Sentences with phrase «recent drought years»

The restricted access to watering holes and arable land have made the Maasai more vulnerable to famine, particularly in recent drought years.

This conspicuous feature does bear some resemblance to the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge which plagued California in recent drought years, though clearly its position this winter was far enough west to have vastly different effects in the Golden State.

ROBSTOWN — To help homeowners and professionals properly care for trees, especially those in distress from the recent drought years, two state agencies will hold several classes in October in Robstown.

Not exact matches

According to the most recent federal forecast, about 48 % of the contiguous U.S. is now experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, down from a high of 60 % at the beginning of the year.

The two IPOs are part of a recent trend of enterprise software companies going public after drought of several years.

I understand that drought conditions have also plagued Canada's Prairies in recent years.

Morada Produce is fortunate to be located in the San Joaquin Valley, but the company has had to contend with the extensive drought that has affected California in recent years.

Although Kaplan says the recent stretch of drought and bad weather will have a noticeable impact on the produce industry as a whole over the next year, Professional Produce stands prepared to increase its presence in the marketplace.

«Because of the impact of drought in recent years, many Australians would be well aware that water is a key element of food production and processing, and so water is a key element of thinking about sustainability.

However, the major trophy drought in recent years has opened a divide amongst supporters, with many calling for him to walk away and allow new blood to come in.

How many times in recent years have terrible teams broken goal droughts or losing streaks against us?

City have never conquered in Europe but it is not just the club suffering a drought in the competition, with Guardiola failing to make a huge impact on the biggest stage of all in recent years — even with a star - studded Bayern Munich team, who made short work of their Bundesliga competition.

Arsenal's move to the Emirates in 2006 certainly played a part in the recent Silverware drought, but after almost eight years without success, along with the highest ticket prices in Europe, the excuses are looking as flimsy as Arsenal current first team squad.

In another stroke of luck, New York dairy farmers have been well - positioned in recent years because they tend to grow much of their own feed corn, putting them at a competitive advantage over their larger California competitors: West Coast dairies are struggling with the high price of corn brought on by international demand, drought conditions and ethanol subsidies.

The recent drought that has gripped much of the Southwest for almost three years has thrown the issue into stark relief.

Even though the recent heat wave has ended, weeks of drought and days of 100 - degree temperatures have already taken a toll on this year's corn crop in a large part of the Midwestern United States.

In Spain, there have been several years with less rain than normal, and according to a recent report by Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (union of small farmers and ranchers, UPA), in 2017, droughts caused losses of more than 3,600 million euros in the agricultural sector in Spain, mostly due a big loss of productivity in crops.

The more recent drought accounted for more than 10 cubic kilometers of water lost per year.

Wolford said that droughts in key grain - producing countries — such as the United States, Argentina and Australia — in recent years play a role as well.

A number of research efforts in recent years have suggested that warmer temperatures and drought increase the risk of violent conflict around the world.

«Climatologically speaking, 15 years is a very short span of time, but it is safe to say that the current California drought rivals any in recent memory,» said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center.

Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.

Changing climate patterns have had considerable impact in Texas in recent years in the form of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, extreme heat.

«What is particularly compelling to me is the observed decoupling of fire and deforestation; they used to go hand in hand as fire was the cheapest tool in the deforestation process, but in recent years fires are observed more outside the deforestation regions, especially during drought years.

California has been struck by severe drought in recent years, and its scientists are turning to groundwater to meet the surface water the state needs.

Looking at extremes, consider the stark contrast between the severe droughts in California in recent years and the torrential downpours, mudslides and flooding this past winter.

As prolonged drought and extreme temperatures have taken their terrible toll on food crops in recent years, nations have tended to focus on regional episodes, such as a single drought - afflicted state or region.

Field studies suggest that recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks correlate with mean August temperatures > 59 °F (15 °C) and that outbreak size is correlated with minimum winter temperatures and drought conditions in previous years (Preisler et al. 2012).

The recent extreme drought of 2012 across America's breadbasket has brought the seriousness of a shortage of water to a crescendo as the Kansas Geological Survey reported that average water levels dropped nearly a third of the total decline since 1996... over a period of only two years!

The recent drought had «nearly complete tree mortality across many size and age classes» whereas «most of the patchy mortality in the 1950s was associated with trees [greater than] 100 years old.»

With another big film, Rebel in the Rye (directed and written by Danny Strong and co-starring Nicholas Hoult) coming to theaters this fall, a recent wrap on The Year of Spectacular Men (written by her sister Madelyn Deutch and directed by their mother), and production starting on the Netflix romantic comedy Set It Up, a work drought does not seem to be in Zoey's future.

A recent report issued by the UN shows that over the last twenty years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather - related events.

The recent four - year drought in California pummeled the expansive Central Valley — with high numbers of low - income, English Language Learners in the schools — resulting in an exodus of families and a huge loss of revenue for schools.

I think we are all aware of the drought that has afflicted the 360 in recent years... And besides, all of that I just like Sony's exclusives more.

Some of the most recent comprehensive assessments of climate science, including last year's congressionally - mandated, White House - approved, Climate Science Special Report, include scary new sections on «climate surprises» like simultaneous droughts and hurricanes, that have wide - reaching consequences.

Establishing direct links between climate change and migration, «like skyrocketing asylum applications and temperature,» can be difficult because of the vast number of variables involved, Newsweek concedes, while pointing to «the influence of drought in the years - long Syrian conflict, New Zealand's recent proposal to create a visa category for climate refugees and the United Nations» recent recognition that climate change can contribute to displacement within countries and internationally.»

More than 300,000 refugees fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia in 2011 into Ethiopia and Kenya (William Davies / AFP / Getty Images) That's why, in recent years, many of the world's wealthier nations — including the United States, Germany, Britain, and Japan — have promised billions of dollars in aid to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of global warming and switch over to cleaner energy sources.

This year's California drought was the most recent iteration of this severe event featuring a ridiculously resilient high pressure ridge that has continued to rob California of much of its typical seasonal moisture.

The researchers chose to tackle the region in part because previous, coarser - resolution models had shown that this area would be drying out, a prediction that has been borne out in the droughts and wildfires of recent years.

This comment on ENSO link to rainfall and drought reminded me of a recent WUWT post where they point out how sea levels have a negative trend over (gasp) the last 2 years.

The vicious confluence of weather anomalies in recent years — and, even just this year we've seen a rash of devastating floods, tornadoes and droughts — suggest that shifting climate patterns are having adverse and wide - ranging effects on our ecosystem.

Down to 12 % in a recent prolonged drought, nearly overflowed last year.

These suggest California's recent 6 year drought is unremarkable.

After six years of drought, California was deluged in 2017 by sequential «atmospheric rivers» causing the highest January / February rainfall on recent record.

The most recent drought from 2006 to 2007 reduced Australia's economic growth by about 0.75 percent.2 It curtailed agriculture, killing sheep and drastically cutting grain yields.2 Restrictions on water use in urban areas cost around $ 815 million each year, and affected more than 80 percent of Australian households.2

Even the particularly nasty storms, floods, and droughts of recent years, although consistent with the theory, can never be directly ascribed to human meddling with the atmosphere.

«Even though California historically has periods of dry and wet years, there isn't an analog for climate extremes like the ones we've observed in recent years, such as those record - breaking prolonged periods of drought following by periods of intense precipitation pulses that cause flooding,» Woodburn said.

SciDevNet: In recent years, climatic stresses, particularly droughts and floods, have devastated yields and caused crops to fail for many farmers across Pakistan.

Cyclones, floods and droughts have long been part of the country's history but they have intensified in recent years.

Since it's essentially, and of course ironically, entirely non-scientists who make this claim, the deniers would do well to read a recent UCLA study that indicates California's current six - year severe drought could be exacerbated enough by global warming to extend the dry period for centuries.