Sentences with phrase «of soil on»

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully fashioned a mini golf course as part of a children's theme park • Averted a potentially devastating pest attack that could have ravaged the entire golf course by recognizing the problem on time and taking measures to control it • Introduced the concept of a smart sprinkler system, reducing the time to water the entire course by 70 % • Implemented a field aerating system which significantly improved the quality of soil on which a new golf course was being planned

Let's just make that clear again: Cut down tropical rainforest (say in Indonesia and Malaysia), plant the land with a biofuel crop (perhaps oil palms) and because of the soil on which that forest used to grow it would take 600 hundred years for the carbon emitted from that land conversion to be balanced out by carbon savings by using that biofuel for transport.

Much of the soil on the island of Madagascar has been severely degraded by slash - and - burn agriculture.

Over 40,000 students have sowed saplings along the river embankment, besides dumping one bucket of soil each on the natural dam in the dense mangrove forests.

To improve the fertility of their soil on heavily managed plots, they would burn their organic waste in low intensity fires and add the resulting char to the soil.

The station features a number of green design features including a 244 - panel solar array that covers the fueling islands and a «living roof» consisting of 4,800 plants installed in five inches of soil on the roof of the attached convenience store.

They host sky - high worlds Incredibly, mats of soil on the upper branches of the canopy support other plants and whole communities of worms, insects, salamanders and mammals.

Yet human activities such as large - scale farming and deforestation are compromising the health of soil on a global scale.

The solution was to add more layers of soil on the existing graves, take out old tombstones and place them upon the new layer of soil.

Place some pebbles on top of soil on houseplants to keep cats from using the dirt for a litterbox.

You Dr. Price was very concerned with the degradation of soil on the planet.

The deterioration of soil on agricultural lands is worldwide.

In effect we see him asking for some of the soil of Israel, as much as can be carried by two mules, so that he can make a little bed of soil on which to build an altar to the Eternal.

Present research, however, aims to replicate the formation of these soils on new sites without depleting surrounding resources and within a time frame of decades as opposed to centuries.

With a variety of soils on the land and so many rocks that he suggests visitors take one with them, Swafford said caliche has yielded the best growth thus far.

With data from the state Department of Agriculture & Markets, it determined the quality of soils on each farm.

UNEP Publications: This report explores how the management of land - based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales: from the sustainable management of soils on the field to the sustainable management of global land use as a whole.

Furthermore, the records of Late Holocene glacier variability in Scandinavia show that glaciers were reduced in size c. ad 900 — 1000 and that a warm climate prompted the development of soils on the glacier forfields (Karlén and Denton 1975; Worsley and Alexander 1976; Griffey and Matthews 1978; Matthews 1980; Karlén 1982; Hormes et al. 2004).

The erosion and deterioration of soils on industrial farms also releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Not exact matches

Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

The study, headed by Professor Edward Guinan of the school's astronomy and astrophysics department, initially looked at which crops would thrive in soil that is similar to that found on Mars (based on readings taken by the Phoenix Mars lander and samples recreated on earth).

He added that, depending on your distance from the blast, you might get 10 to 15 minutes to move to a better shelter — ideally, a windowless basement, where soil and concrete can help block a lot of radiation.

We're investigating an act of terror on American soil.

He explained how his office managed to nail down foreign nationals who engaged in murder and money laundering on American soil with the blessing of their state.

The word «culpable» was in itself carefully chosen, Glees said, because it could mean one of the two things: That Putin did not take proper care of his military - grade Novichok nerve agent and it fell into the wrong hands, or that he willfully weaponised it on foreign soil.

In June the Canadian government implemented a package of immigration reforms, known as the Global Skills Strategy, aimed at fast - tracking visas for skilled foreign workers — some can get processed in as little as two weeks — and providing a concierge service that will walk companies through the process of opening an office on Canadian soil.

Such a programme has been backed by France and Germany following calls for bolstered security throughout Europe after a string of terror attacks on European soil, according to EU sources.

The north of the tiny country is still largely loyal to Serbia, and the people there do not pay the Kosovo government for the energy they consume, even though it is generated on Kosovo soil.

The case is seen as a new test for Norway's legal system, as the country tries to forget the name of the perpetrator behind the deadliest carnage on its soil since World War II.

While most winemakers focus on the quality of the grapes and the effect that soil and weather conditions have had on each year's harvest, Lee and his partners — Mardonn Chua (who like Lee has a biotech background) and Josh Decolongon (a sommelier)-- view the creation of wine as a chemistry experiment, bonding a combination of amino acids, sugars, ethanol and other elements together.

Growers are relying on temporary solutions — trying to prevent it from entering new regions, using clean planting materials and limiting the transfer of potentially infected soil between farms.

«Something pretty crazy happened this week,» Franco joked as he began a monologue about the unprecedented attack on U.S. soil, which included the theft of sensitive data of actors who had worked on Sony films.

Although Paul's filibuster was technically against Brennan's nomination, his remarks focused primarily on civil liberties issues, offering a scathing critique of the Obama's administration's use of unmanned drones, and refusal to rule out military strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil.

The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world.

«The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,» said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Turkey's relationship with Moscow deteriorated after a Russian warplane was shot down when it entered into Turkish airspace; there was a failed coup last July to bring down President Erdogan; as well as «an acceleration in the intensity of terror acts» on Turkish soil, Mitov said.

Russia has already retaliated in kind against Britain for ejecting 23 diplomats over the first known use of a military - grade nerve agent on European soil since World War Two.

But by adding an act of terrorism on American soil to his securities fraud, Le Chiffre dramatically increased the odds of prosecution under U.S. laws greatly strengthened after 9/11.

The attack on Sony Pictures is regarded to be the most destructive against a company on U.S. soil because the hackers not only stole huge quantities of data, but also wiped hard drives and brought down much of the studio's network for more than a week.

«But I sincerely believe that Jesus wants a Church attentive to the goodness which the Holy Spirit sows in the midst of human weakness, a Mother who, while clearly expressing her objective teaching, «always does what good she can, even if in the process, her shoes get soiled by the mud on the street.

Neither President Franklin Roosevelt nor President George W. Bush targeted and killed Americans on U.S. soil in the aftermath of those attacks.

That's one of the findings of a comprehensive look at foreign terror on US soil analyzed by Alex Nowrasteh of the libertarian Cato Institute.

In the past 41 years, no American has been killed on US soil by a terrorist from any of the seven countries included in President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration.

Combining data from multiple sources, Nowrasteh found that the actual risk to Americans has been infinitesimal, and some of the terrorists that have been caught on US soil come from surprising places, like Japan.

Jared Kushner, Trump's son - in - law and senior adviser, became a subject of the investigation after US intelligence officials intercepted communications suggesting he had proposed setting up a secret backchannel to Moscow using Russian diplomatic facilities on US soil.

The facility now encompasses five «factories» or «trains» consisting of seven - story rectangular «cold boxes» and towering pipe racks that stretch the length of three football fields and sit on a 1,000 - acre site so wet that it had to be reinforced with pilings and soil mixed with concrete.

Most of the action has taken place on North American and European soil, but with growth in the developed markets slowing, they're now taking the fight to emerging markets.

He settled on two layers of dissolving paper, placed atop soil and watered.

All customers have to do is lay the sheet on top of a soil bed like a blanket, and water it.

But using the dirt - covered plants would be a food safety disaster — and turning the soil to harvest them would release carbon into the atmosphere, creating the kind of negative impact on the environment Brown is trying to offset.