Sentences with phrase «of available sunlight»

The level of production of plants is dependent on the amount of available sunlight.

Seasonal Changes: As spring and fall fade into winter, the onset of shorter days and the decrease of available sunlight can increase depression, leading to a spike in sundowner symptoms in many elderly patients.

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While other solar - powered lights are also available, Little Sun is unique in that it is the only light that is also a work of art, inspired by the power of sunlight and energy access.

The following criteria are important for a good compost pile: ample available water, an inconspicuous location convenient to the garden, and at least six hours of sunlight a day.

Mashing up Google Earth and with the companies, universities and nonprofit recipients of earmarks in the House Defense Appropriations bill (available from Sunlight and Taxpayers for Common Sense on EarmarkWatch.org), citizens can get a bird's eye view of where members of Congress are shipping our defense dollars, and zoom in close on recipients.

Moore said he thought there were comparable software solutions available, though he would have to do more research on off - the - shelf options, while he emphasized that the Granicus company has been a partner to the open data community, and a co-sponsor of events with the Sunlight Foundation.

More than 80 % of the incident visible sunlight was photoelectrically converted by this composite system into electric current available for the hydrogen generation,» says Schedel - Niedrig.

That makes them the only long - term source of power available when sunlight is too weak to use solar cells.

To eek out its lonely existence, this life form scavenges energy from the feeble sunlight available to it at a depth of over 250 feet.

The hope is that this fusion of biology and electricity can solve one of chemistry's biggest problems: how to take the freely available power of sunlight and convert it into a cheap, green energy source for everyone.

«Furthermore, it is not clear to me that there is a technologically feasible way of actually doing this, and even if you could do it, the direct negative consequences of reducing the amount of sunlight available to marine ecosystems could be huge.»

The prototype had to be durable, be made from commonly available materials and convert sunlight to fuel at an efficiency of 10 %.

11/14/2007 Moores UCSD Cancer Center Study: Global View Shows Link Between Endometrial Cancer & Vitamin D Status Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB... More...

Many of us live in more northern latitudes (pretty much anywhere north of Florida), where ample sunlight is not available year round.

Skin contains a precursor to cholesterol called 7 - dehydrocholesterol that converts to vitamin D upon exposure to sunlight in the UV - B range, which is available year - round in the tropics but absent during an increasing portion of the year with increasing distance from the equator.19

Do you really want to be a guinea pig or do you want to use the safe and effective Vitamin D boost that the Eskimos and traditional mountain dwelling tribes of South America used when sunlight was not a readily available option?

With the available dual - pane sunroof, drivers and passengers alike can take in plenty of fresh air and sunlight right from the interior of the cabin.

The available dual - pane sunroof offers style along with a chance to take in the fresh air and sunlight of the outdoors right from the cabin.

With the available sunroof, drivers can take in the beauty of the outdoors with the push of a button, giving them instant access to fresh air and sunlight.

Available with greige interiors, it will be introduced in a range of six colours, Sunlight Orange, Brick Red, Pacific Blue, Storm White, Blade Silver and Onyx Black.

The new NOOK Simple Touch Reader has a touchscreen sunlight readable dispay, available in charcoal grey color, weighs 7.5 oz making it 35 % lighter than the original NOOK, has Wifi, a claimed battery life of up to 2 months depending upon usage, and is 15 % thinner than the original NOOK.

Bonus: STAINMASTER ® PetProtect ® carpet offers the best available protection against carpet color fading, which means letting in fresh air and sunshine from outside without worrying about the effects of direct sunlight on your floors.

Room available within a bright stylish fully furnished second floor apartment is set in lovely Leith.The traditional Victorian tenement is fully furnished and benefits from lots of natural sunlight, wonderful high ceilings, GCH and free on - street parking.

Other plants are on cooldown timers, but once they're available and you have the necessary amount of sunlight, you can place them on the grid.

The sunlight, which changes slowly within the tunnels during the day, is speeded up, making available an experience of the work which is filmic in nature.

There will be enhanced melting of the ice cover and an increase in the amount of sunlight available in the upper ocean.

Sun shining down on sunny day: 800 W / m2 Area of car available to harness this: 5 m2 Therefore, available energy shining on car: 4 kW Efficiency of solar panels: let's be generous, 25 % Therefore, available energy from solar panels: 1 kW Length of time sunlight available: let's say 8 hours Therefore, total energy available per day: 8 kw hours Add in efficiency loss in charging electric car batteries: 7 kW.hr Energy usage of electric car: 0.23 kW.hr / km Therefore, the car could go (7 / 0.23) = 28 km a day, for free, in the sunshine.

Currently, commercially available solar cells can convert about 25 percent of sunlight into electricity, and scientists have been trying to create better solar cells for years.

Find out how much natural sunlight is available in your area local area and how to take advantage of this natural energy

The effect of temperature on vegetation: A short term temperature increase, all other necessities (minerals, water, fertiliser, sunlight,...) available in sufficient quantities, may increase the uptake by plants, but that is a non-linear effect: some plants are below optimum temperature / growth, others are already over that optimum.

A team of Renewable Energy experts from the University of Exeter has pioneered a new technique to produce hydrogen from sunlight to create a clean, cheap and widely - available fuel.

Pre-publication copies of Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration and Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth are available from the National Academies Press on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu or by calling 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242.

Sunlight is available for only part of the day.

For example, growth or death (with falling) of a nearby tree may alter available sunlight.

Global warming will clearly change the temperatures and influence the patterns of precipitation, but it won't make any difference to the available hours of sunlight at any point on the globe.

Existing projections suggest an increase in primary production at high latitudes such as the Arctic and the Southern Ocean (because the amount of sunlight available for photosynthesis of phytoplankton goes up as the amount of water covered by ice decreases).

Such bacteria indicate lack of oxygen in combination with available sunlight.

The new study tracks the correlation of carbon isotope variation and volcanic eruptions from the 19th century until recent years, and shows the dramatic reduction in available sunlight in 536 as well as between 541 and 544 CE.

The prototype had to be durable, be made from commonly available materials and convert sunlight to fuel at an efficiency of 10 %.

Using renewable energy is ideal, but there are plenty of ways to be smart about charging our devices when sunlight isn't available.

Unbiased studies into bird and bat impact, the effect of wind farms on property values, noise, sunlight - chopping, etc. should also be made easily and freely available.

But this «indirect» solar energy is (at most) 0.25 to 0.35 of available direct sunlight at the equinox.

They then factored in future costs — the cost of both wind and solar has been falling steadily — and scaled up renewable energy to match the available wind and sunlight in the US at any time.

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With high energy prices and mounting concerns over human - induced climate change, there is intense interest in renewable energy, especially solar, which produces no pollution and is readily available in the form of sunlight.

The new face filter places a beam of light on photos and videos even when there's no sunlight available.

Rarely available Beautiful and Elegant biggest unit in building all redone top floor with huge private balcony, 2 big bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, state of the art kitchen open to sunny living room, plenty of closet space plus really big storage space, south exposure makes this place soak in sunlight, central heat and AC, laundry room and party room at lower level conveniently located right next to the elevator so you don't have to carry bags up and down the stairs.

Printed with floral and bird detailing on a duck - egg blue base, these pencil pleat curtains are available in a choice of sizes and come complete with a thermal lining to help reduce heat loss and sunlight disruption.