 2010, Verdant's hope is to increase its turbine farm in New York City to 30 devices producing more than a megawatt of energy (800 households use about one megawatt).

Verdant's turbines require tides that move at least six feet (1.8 meters) per second in order to generate enough energy for them to be cost - effective, and the East River is more than obliging.

Lettuce, peppers, celery spinach, cucumber, mushrooms, and other verdant greens are the best in my rundown on the grounds that they offer a percentage of the most noteworthy quality nutrition for a more regular low carb diet.

Soon, the daffodils will be scattered over the landscape, scenting the air with their growth, joyfully carolling birds will delight the pedestrians with their songs and a myriad of verdant hues will once more impress the eye.

Synopsis: In the verdant village of Kells, Ireland, there's an antidote to the dark times we live in — a worn and weathered boarding school with a special magi... [MORE]

Giving stronger emphasis in the stage of these epic battles and inspired by the landscape of ancient China to deliver a wide range of visual treats, Dynasty Warriors 8 will feature more than 40 completely new stages: verdant plains, desolate wastelands, sharp ravines, huge castles, and other breath - taking sites.

As respected economist Michael Podgursky has shown (in «Fringe Benefits: There Is More to Compensation than a Teacher's Salary»), teacher salaries resemble those in the private sector only if you ignore their tenure privileges, their 2 - 3 month summer break, their shortened work day, and their lengthy vacations in bleak December and verdant spring alike.

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.

About The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.

I've lived my entire 60 years in Idaho, first in the more arid southern part of the state, then in verdant Northern Idaho where we live now on our Almost Heaven Ranch.

Norway in a Nutshell is a customizable travel plan that takes visitors on an unforgettable tour of Norway's verdant mountain terrain, through fjords and past more waterfalls than you can count.

Overnight guests have use of the grand library and other common areas, and can stroll the 5 acres of verdant grounds and enchanting fountains and... MORE gardens (you can hear a bit of highway noise outside, but the Belvedere feels otherwise cloistered from the hubbub of downtown Saugatuck).

Mile after mile of beautiful beaches backed by richly verdant mountains containing adventure, exotic flora, dramatic Read More»

With miles and miles of spectacular coastline, lush, verdant interiors and lots of water sports and rock climbing it's Read More»

More than 200 kilometres of hiking and biking trails crisscross the verdant terrain of Quadra Island.

A fascinating island: prehistoric mysteries, Roman traces, a warlike medieval past, and the splendours of more recent ages, all set in a country of contrasts, from verdant rolling hills to rugged mountains.

Located in the Upper West Side between Central Park and Columbus Avenue, the 16 - story Hotel Excelsior overlooks the verdant park, the Hayden Planetarium... Read More

The Location: Just outside the town of Mbeya in southern Tanzania, the verdant, 1,200 - acre Utengule coffee estate and adjoining lodge overlook the wide... Read More

Shake the sand from your flip - flops and head inland to discover why Goa, a former Portuguese colony, is a world apart from the rest of India, with crumbly colonial towns, verdant forests and a distinctly hippy vibe More

With a seemingly endless array of biodiversity, great people, a perfect climate, world class surf, verdant jungle and palm fringed white sand beaches it's little wonder that more and more people are targeting Nosara as their chosen vacation destination.

Candidasa serves as base from where to discover verdant hillsides and rice terraces, world - class diving spots; cultural Read More»

A good distance away from the commercial areas, the more residential Coloane region reaches into the ocean, offering beaches, uninterrupted vistas and the verdant Parque de Merendas de Cheoc Van.

Nounou State Park, more commonly known as Sleeping Giant, is laced with a myriad of famous hiking trails leading through thrilling peaks and verdant valleys, past thundering waterfalls and peaceful pools.

The verdant looks so beautiful with the green paddy make more amazing, perfect place for taking picture and if you want you can walk in the rice terrace.

Zambia's intimate settings abundant in incredible wildlife and verdant floodplains always have us coming back for more.

Escape to one of Bali's southernmost beaches, hundreds of steps down under an ancient temple, which overlooks a verdant Read More»

The fairways are lined with more than 40,000 oak, pine, palm, cedar and magnolia trees creating a lush landscape with the verdant hills of Sintra in the background.

Perched on a hilltop amid verdant rainforests above the crystal - clear Gulf of Samui, this Koh Samui vacation rental boasts service and amenities that rival those of larger five - star properties in the more private setting of the Panacea resort.

The Coromandel Peninsula bears a range of tropical wonders — verdant rainforest, volcanic hills, ancient and massive kauri trees — but perhaps none more pleasant than the surfside natural hot springs of Hot Water Beach.

Bordered by the Pacific and a verdant tropical rainforest, you can enjoy it all for one fantastic rate that includes your meals, beverages and more.

Here in Canggu, you are guaranteed clean air, abundant verdant rice terraces, open land, long dynamic beaches and much more.

Ah, but then boardgames entered my life and proved me wrong with its much more peaceful themes, such as running a gallery or smuggling contraband into the market, or in the case of Mystic Vale quietly tending to what will hopefully be a verdant valley of serenity.

I personally found the environment to be much more aesthetically appealing in The Following, with the lush verdant meadows filled with lackadaisically swaying chest high grass making a nice change from the grungy urban environment of the original game.

While this is arguably more of a gameplay criticism, the rocky, verdant landscapes of upstate New York and Canada feel at odds with the urban parkour Assassin's Creed gameplay (as we learned in the problematic Assassin's Creed III).

Writing for Art in America, artist and critic Carrie Moyer observed, «[Congdon's paintings are] neither history paintings nor landscapes, [but] more like candy - colored billboards advertising a stroll through a scenic archeological dig or a verdant classical garden.»

In the evening, a number of more traditional art openings are on tap: Wares: Ceramics Traditions in Contemporary Practice features the work of Emma Echenique, Jo - hsin Chen, Grace Eunchong Lee, and Katy Krantz at Eastside International at 602 Moulton in Lincoln Heights; located in the Bendix Building, the art collective Tiger Strikes Astroid presents the lush Verdant Loop with Devon Tsuno, Hung Viet Nguyen and Erin Harmon.

Warming oceans always expel more moisture and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and these two gases - of - life always encourage plant growth and produce a verdant globe.

But if you're Verdant Power and the force of water in the channel has shredded the blades of two previous versions of the tidal turbines you've installed as part of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project (RITE) you probably have to think about it more often than you'd like.

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(Both cause plant cover to decrease which causes soil moisture decreases often making storms less frequent, less regular, less predictable and more intense, further decreasing plant cover, reducing or killing crops, eroding soil (leading to decreased fertility, water pollution, etc.) and spiraling down into desertification and the creation of wasteland from what had been a fertile, verdant landscape.

About the MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.