Sentences with phrase «other arid»

Albuquerque cleaning services may bring to mind visions of dusting from the hot air and other arid conditions that exist in New Mexico.

Getzin intends to study the phenomenon further and will continue looking for more sets of fairy circles in other arid and sparsely inhabited parts of the world.

As a result, once the sun goes down Florida and other humid areas lose heat more slowly than Utah and other arid regions due to the difference in greenhouse gas levels.

It also fails to take into account that a warmer earth will see an increase in deserts and other arid lands, reducing the area available for crops.»

The report said Las Vegas has largely ignored conservation measures undertaken by other arid cities in the Southwest, including Albuquerque, Tucson and Los Angeles.

It grows best in warm, dry climates and is densely found in India, Africa, and other arid zones.

The ability to identify and access sustainable sources of water from deep underground will be critical for developing northern Australia and other arid regions of the country.

The research, which was the first to analyze several types of drought and to take into account land use changes in upstream Syria, could inform water policies in other arid countries with shared rivers.

Not exact matches

Others think it's an arid valley that developed pools during the rainy seasons.

Bultmann suggests that there are other languages than those of science arid myth.

Rather, it is to work honestly and lovingly with that growing body of righteous Christians who look to Judaism as to an older sibling, who are seeking to expiate Christian guilt for the Holocaust, and who recognize that Christianity and Judaism need each other desperately if religion in 21st - century America is to offer a compelling alternative to unbridled consumerism, self - centeredness and arid secularism.

The particular value of this approach for a Christian theology of religions is that it recognizes truth in the convictions of these other traditions in the terms concretely stated arid believed by those within those traditions, and it recognizes their status as true alternatives to Christian faith.

Still, I have noticed that when reference to Jesus is postponed or downplayed, conversations between Christians and people of other traditions tend to become arid, but when the figure of Jesus is brought to the fore, either by the Christians or — as sometimes happens — by the others, the dialogue comes alive.

Some people still find these persuasive, whereas others find this approach arid.

To find the way of supporting and sustaining each other in the midst of our openness arid self — criticism without glibness and sentimentality — that is not easy.

Replacing the holy wars of the Old World have been religious patterns that left few dead bodies, though competitive denominational missionaries in many a new suburb have come down with ulcers, heart disease, endocrine disturbances, alcoholism arid, as they say, «other specifically Christian diseases» in their scrambles.

This on - going practical planning needs to utilize teleconferencing arid other tools to get the day - by - day jobs done.

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a finicky root, similar to a turnip or radish, that only grows well in the cold, arid climates of high mountain plateaus, and in soil that is inhospitable to most other crops.

Clear evidence of prehistoric conflict can be difficult to discern in other parts of the world, but the arid climate and sparse settlement in the Southwest have left pueblo ruins, cultural artifacts, and even human remains remarkably intact.

The islands are notable for their distance from the Ecuadoran mainland and for their arid volcanic terrain, which produced the Galápagos's most striking and fortuitous distinction: the relative absence of people (and other predators).

By contrast, he says that many other mammals that live in arid areas are migratory, moving as resources are exhausted, such as the large ungulate herds roaming across the African savannahs.

Two initially did the hard work of tracking and pursuing over the arid grassland and woodland terrain, while the other held back.

Producing grain and other foods in an arid country like Jordan may require two or three times the water it takes in humid settings in South America or the United States.

In a study of accuracy and durability, the device was tested on two different groups of athletes: one cycling indoors in a fitness center under controlled conditions and the other participating in the El Tour de Tucson, a long - distance bicycle race in arid and complex conditions.

The 22 - year - old college student, his parents, and his five younger sisters fled on foot to an arid mountain near the Syrian border, along with about 50,000 other Yezidis, members of a religious minority.

The teeth of a kangaroo and other extinct marsupials reveal that southeastern Queensland 2.5 -5-million-years ago was a mosaic of tropical forests, wetlands and grasslands and much less arid than previously thought.

«The competition between commensal house mice and other wild mice continued to fluctuate as humans became more mobile in arid periods and more sedentary at other times — indicating the sensitivity of local environments to degrees of human mobility and the complexity of human environmental relationships going back in the Pleistocene,» said Weissbrod, currently a research fellow at the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.

Despite this and other efforts, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concluded in 1991 that the problem of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas had intensified, although there were «local examples of success».

Others grow in harsh conditions, arid uplands to moist tropical settings.

Did we mention Moringa trees thrive in arid climates with little water and restore essential nutrients back to the soil to help other crops around them grow better, mitigating risk to farmers?

You can find everything from arid desert - like hills (as seen here) to verdant forest, majestic lakes, wildlife filled marshland, scores of beige beaches and plenty of other settings to enjoy and take photos in the beautiful presence of.

These films painted pictures of arid desolation, colonial naïveté and other - worldly natural dangers.

Many of the shots in the trailer depict locations other than arid deserts, including snowy mountains, dense forests, swamps and fields.

Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his wife and daughter, together with the other characters imagined by Edward, seem imprisoned by this arid environment, a framing device that translates the novel's inherent trashiness.

The viewpoints are well worth the trek and you may just wonder if you are really in the Pacific Northwest and not in some other more arid climate.

Unlike many other destinations in the Caribbean, Aruba has a dry, arid climate.

Since it's lush and green on one side (near Hilo) and arid and lunar - like on the other (near Kona), Big Island weddings are ideal for couples who love nature - based adventure.

The colonial town of York, set in the lush Avon Valley, tiny wheatlands townships and other strange rocks protruding from arid soil show the real Australia, ever waiting for life giving rains.

Fuerteventura presents an arid, almost lunar landscape and is home to far more sandy beaches than the other islands.

The moist highlands region of Santa Cruz offer visitors a welcome break from the arid landscapes that dominate most other islands in the archipelago.

His journey takes him from arid deserts to lush jungles, from a bustling town to a gigantic waterfall and many other stops along the way, all the while defeating the lethal wildlife and monstrous bosses waiting for him.

While Arid is the main character of the game, the other AI she joins throughout the game (the Butler, One, and the Companion) are just as stars of the show as Arid.

ARID will invade other robots in a desperate attempt to get their help, and will be forced to work within their personal quirks and operating parameters, creating an opportunity for a truly unique set of challenges.

As with other films I've seen by Price, there is the sense of something slightly arid, academic and a little too clever for its own sake about the work.

The prospect did occur to me as I left a recent event at the XII Baltic Triennial, a cerebral, aesthetically arid show calling attention to our moment of environmental crisis, among other themes.

We did not engage in a detailed discussion of the carbon cycle within grasslands, life - cycle analysis of various management schemes, and several other issues simply because we believe it's not necessary to address these given the large gap between the problem (elevated atmospheric CO2) and the purported solution (altered management of arid / semi-arid grasslands).

There are a few other series that are stereotype active ingredients: the Mongolia tree rings are a new one (they are curiously like the bristlecones in an arid cool lowish latitude 42N vs 37N for the bristlecones); Dunde ice core, also at 37N; with the Polar Urals having an important role due to its weirdly cold 11th century, making it a favorite of multiproxy compilers.

The key threat here involves the expansion of hot and arid conditions into areas that currently sustain large populations: failure of other animal and plant species (including those farmed for food) to adapt quickly enough to such changes and subsequent ecosystem / agricultural collapses would obviously have massive impacts upon us.

The Nile, like the other great rivers of Africa (notably, the Congo, Niger, and Sénégal), became very reduced, if not totally blocked, by silt and desert sand during the low - precipitation, arid phases of the Pleistocene.

Like the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains, this generally arid area experienced an unusually wet winter, which spurred the growth of juniper, sage and other Great Basin shrubs.