Sentences with phrase «of water stress»

This figure shows that climate change reduces the population at risk of water stress!

Next, the researchers look at the effect of water stress on gene expression using corn planted on high and low ground.

This water not only helps to recharge ground water but is also available for crop use, especially in periods of water stress.

It would simultaneously reduce the net population at risk of water stress.

This water not only helps to recharge ground water but is also available for crop use, especially in periods of water stress.

Physical risks: We map company asset level current and projected future (2030) indicators of water stress risk using WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.

«Moving forward, we're very curious about the prevalence of water stress in urban trees globally — and whether this leads to similar problems regarding the impact of tree pests,» Meineke says.

The daily electrical - capacitance variations decreased when soil moisture was below the wilting point and completely ceased below the soil volumetric water content of 11 percent, suggesting that the effect of water stress on electrical capacitance was observed through its impact on photosynthesis.

But fossil fuels development and loss of vegetation does have a big effect on how a region responds and adapts to a changing climate because of the water stress it creates where drilling is occurring.

Ironically, the increased melting means a water bonanza now, but César Portocarrero, an engineer who helps small farmers install drip irrigation systems in Peru's Cordillera Blanca, named for its snow - capped peaks, said he has seen an increase in conflicts between neighbors and communities, which may be an early sign of water stress.

The combination of water stress and reduced tree vigor could have made the trees more vulnerable to beetles and their associated fungi.

In the next figure I show the global population at risk (PAR) of water stress for the base year (1990) and 2085 for the four scenarios.

By 2030, 27 % of production and up to US$ 50bn of revenues is likely to be exposed to high levels of water stress risk.

Conventional greenhouses and other indoor agriculture facilities currently avoid reclaiming transpired water, electing to simply expel it to the outside world and consume more water to replenish irrigation levels... the incidence of water stress is widely projected to increase throughout much of the world in the coming decades.

Decision makers must then put that information — coupled with sound analyses of water stress — to work in curbing electricity's thirst, especially in water - stressed regions.

The distribution of increased leaf looks similar to the distrubution of water stress in some parts of the world.

Withdrawals exceeding 20 % of renewable water supply have been used as an indicator of water stress.

It has been found that higher CO2 levels let plants grow better with with the same water (or alternatively, let them grow the same with less water — that is: more CO2 compensates for the effects of water stress...)

Climate change will aggravate the water stress currently faced by some countries, while some countries that currently do not experience water stress will become at risk of water stress (very high confidence).

South Australia has nearly 1million km ² at «extreme risk» of water stress, which represents 12.8 % of the total land area.