Sentences with phrase «populated regions»

Counties with the least expensive insurance rates tend to be in the state's most rural, sparsely populated regions, while those counties with the highest rates tend to be the most densely populated in the state.

The resident wildlife species are exposed to environmental challenges that you would associate with more populated regions.

Not surprisingly, highly populated regions such as the Los Angeles, Riverside and Houston areas, where the climate is sunny for much of the year and the air mass is relatively stable, had the highest average concentrations of ozone, ranging from 62.5 to 104 ppb.

The heavily populated regions of eastern North America and western Europe would experience a significant shift in climate.»»

He thought for a moment and said something that stuck with me more powerfully than anything else during the trip: «As remote as Midway is, it still battles many of the same environmental problems we expect to find only in more populated regions.

A similar problem persists today and to compensate for the sparsity of weather stations in many inland regions, often with totally empty grid cells between them, the ACORN database applies a weighted average which proportionally multiplies their occurrence, at the same time dividing the occurrence of temperatures among more densely located stations in populated regions mostly on the coastal fringe.

To date, most large - scale water vapor climatological studies have relied primarily on analysis of radiosonde data, which have good resolution in the lower troposphere in populated regions but are of limited value at high altitude and are lacking over remote oceanic regions.

Making matters worse: A cold front strengthed the cyclone into a snowy «Frankenstorm,» while an Arctic weather system trapped the storm over densely populated regions.

To date, air affected by the record - breaking ozone loss has hovered over Canada, eastern Russia and Scandinavia but has not extended down to the heavily - populated regions of Germany and central Europe, although this situation could change.

Researchers have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing the risk of drought and flood in central India, one of the most densely populated regions on Earth.

Recent runs of the HWRF model have shown some very worrisome amounts of rain falling on heavily populated regions of Madagascar, and Enawo has the potential to be a top - five most damaging storm in the island's history.

It includes highly populated regions surrounding low elevation cities and towns in such African nations as Gabon, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, The Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ghana.

The climate engineers are continuing their efforts to cool down portions of the US (often the most populated regions of the Eastern US), while frying and drying western portions of the US.

Pumping that fresh water to more populated regions could be done during peak hours, thus not using any of the stored energy.

By keeping the most populated regions of the US artificially cooled down, the geoengineers can continue to fuel division and confusion in the population in regard to the true state of climate implosion.

«We conclude that, if projections for an increasing frequency of extreme El Niño and La Niña events over the twenty - first century are confirmed, then populated regions on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean basin could be alternately exposed to extreme coastal erosion and flooding, independent of sea - level rise,» the authors write.

A recent analysis [1] by Dr Luke Harrington and Dr Friederike Otto of climateprediction.net introduces a new framework, adapted from studies of probabilistic event attribution, to disentangle the relative importance of regional climate emergence and changing population dynamics in the exposure to future heat extremes across multiple densely populated regions in Southern Asia and Eastern Africa (SAEA).

World Bank: - While South Asia is among the most densely populated regions in the world, it is also one of the least urbanized.

However, it is worth noting that, even under these favourable scenarios, populated regions of the Mediterranean coastline, central, western and southern Africa are expected to be adversely affected (Kurukulasuriya and Mendelsohn, 2006a).

Between 2006 and 2013, photographer Lucas Foglia travelled throughout rural Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming, some of the least populated regions in the United States.

Tuscany is one of the most densely populated regions in Italy, yet beyond the cities you can find many charming towns and villages in the famous hills.

I think wolf hybrids could be problematic in densely populated regions such as where I live.

Even in the most populated regions of Canada, you only have to drive an hour and a half to get to beautiful countryside.

A small dealer network means less availability for the well - to - do who live in less populated regions.

Rural areas often struggle to achieve the same educational standards as more densely populated regions.

The downside to Happn's location - dependant approach is that it's unlikely to work well in more sparsely populated regions.

«In the winter, there's a buildup of transported pollution from more populated regions in Asia, which is really known as Arctic haze.»

The new study shows that the frequency and magnitude of large earthquakes in the densely populated regions close to mountain chains - such as the Alps, Apennines, Himalaya and Zagros - depend on the collision rate of the smaller tectonic plates.

Capped on one side by the South China Sea and by mountains to the north, Guangdong features the palm - tree — lined megacities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen along the Pearl River Delta, one of the planet's most densely populated regions.

An analysis by a team of North Carolina - based environmental and planning researchers concludes that densely populated regions with compact urban development that discourages commuting by car — widely touted as a way to increase public exercise and reduce harmful automobile emissions — may only slightly lower average regional particulate matter (PM) concentrations in air.

And there's no reason that more of the heavy roots of the Appalachians could not drop off at any time, spurring a recurrence of volcanism on the East Coast and an outbreak of lava in the most densely populated regions of the U.S..

«Without the efforts of our partners and colleagues in China, we wouldn't have had this great outcome that demonstrates that people and predators can co-exist in one of the most densely populated regions of the world.»

The team notes that «many heavily populated regions contain thrust and strike - slip fault networks, so understanding the mechanisms by which faults in such networks interact is critical for improved estimates of seismic hazard and risk in those areas.»

Cougar numbers in California have risen after a state ban on hunting, and the cats are struggling to find territory in densely populated regions like the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

In the most populated regions of the state, Los Angeles - Orange, San Francisco Bay Area and Scan Diego - Imperial, late - stage diagnoses remained relatively steady.

A poleward expansion of the tropics is likely to bring even drier conditions to these heavily populated regions, but may bring increased moisture to other areas.

Prof Peres added: «Given the enormous supply of cheap unoccupied land, Brazilian Amazonia continues to attract a large contingent of economic migrants from more populated regions.

The new study shows that the frequency and magnitude of large earthquakes in the densely populated regions close to mountain chains — such as the Alps, Apennines, Himalaya and Zagros — depend on the collision rate of the smaller tectonic plates.

It ignored not only a plethora of unrelated faults but also most branches of the San Andreas that slice through populated regions such as the San Francisco Bay area.

The Lower Hudson Valley is one of the hungriest areas for energy in the state as it feeds into one of New York's most densely populated regions.

Fracking has also raised concerns about the potential for drinking water contamination and other adverse impacts in densely populated regions unaccustomed to an industry that has until recently been active mostly in the West and Gulf Coast.

Rice's proposal include creating a 311 line so residents in less - populated regions of the state can get legal help, appointing a deputy attorney general for rural affairs and visiting all 62 counties of the state during her first her in office, if she's elected.

Because the earthquake did not hit densely populated regions and the impact on people was relatively small, not too much has been reported about the outcome.

For this reason, I coach entrepreneurs to pitch wealthy people within a 350 mile radius in densely populated regions; 400 mile radius in more rural regions.

Some areas in the US where ~ 60 % of the population lives are growing rapidly (mainly densely populated regions, growing cities, areas on the coasts, etc).

SPAIN»S recession ended in 2013, but in Extremadura, a scenic, sparsely populated region in the country's south - west, you would be forgiven for not...

The most important nuclei of aboriginal population were in Guatemala, El Salvador, and certain parts of Honduras (Fournier, 50), while Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama were a sparsely populated region.2 The aboriginal population then decreased eighty to ninety percent over the following twenty - five to fifty years (Corrales Rodriguez, 114 - 15).

From Erin: Hi Randy, I live in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada... highly populated region of First Nations (mainly Cree and Dene) and Metis people... What do you see the role being for the white settlers now?

Over 30 wineries populate the region's rolling hills and sprawling valleys producing a variety of wines, including award - winning and artisan Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.

At least that's what it seems like given the number of family owned and operated wineries that populate the region.