Sentences with phrase «of seasonal flooding»

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Whereas the rest of the world treated financial crises as one - off catastrophes, Argentines looked at them like seasonal floods and prepared accordingly.

In the province of Beni, which experiences seasonal flooding, they built 5 - foot raised beds called camellones («camel humps» in Spanish).

«Amazon floodplains and river channels — maintained by seasonal floods — promote nutrient cycling and high biological production, and support diverse biological communities as well as human populations with one of the highest per capita rates of fish consumption,» said Castello.

U of I researcher Ken Olson and his colleague from Iowa State University, Lois Wright Morton, have studied the seasonal Mississippi River flooding for over a decade.

Simply measuring the amount of rainfall could track either the strength of El Niño or the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a global atmospheric feature related to the trade winds that moves north and south each year, bringing heavy rains and seasonal flooding in its path.

Since the Andes is the principal source of sediments to the Amazon river system, the consequences of this massive reduction will be dramatic: river channels will become deeper, reducing seasonal floods which are necessary to bring fluvial sediments and nutrients to floodplain environments and provide connectivity between environments for both migrant fish and people.

Rivers were full of food but caves have only what is washed in by seasonal floods — some small aquatic crustaceans, decomposing matter and detritus in the mud.

So a group of researchers from all over Europe turned to looking at the timing of flooding, as the seasonal nature of them is tied much more closely to climate than to any other interfering factors.

That new approach could include strategies such as removing or setting back levees in some locations to promote seasonal flooding, strengthening regulations to reduce the discharge of contaminants into waterways, reworking the operations of some dams to facilitate fish passage, and changing federal and state laws to move conservation efforts to a broad, ecosystem - based approach.

«During a time when the climate was getting wetter and the wetlands expanding, this critical seasonal resource that is ripe at the peak of the flooding season when other resources are dispersed and scarce, residents of Monte Castelo began to grow larger rice»

Those levees, most of which are simple earthen berms, are weak and vulnerable to earthquakes, seasonal floods, and rising waters expected as a result of climate change.

More than 3 billion people in the world depend on rice as their primary food, and nearly one - fourth of the world's crop is grown in rain - fed lowland plots prone to seasonal and sustained flash floods.

Seasonal forecasters expect California (and the southern portion of the country) to have increased odds for more rain and snow for the rest of the winter, as was the case during the blockbuster El Niño of 1997 - 1998, which saw numerous floods and mudslides from deluges that hit the state.

In some areas, where rain may be seasonal or intermittent, drought tolerance may be a greater consideration than tolerance of flooding.

Spy on Wetland Wildlife The lands of the Delta are a complex blend of perpetually flooded forest, seasonal wetlands, and dry forest.

Its stunning location, tucked away on an acacia island along the edge of an ancient seasonal flood plain, gives it breathtaking views of the savannah plains of the Kennedy Vlei line.

Stephen Hannock's 2016 ethereal painting, Flooded River With Red Maple (Mass Moca # 241), celebrates the seasonal Spring flooding of the American landscape.

doi: 10.1130 / G23261A.1 v. 35 no. 3 p. 215 - 218 Abrupt increase in seasonal extreme precipitation at the Paleocene - Eocene boundary B Schmitz, V Pujalte — Geology, 2007 — geology.gsapubs.org A prominent increase in atmospheric CO2 at the Paleocene - Eocene boundary, ca. 55 Ma, led to the warmest Earth of the Cenozoic for ∼ 100 ky High - resolution studies of continental flood - plain sediment records across this boundary....

By measuring the seasonal timing of floods, it is much more likely that any detected changes are due to climate.»

They are being battered by stronger storms, more destructive floods, deeper and longer droughts and disruptive switches in the seasonal timing of rain.

AlertNet: Pakistan faces a range of threatening climate change impacts: changing monsoon patterns, melting glaciers, seasonal flooding, rising sea levels, desertification and increasing water scarcity.

The production of more than half the country's rice and most of its fish and shrimp depends on seasonal flooding in this area; the risk, however, is that higher seas could alter the regular flooding regime, expanding the area inundated with salty water and rendering cropland unusable.

What is pretty clear, though, is that this year's extreme wetness on the seasonal scale has pushed parts of California's aging water infrastructure to the brink — and had even a single additional warm, wet atmospheric river come ashore during the peak of winter, the overall flood situation might have been considerably more serious.

In terms of practical interest (as opposed to scientific interest) the main concerns relate to out - 0f - season rainfall, lack of seasonal rainfall (drought) and floods.

Prior to joining PCIC Markus was a Hydrologic Modelling Scientist and Forecaster with the BC Ministry of Environment, River Forecast Centre, where he was engaged in the analysis of observed climate and hydrometric data and the application of various hydrologic models for flood, drought and seasonal streamflow forecasting.

Cambodia is among the Southeast and South Asian countries tipped to face an increased risk of severe flooding because of projected changes in seasonal rainfall.

The impacts of a higher sea level can go from permanently flooded areas (below future sea level) to an increase of seasonal and «nuisance» floods, as well as worse (higher) storm surges.

The focus was on extreme weather events that occur on a seasonal timescale, and specifically on the United Kingdom floods of Autumn 2000 which occurred during the wettest autumn ever recorded, causing widespread damage and an estimated insured loss of # 1.3 billion.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a one - metre rise in sea level could displace 30 million people in her country, a delta nation of more than 150 million on the Bay of Bengal that faces heavy seasonal flooding and intense cyclones.

Known collectively as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, the changing seasonal phenomena known as El Niño and La Niña could lead to at least a doubling of extreme droughts and floods in California later this century.

He notes that seasonal analysis revealed that most of the flood peaks in the upper Midwest occur in the spring and stem primarily from snow melt, rain falling on frozen ground and rain - on - snow events.

In East Africa, climate change has amplified a chain of disasters: floods, extreme droughts, seasonal shifts and crop failure, animal diseases, water and fodder shortage, and social collapse.

Ecological processes such as the flooding of the Don River at the east of the site, and seasonal solar and temperature variations are incorporated into the functionality of the greenhouses, building, and productive landscape.

In continental fluvial and coastal sections, changes in siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency of high - energy events (e.g., extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical storms.

Floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea - level rise and seasonal unpredictability - hallmarks of climate change - are affecting people's rights to life, security, food, water, health and shelter in all corners of the world today.

There are records of floods, great droughts and extreme seasonal climate fluctuations up to the 1400s.

For this reason, it's best to nail down your coverage far in advance of tropical storms or seasonal flooding.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floods — including inland flooding, flash floods and flooding from seasonal storms — occur in every region of the United States.

Home / property insurance cover the building, condominiums, mobile homes, farms, rental homes, etc., Discounts and other benefits are extended towards 100 % replacement cost, multiple home policies, payment of premium amount in full, protection devices such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, seasonal dwellings, etc., Apart from these facilities, optional coverage includes earthquake, flood spoilage, theft expense, etc.,