Sentences with phrase «plants on land produce»

Oxygen enters the ocean through two ways: interactions between its surface and the atmosphere, and as a photosynthesis byproduct from phytoplankton in upper layers of the ocean, much in the same way plants on land produce oxygen.

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Christian 7: Then God said, «Let the land produce vegetation: seed - bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.»

Of all the plant material produced on land each year in the world, humans use 40 per cent.

In addition to the Bethel Township plant, the company also plans to build another facility on a 113 acre land in Fredericksburg that can produce up to three million chickens a week.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

In other words, a quarter of everything produced by all plants on land is eaten or otherwise consumed by us.

If you are inclined to pursue this kind of masochistic math, it means that filling up the 32 - gallon tank of Dukes's Chevy Suburban is like taking all the energy produced by plants over the course of a year on 1,280 acres of land.

Like plants on land, phytoplankton produce energy by photosynthesis, pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to fuel the process.

The early presence of plants and fungi on land would have reduced the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, producing a cooling effect, the authors note.

Calera bubbles the flue gas from the Moss Landing power plant on the California coast through seawater to produce an aggregate from carbonate, the same mineral sea creatures use to build their shells, perhaps more familiar as chalk.

This hardy plant seems ideal, given that it can resist droughts and grow on marginal lands, producing oily seeds.

A small nuclear plant capable of producing 200 to 400 megawatts could be built on the same amount of land closer to urban electrical markets.

Under red dwarf stars, plant - type life on land may not be possible because photosynthesis might not generate sufficient energy from infrared light to produce the oxygen needed to block dangerous ultraviolet light from such stars at the very close orbital distances needed for a planet to be warmed enough to have liquid water on its surface.

In realistic terms, any major effort to supply additional plant protein for human consumption in the U.S. would require dismantling the nation's agricultural system, since most of American agriculture is directly or indirectly involved in producing livestock either through direct grazing on grasslands or by growing feed on cultivated land.

BMW Chennai plant, spread on a 40 - acre land at MahindraWorldCity in Singaperumalkoil, currently produces BMW 3 series, BMW 5 series, BMW X1, BMW X3.

The standard all - wheel drive system works with the vehicle's 240 - hp turbocharged four - cylinder engine, nine - speed automatic transmission and Terrain Response ® system to ensure the Range Rover Evoque Convertible retains its capability in a variety of conditions, on - and off - road, in all seasons.4 The new Range Rover Evoque Convertible will be produced at the Land Rover Halewood plant in the UK, alongside the five door and coupe body styles, and goes on sale from mid-2016 in more than 170 markets worldwide.

Relying heavily on biofuels made from food crops — such as soybeans, sugar cane, or canola — would not only affect food supplies and increase food prices, but would produce significant greenhouse gases during the planting and harvesting of these crops, as well as from forest clearing for more agricultural land.

One of the problems is that bioethanol production relies on the cultivation of large amounts of plant material often on land that was formally tropical rain forest, or on land that would otherwise have been used to produce food.

Recently, new plant species have been tested that grow well on marginal lands and could therefore produce biofuels without directly competing with valuable lands.

By planting improved perennials, it would be possible to produce many times the biomass originally harvested from plants on degraded lands and thus reduce atmospheric CO2.

The system is based on the principles of agronomy, the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land reclamation.

Tilman and his colleagues found that, in addition to producing more than twice the biomass than single - species planting (not less than 238 % more than switchgrass), multiple - species plantations restored biodiversity, grew on degraded land and — perhaps most importantly — could be carbon negative.