Sentences with phrase «percent water remaining»
The latest blow came in September, when many major rivers across China ran into an unusual shrinkage, with less than 20 percent water remaining at some stretches.
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Most of the remaining 1 percent of the earth's water supply is found in underground aquifers which are recharged by rainwater seeping through the soil.
Sixty - five percent of the human body is made up of water (5 % is suntan lotion, and the remaining 30 % is believed to be licorice and nachos), which may account for why we enjoy pools so much.
His job performance rating remains under water and similarly little changed from last month: 40 percent to 59 percent, the poll found.
And the poll found Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favorability rating stands at 53 percent, down slightly from June, though his job performance is up, even as it remains under water.
-- Cuomo's job approval rating remains under water, 44 - 55 percent, but his favorability rating stands at 59 - 37 percent.
The Democrat said conditions on the island remain «deplorable» and noted that 80 percent of residents remain without power and almost a third have no access to clean drinking water more than a month after Hurricane Maria hit.
It contains 73 percent water but remains solid.
At pH 7.1, which is expected to roughly approximate the pH of water upwelling on the West Coast with ocean acidification, zoeae survival remained low at 21 percent.
Of the 8,726 days since 1950 when water levels at these gauges exceeded the local National Weather Service nuisance flood thresholds, 67 percent would have remained below those thresholds in their alternative historical scenarios.
The remaining 30 to 40 percent is attributable to human activities.7 Once released into the atmosphere through either natural or human activities, mercury is deposited in soil and water, where it enters the food chain.
We produce about 8 percent of our water needs through biochemical processes in the body — the remaining 92 percent must be consumed through foods and beverages.
Mice are 70 percent water, which provides kitties with exactly the amount they need for their bodies to remain hydrated and lubricated.
Glacial ice that floats in the water is only 10 percent exposed, the remaining 90 percent is under water.
The water vapor content of the atmosphere rises by about 50 percent if atmospheric temperatures were to increase by 5C and relative humidity remained constant.
The revenue remaining would be divided between clean energy (70 percent), clean water (20 percent), and healthy forests (10 percent).
The fact remains that there is 4 percent more water vapor — and associated additional moist energy — available both to power individual storms and to produce intense rainfall from them.
The remaining 90 percent is mainly supplied by evaporation from oceans, seas, and other bodies of water (lakes, rivers, streams).
They argue that this «very likely made substantial contributions to the flattening of the global warming trend since about 2000» and that temperatures between 2000 - 2009 would have warmed about 25 percent had stratospheric water vapor remained constant.
«The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface and contains 97 percent of the planet's water, yet more than 95 percent of the underwater world remains unexplored.
The smart home company claims Netatmo Smart Valves allow users to control their heating on a room - by - room basis and use on average 37 percent less energy to heat their home without compromising on comfort.The Smart Valves can be used in houses with both individual heating and collective heating systems by fitting them on hot - water radiators, where they work to regulate the temperature of each room as part of a heating schedule and adapt to the habits and movements of residents.For example, the bathroom is heated to 21 °C during the morning, but not for the rest of the day when it is not being used; the parents» bedroom remains at 16 °C during the day when it is empty,
97 percent of the water on Earth is salt water, contained in the planet's oceans, seas, and inland salt water bodies, 2 percent of it (fresh water) is locked in the polar ice caps, and the remaining 1 percent is the fresh water we use everyday.