Sentences with phrase «surface water availability»

What the report says about climate change and the Colorado River: The southwestern United States is projected to experience significant decreases in surface water availability, leading to runoff decreases in California, Nevada, Texas, and the Colorado River headwaters, even in the near term.

Efforts to offset declining surface water availability due to increasing precipitation variability will be hampered by the fact that groundwater recharge will decrease considerably in some already water - stressed regions (high confidence)[3.2, 3.4.2], where vulnerability is often exacerbated by the rapid increase in population and water demand (very high confidence)[3.5.1].

A mere 16,400 hectares of land will be irrigated, while water storage capacity will increase from 3 to 24 % of the annual surface water availability.

Not exact matches

«But these results show us what the range of water availability across the surface is so we can start thinking about where we might want to go to get it and whether it makes economic sense to do so.»

The idea that productivity is limited by the availability of nutrients is based mainly on studies in surface waters.

«The most basic change was from very limited phosphorus availability to much higher phosphorus availability in surface waters of the ocean,» Reinhard said.

In some areas, boreholes that tap underground aquifers can augment water availability; in others, rivers and seasonal surface runoff can be used for irrigation.

In this latest study, the team of researchers applied empirical and process - based models, to analyze local areas, as well as the global surface, and the effect of temperature and water availability variations on carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere.

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Considerations: Rider / dog weight ratio, outdoor temperature, water availability and extent of time on hard surface, are just some of the factors to consider.

The warming as well as the droughts caused by climate change, combined with the unsustainable use of aquifers and surface water, pose grave threats to availability of fresh water and food security.

The extra boost from the warmer water is adding even more energy into this storm system, increasing the availability and transport of moisture toward land and producing more efficient wind gusts to the surface.

However — latent heat is a significant component of energy transport at the surface and varies with water availability on land.

The land surface temperature record reflects a balance of kinetic and latent energy which changes with water availability.

Third, the distribution of land and water on the Earth's surface; which controls its temperature distribution, moisture availability, monsoon effects, hurricanes, and other storm tracks.

The warming as well as the droughts caused by climate change, combined with the unsustainable use of aquifers and surface water, pose grave threats to the availability of fresh water and food security.

The most important factors affected by vegetation are soil water availability, leaf area and surface roughness.

Surface temperature varies with water availability as a result of changing lapse rates over land.

Traditional, or conventional, geothermal power production relies on the availability of heat, the natural permeability of rock and the presence of naturally - occurring hot water and steam systems below the surface.