Sentences with phrase «scarce water»

The global agriculture and beverage industries competes head on with the energy industry for scarce water resources.

Issues of concern include land acquisition, impacts of coal plants on fisheries, conflicts over scarce water supplies, fly ash and air pollution, and destruction of forests.

But developers there, particularly in hot property markets, are often in direct conflict with local residents for scarce water, and some are tapping into precious groundwater.

They also remember the location of scarce water and food resources across their home ranges, which are unusually large compared to those of other elephants.

It involves the struggle for survival and international conflict over scarce water resources.

You will conserve scarce water resources and reduce carbon emissions associated with inefficient agricultural technologies the drip irrigation systems replace.

Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce water resources, as meat production requires more water than other agricultural products.

It also consumes scarce water resources that could be used for irrigation.

By 2050, there will be 2.5 billion more — and the vast majority of those are going to be born into countries that already have scarce water supplies.

Yes, conflict over scarce water and food has been around for a couple of decades.

Virtual scarce water in China.

Over the long term, net exporters may want to alter trade policies to avoid creating their own water shortages or raise prices to reflect the cost of increasingly scarce water resources.

The Fertile Crescent has been plagued with scarce water resources throughout history, Gleick said, adding that the region also has a long history of conflicts over water.

This is because plants in arid regions already use water more judiciously than in other areas, but increasing CO2 levels also drives them to use scarce water resources more efficiently as well.

Many proposed solar power plants are planned for federal land, and the need to undergo federal environmental review has complicated the licensing process as disputes have arisen over the industrial projects» impact on endangered wildlife like the desert tortoise and on scarce water supplies.

The project studies water resources in the Phoenix area with the goal of understanding decisions about scarce water resources and their impacts: How do water managers think about climate uncertainty?

Non-state actors are already weaponizing water to control local populations, either through diverting scarce water sources or — as the Islamic State group did when it seized the Mosul Dam in Iraq and threatened to demolish it — by gaining the leverage to devastate downstream population centers.

This map shows the flows of «virtual scarce water» from the Xinjiang province to other provinces in China.

«These field campaigns help us build better tools to address such issues as managing scarce water resources and alerting the public to natural disasters.»

«Domestic animals, wildlife, and people congregate in riparian areas near scarce water resources, impacting these regions.

Although civil unrest is far less likely there, tension is indeed growing between political leaders in northern and southern California over who gets the increasingly scarce water from rivers, underground aquifers and snow melt, all of which are declining.

To tap into scarce water supplies, most desert plants have extensive root systems that burrow deep or spread wide.

She sees a similar potential for China, which is now also expanding its drip irrigated area to save scarce water.

California's historic, extreme drought has stressed its already scarce water supplies and exposed water troubles expected worldwide as climate change intensifies.

It's a tactical retreat after decades of cropping that exhausted scarce water resources.

Two techniques show promise for helping farmers conserve scarce water in Punjab, India's breadbasket

The Loa River water system of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, in the Antofagasta region, exemplifies the high stakes involved in sustainable management of scarce water resources.

Bali is an island with scarce water resources and ecosystems that are not very well protected and respected.

Using everything from chicken tractors to recycled gray water, and from worm composting to foraging ducks, the central effort seems to be around conserving scarce water and nutrients, building up fertile soil, and creating cooling micro-climates to protect tender crops from the desert heat.

«The model shows us how to better use scarce water, labor and financial resources to achieve the goals set by the refuge managers each year,» said Rosenberg.

Part IV: «Climate Change and Water: Rights and Runoff» presents Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap and Assistant Professor of Hydrology Christina Tague in a discussion about the complexities of managing the ever - increasing demands placed on scarce water resources.

Within nations, local effects of global warming will cause internecine fights for increasingly scarce water.

This is about scarce water resources, desertification and ecological refugees in China.»

The city is seen as even more impermanent as wealthy crooks work to divert scarce water resources.

Legal battles have already been fought in the US over scarce water resources in regions with nuclear power plants, including the Catawba river basin in the Carolinas and the Apalachicola / Chattahoochee / Flint river basin in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

Meanwhile, in Australia, as summer temperatures hovered near 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) and murderous flames converted forests into carbon dioxide, a new book entitled Overloading Australia: How Governments and Media Dither and Deny on Population issued an unusual ecological battle cry: ignore all admonitions to conserve the country's increasingly scarce water supplies until the government eliminates «baby bonuses» in the tax code and clamps down on immigration.

Touting the apparent success of the project, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said, «The return of the North Aral Sea shows that man - made disasters can be at least partly reversed, and that food production depends on the sound management of scarce water resources and the environment.»

California's wine leaders adapting to drought and consumer shifts: California wine will hold its own in the global market despite shifts in consumer demographics, scarce water, and competition from imported wines, craft beers and cocktails, according to wine industry leaders surveyed by UC Davis..

According to the report, with little arable land and scarce water supplies, the region is one of the top food importers in the world.

Among other benefits, this affords grapes the right measure of sun and shade, and it ensures that not too many grapes vie for the soil's scarce water and nutrients.

The shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape in the U.S., but in some drier locations, it could cause conflict among the energy industry, residents and agricultural interests over already - scarce water resources, say researchers.

Dana Kolpin of the US Geological Survey in Iowa City says that the findings highlight the complex issue of antibiotic - resistance genes, which will continue to be of concern as treated effluent becomes more widely used in regions that have scarce water resources.

We need to do a better job with our scarce water resources.

In China, water resources are distributed unevenly, with ample water in the wealthier southern region, and scarce water in most northern provinces.

With the number of visitors to the northern Cambodian province approaching 2 million a year, increasing pressure is being put on the scarce water resource.