Sentences with phrase «rapid depletion»
"Rapid depletion" refers to the fast reduction or exhaustion of something, like a resource or a supply, often at an alarming rate. Full definition
The problem with this methodology is that it fails to allow for rapid depletion rates or the fact that the best wells are already tapped out.
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Reversal of antidepressant - induced remission by rapid depletion of plasma tryptophan.
Sales were so good that some colors ended up on backorder due to the unexpectedly rapid depletion of stock.
Such a sudden and rapid depletion of salamander species, especially ones with dense populations such as the eastern newt, could have «cascading effects» in affected ecosystems, says Michael Lannoo, a herpetologist at Indiana University and expert on amphibian declines.
Understandably so: due to the close correlation between the level of forex reserves and credit and money supply growth in China, a rapid depletion of reserves is likely to impact the country's giant credit bubble.
China is facing a rapid depletion of its local mineral resources.Reserves to production ratio that represent the burn rate of proven reserves of mineral commodities when applying current levels of domestic mine production shows that China is in the RED ZONE for future supplies of nearly all crucial minerals.
«Given the rapid depletion of both forest and savanna elephant numbers in the past century and the ongoing destruction of their habitats, the conservation implications of recognition and species - level management of these distinct taxa are considerable,» the authors write
Famiglietti noted that the rapid depletion rate will compound the problem of short supply by leading to further declines in streamflow in the Colorado River.
A rapid depletion in 13C between about 17,500 and 14,000 years ago, simultaneous with a time when the CO2 concentration rose substantially, is consistent with release of CO2 from an isolated deep - ocean source that accumulated carbon due to the sinking of organic material from the surface.
In the name of satisfying voters, huge subsidies for electricity for agricultural water pumping have led to to rapid depletion of groundwater, thus leading to the need for more powerful water pumps, and thus the need for more electricity — a vicious cycle.
It is driving the rapid depletion of fossil fuel resources with a dramatic increase in associated emissions and consequent climate change; it is accelerating the loss of biodiversity and widespread extinction of species; it is intensifying the growing shortage of fresh water to meet human needs.