Sentences with phrase «on vegetation growth»

It uses data on vegetation growth (strictly speaking, «gross primary productivity») from 1901 to 2010.

On the whole, the Earth's land surface has «greened» in response to rising CO2 emissions and warmer temperatures, but these new results suggest there could also be a negative impact of climate change on vegetation growth in North America.

'' in response to rising CO2 emissions and warmer temperatures, but these new results suggest there could also be a negative impact of climate change on vegetation growth in North America.

Not exact matches

Even the youngest students are very serious in their pursuits because they know that their actions and behaviour will have an impact on the growth and development of the vegetation.

Early observers attributed fluctuating dark patches on the surface of Mars to the seasonal growth of vegetation.

(On a personal note, I live in an area where soybeans are grown, and have witnessed first hand how much the soybeans are sprayed during their growth and how harmful these chemicals are to other plants and vegetation)

Their eggs provide calcium that supports growth of dune vegetation which is the frontline against hurricane impacts on other inland habitats (where people like to build people their homes).

Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA - funded study based on a 30 - year record of land surface and newly improved satellite data sets.

As one of the worst greenhouse polluters on the planet, and one of the greatest destroyers of native native vegetation and old - growth forests, what environmental credentials does Australia have?

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.

Yes, the first reaction is the direct effect of temperature on the upper ocean layer and vegetation growth.

28 July 2014 Five young men are cutting their way through dense rainforest vegetation in the northernmost part of Colombia — forest that was already old - growth when the conquistadors first set foot on the continent five centuries ago.

In the Arctic, the tipping points identified in the new report, published on Friday, include: growth in vegetation on tundra, which replaces reflective snow and ice with darker vegetation, thus absorbing more heat; higher releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the tundra as it warms; shifts in snow distribution that warm the ocean, resulting in altered climate patterns as far away as Asia, where the monsoon could be effected; and the collapse of some key Arctic fisheries, with knock - on effects on ocean ecosystems around the globe.»

Six Chinese scientists used remotely - sensed imaging data, including leaf area index (LAI), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), an enhanced vegetation index (EVI), gross primary production (GPP) and net primary production (NPP), coupled with other data (temperature, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, albedo and wind) over the period 2003 to 2014 to analyze the effects of a wind farm on summer vegetative growth in a region of northern China.

On the flip side, as the Earth warms, more water is released into the atmosphere to fall as rain on the land, creating more ground water for better vegetation growtOn the flip side, as the Earth warms, more water is released into the atmosphere to fall as rain on the land, creating more ground water for better vegetation growton the land, creating more ground water for better vegetation growth.

The latest article on greening I've seen is from a couple of months ago: «Human population growth offsets climate - driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa» https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0081 Thanks to climate change and CO2 increase the balance is positive towards greening over human deforestation.

More on Global Climate Change: Moscow Death Rate Doubles From Worst Heat Wave in 1000 Years 17 Nations Beat or Equal All - Time Heat Records This Summer Abrupt Climate Change Could Drag Monsoon Over the Ocean, Decreasing Vegetation Growth

Jiafu Mao of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and lead author of the study told Washington Post, «We first find this kind of human fingerprint... particularly the greenhouse gas impact, on this kind of enhanced vegetation growth.»