Sentences with phrase «off land and»

The drifting island of ice split from the Petermann Glacier's ice shelf — the front end of a glacier, which hangs off the land and floats on the ocean.

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I won't even go into Green policies in the west that force farmers off the land and into towns and cities as workers

Residents complain they were forced off their land and lost their main livelihood of fishing when they were relocated inland after the government granted a 99 - year land lease to China's Tianjin Union Development Group Co., which has built a golf resort and plans a yacht club, casino, villas and other luxury facilities.

Agriculture had increased use of fertilisers following WW2 and the plankton may be being fertilised by excess agricultural fertiliser running off the land and being transported to the North Sea by rivers.

For example, the rapid growth in use of crops for biofuels to ensure energy security in the face of soaring petrol prices, not only reduced food availability, but also drove millions of people off the land and contributed to food riots in 30 countries around the world.

This has been a poor community living off the land and sea for generations.

The combination of art and self - sustainability will merge together as the artists live off the land and experience how everyday life affects artistic practice.

The aforementioned crystal clear waters mean that the Gili's make for a perfect place to get off land and into the water.

Through most of Kazakhstan's history, nomadic people have inhabited the country, travelling from place to place, living off the land and sleeping in traditional yurts.

When he sailed past Fraser Island his ships log states that he was 2 leagues, (about 11 kilometres), off the land and at that distance his lookout would have been unable to spot the narrow channel at the southern end of Fraser Island which separates it from the mainland.

«Farmers are selling off their land and people are building large homes on large lots.

We are fortunate that Eugene's grandson Eric Hendrickson has surfaced the FAR - OFF LAND and I invite everyone interested in understanding a higher calling to reflect on the text which also can be of expansive help in navigating to those ports of our long lost

Players will create their own custom character and follow their journey to build a new home and discover the reason for their exile, all while trying to live off the land and defend against other players and horrible creatures alike.

Far Cry 5 made waves during its announcement last year due to its villains no longer being a fictional foreign people in a far off land and instead making them a faith - based, white, American group in the heart of the USA — a group not often targeted in video games.

Stardew Valley is a country - life role playing game in which you make a new life for yourself by living off the land and getting to know the local townspeople.

Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

I'd love to move off the grid somewhere outside the US and live off the land and enjoy the peace and quiet of Mother Nature.

We're huge fans of people who live off the land and show us how to do the same!

Many hundreds of thousands of years ago, we were hunters and gatherers - living off the land and having to kill our own prey.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he and other sertanistas made contact with isolated tribespeople so they could be moved off their land and into settlements.

This is one way that warming oceans could be helping to shift Greenland's ice off the land and out to sea.

Chris Borstad, a geophysicist at the University Centre in Svalbard, Norway, is particularly interested in Larsen C's «suture zones» — areas where glacial ice flows off land and merges.

Researchers were interested in dust because when it blows off land and into the ocean, the iron in it fertilizes the water like farmers do their fields.

Throughout this journey, which has seen Brando living off the land and sea, he has been joined by friends and family for short stretches including most recently his grandfather.

Pollard's interest in living off the land and her desire to help others lead healthier, more sustainable lives coalesced when she opened Villagers, an urban homesteading supply store, in 2012.

«For too long we've depended on a food system that favours the profits of major corporations, degrades the environment, forces farmers off the land and has resulted in a diabetes, heart health and obesity crisis.

Lets just get rid of money all together and start living off the land and become hunters and gatherers again while were at it Glenn!!

We might have misunderestimated Gingrich's ability to live off the land and hang around.

The economic policies that drive millions of people off their land and out of their traditional villages are violent ones.

The function of these giveaways is to shift the fiscal burden off land and minerals, oil and gas, real estate and debt - leveraged industry.

We lived off the land and pretended we were alone... and as we got older, that snowballed into doing extreme expeditions and spending weeks at a time in incredibly remote areas.

Projects to reduce pollution, prevent climate change and protect biodiversity, however, are drawing criticism that they could drive indigenous people off their lands and destroy their livelihoods.

The Kindle Oasis offers a premium reading experience at a premium price and its a price I'm willing to pay to travel to far off lands and explore the universe.

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Her career took off from there as she landed roles that emphasized her toughness and versatility.

While storm clouds gather over office assets and land development comes off the boil, interest in retail property is building as investors look for somewhere secure to park their cash.

Uber wants to make vertical take - off and landing vehicles.

Airbus is developing a self - flying, electric, vertical - take off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft, called Vahana, which it said took its first test flight last month.

That will allow their flying cars to take off and land vertically.

A cycle includes one take - off and landing.

It also signed partnerships with aircraft manufacturers and real estate companies to figure out where the take off and landing sites for the flying cars could be.

As urban sprawl encroaches on the world's arable land, and environmental disasters send food prices soaring, innovators are seeking to take agriculture off the farm.

Unlike last month's launch, when Falcon 9 lifted off and successfully returned back to Earth, SpaceX will not be attempting to recover and land the rocket post-takeoff because the EchoStar XXIII satellite is prohibitively heavy.

The duo's latest invention takes off and lands vertically, hovers and cruises for extended periods of time.

In other words, due to the EchoStar's weight, Falcon 9 won't have enough fuel to executive both a take - off and a landing.

Almost 100 million U.S. - operated airline flights, carrying several billion people, had taken off and landed safely in this country over a nine - year span since the last time a passenger died in an accident.

The QF9 flight carrying 200 passengers took off from Perth at 7 p.m. local time on Saturday (11 a.m. GMT) and is due to land in London at 5 a.m. GMT on Sunday.

In 1975, Doug Oberhelman landed a job in the Caterpillar treasury department, with the goal of paying off his car and student loans.

They constructed a rocket which could theoretically launch, release a payload, and land vertically minutes after take - off in order to be refueled and launched again at a later time, indefinitely.

Lastly, the company uses a PROFLY dual - density midsole that offers a forgiving landing and a responsive toe - off.