Sentences with phrase «soil resources»

He and his group shared the science behind regulations designed to keep air, water and soil resources clean, he said.

As roots take up water and nutrients from the soil, C4 plants have important advantages in dry and infertile soils across the world's savannas and grasslands — a quality which could be engineered into rice to help the crop use soil resources more sustainably as well as producing larger yields.

This beautifully illustrated Rocks and Soils resource provides almost 80 pages of learning materials, including puzzles, worksheets, games and craf...

The National Soil Resources Institute is dedicated to research in and promotion of the sustainable management of soil and land resources in the long - term both in the UK and worldwide.

This also causes over-drying and can deplete soil resources more quickly.

HWSD is a global soil database framed within a Geographic Information System (GIS) and contains up - to - date information on world soil resources More

The Glinka World Soil Prize, named after the pioneering Russian scientist Konstantin D. Glinka, was established by the Global Soil Partnership with the support of the Russian Federation in 2016 and honors individuals and organizations whose leadership and activities have contributed to the promotion of sustainable soil management and the protection of soil resources.

This beautifully illustrated Rocks and Soils resource provides almost 80 pages of learning materials, including puzzles, worksheets, games and craft activities to help KS2 students develop an understanding of the Earth.

I think we now have to look soberly at how our civilization has come about at the expense of the soil resource.

It provides a really strong case for the claim that soil resources and nitrogen limitation in particular can impose a major constraint on carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems.»

Bowker explained that most of the 17 nutrients that plants need to grow to their potential are soil resources, such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

Using precious water and soil resources to grow bio fuels makes little or no sense and is not a solution to anything.

It provides a really strong case for the claim that soil resources and nitrogen limitation in particular can impose a major constraint on carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems.»

The EPA was recently tasked by the federal government to report on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water and soil resources.