Sentences with phrase «urban areas during»

Hedgehog numbers have been falling at an astonishing rate in urban areas during the past few years so instead of owning one as an unusual pet, why not create a hedgehog habitat in your garden * instead?

«We tried to pass through urban areas during nighttime hours, to avoid being stuck in traffic and sampling mostly exhaust fumes,» said Ira Leifer, study co-author and researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in a statement from the university.

Researchers estimated the effect of education on lifetime earnings by «distinguishing between individuals who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals with access to many or few books at home at age 10.»

In urban areas during the winter when snow cover is less pervasive, temperatures are higher than rural areas in the daytime by an average of 2 °F.

«We have seen an increase of geese in many urban areas during the last several decades and it is certainly possible that the trend will continue,» Hagy says.

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Luckily, things are changing in urban areas and the husband plays a more active role during pregnancy and after the birth.

For example: if you live in a far northern latitude, if you live in an urban area where tall buildings and pollution block sunlight, if baby is always completely covered and kept out of the sun, if baby is always inside during the day, or if you always apply high - SPF sunscreen.

Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Leader Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (all Democrats) reached an agreement behind closed doors to repeal much of what is left of the draconian drug laws that govern the state — ones that were passed in the seventies during a heroin epidemic in urban areas and are commonly called the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Our youth and elderly in Hudson Valley urban areas already suffer disproportionately from asthma and other respiratory illnesses which will worsen during the summer months ahead.

«I look forward to continuing to work with all of you across the country in red and blue states, in rural, urban and suburban areas to rebuild our parties and to win elections in 2017, ’18 and back the White House in 2020,» she said during her nominating speech ahead of the vote.

The governor suggested that Trump's urban roots would make him easier to work with than GOP leaders who hail from rural and suburban areas, remembering the late Mario Cuomo's struggles to bring the state funding during the 1980s

The expiration of the urban renewal area occurred during Council member Alan Gerson's watch two years earlier.

For farmers and ranchers in Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula during a six - year drought, the farther away they lived from urban areas, the more likely they were to have to make changes to cope with the dwindling supply of water, according to a Portland State University study.

In excavating sites in a long - inhabited urban area like Jerusalem, archaeologists are accustomed to noting complexity in their finds — how various occupying civilizations layer over one another during the site's continuous use over millennia.

During that time, the Army Corps of Engineers, to ensure water supply and prevent floods, built over 1000 miles of levees and canals that channel water from the area north of the Everglades to urban and agricultural areas.

It takes two years to attain a master degree in Urban Design with specialisation in Urban Architecture, and during this time you will meet a wide range of teachers who will present you with new knowledge in key areas.

Emissions from these types of products now account for a large portion of air pollution in urban areas, say researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder — especially during the a.m. rush hour when we're all commuting to work.

During our tests we found the profiles coming predominantly from Rural areas despite we being in an Urban area.

In contrast, the locally based Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) had thousands of observers on the ground and subsequently cited numerous irregularities during the process, ranging from the state's domination over the administrative apparatus, security forces, and media, to the lack of transparency on the registration process, which was considerably higher in rural Mugabe strongholds, compared to urban areas where support for the MDC is more prevalent.

The material in this lesson originated in a research project conducted by Facing History and Ourselves between 1996 and 1998.1 During those years, a group of researchers and Facing History staff studied the impact of Facing History on 8th grade students in an urban / suburban community near a major metropolitan area.

In 2011, we helped organize a broad coalition of partners, including the Oakland Education Association (OEA), SEIU Local 1021, Youth UpRising, National Equity Project, California Teachers Association, Urban Strategies Council, Oakland Parents Together, Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN), Oakland Schools Foundation, and Teach for America to support AB 609 to reverse millions of dollars in audit fines to OUSD incurred during the period of state administration.

In a test that Volvo set up for us during our first drive of the S60 in Portugal, we drove at about 15 - 20 mph toward a stationary dummy, to mimic low - speed driving in a crowded urban area.

During a dinner at the Detroit show, Ford's executive chairman cited statistics that show some 50 percent of the world's population will soon live in urban areas, as one of Ford's primary justifications for making a big push with autonomous vehicle technology and greener powertrains.

That kind of ACC is disappointingly unusable during the rush hour part of a daily highway commute or returning to a big urban area on a clogged interstate.

I was able to eek out 22 MPG during my week of driving in mostly urban areas.

The second handle is situated just above the collar snap hook and designed for ultimate short leash control of the dog during training and also for general use in high traffic urban areas.

Hostels are best if you don't have your own transport and are staying in an urban area, whereas camping grounds are best for those travelling around independently in camper vans, or staying overnight in the national parks during hikes.

The vaccine takes two weeks to take full effect, but the CDC only recommends it for «travelers who plan to spend at least 1 month in endemic areas during -LSB-...] transmission season» or «Short - term -LSB-...] travelers to endemic areas during the transmission season, if they plan to travel outside an urban area and their activities will increase the risk of exposure.»

It looks like just another industrial area but it played a significant role in «laying the foundation for urban renewal» after apartheid since it remained very integrated during that time.

The measures will support the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s latest «Amazing Thailand Go Local» campaign, a landmark project to promote the kingdom's emerging generation of secondary destinations, better balance the distribution of tourist arrivals between urban and rural areas, even out the seasonality factor between the months of travel, and encourage more travel during weekdays to reduce pressure on the weekends.

The Los Angeles — based artist selected locations in the San Francisco Bay Area that are emblematic of distinct urban - redevelopment episodes: Islais Landing, a former tidal bog that once served as a sewage channel and slaughterhouse dumping ground; San Francisco City Hall, a Beaux Arts monument whose harmonious proportions and massive domed rotunda are meant to pique municipal pride (and good civic behavior); and Pacific Shores Center, a 106 - acre, 1.7 - millionsquare - foot corporate complex, planned during the dot - com glut of the late 1990s and built on marshland south of the city.

In addition to the artworks from Urban Portrait exhibited in 2014 during the initiative organized in support of Urban Area Project at the ex Volturno theater, the visitors will have a chance to see many new artworks now presented for the first time.

During the next two decades, an area equal to roughly 60 % of the total current building stock of the world will be built and rebuilt in urban areas worldwide.

While not all urban areas within the Midwest have combined sewers for delivery to wastewater treatment plants, many do (for example, Chicago and Milwaukee), and such systems are vulnerable to combined sewer overflows during extreme precipitation events.

Urban heat islands cause genuine warming in urban areas, and can contribute to serious health problems during the summer, as they can make heatwaves more seUrban heat islands cause genuine warming in urban areas, and can contribute to serious health problems during the summer, as they can make heatwaves more seurban areas, and can contribute to serious health problems during the summer, as they can make heatwaves more severe.

I fear that the «spin» is a juggernaut that can't be stopped few know or care about the details of this subject I live in a highly affluent urban area, cheek to jowl with a major science oriented university I know no one who doubts the «consensus» the «man as scourge of nature» religion rules few are a aware of the hiatus, those that are consider it Koch and fossil fuel industry propaganda sigh... the voices here are, for me, a glimpse of light and reason I guess we are about to endure a media barrage thanks Dr. Curry, I'll re-read this post once in awhile during the blitz

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

During summer, urban masonry and asphalt absorb, store, and reradiate more solar energy per unit area than do the vegetation and soil typical of rural areas.

Simply put, as all climate scientists agree, urban / metro and airport areas are robustly warmer than surrounding areas, during both the daylight and night hours.

Taller chimney stacks and the banning of heavy industry from urban areas were just two of the measures introduced and, consequently, fewer smogs were recorded in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.

These can enhance convectional uplift, and the strong thermals that are generated during the summer months may serve to generate or intensify thunderstorms over or downwind of urban areas.

• Risk of mortality and morbidity during periods of extreme heat, particularly for vulnerable urban populations and those working outdoors in urban or rural areas.

The measurements shown here represent the temperature of the «skin» (or top 1 millimeter) of the land surface during the daytime — including bare land, snow or ice cover, urban areas, and cropland or forest canopy.

In the Boise urban area the low temperatures during the past month have all been well above average while the rural McCall area shows no such behavior.

That is because urban areas are slow to warm down during the night and retain their heat longer than rural areas.

Combining the OAS temperatures and OAA temperatures and using the century - scale trends for each identified in the paper -LRB--0.03 K / century and +0.78 K / century, respectively), it may be concluded that instrumental temperature stations located in non-urban areas and not subjected to artificial urban heating bias produce an overall warming trend of just 0.375 K / century (0.038 K / decade) during 1900 - 2010.

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During hot, humid summer weather, many urban areas experience heat inversions — cold air in the upper atmosphere holds much warmer air close to the ground, sustaining higher - than - average temperatures and trapping smog.

For city journeys this is perfect, not many people commute further than that in urban areas, and you should be able to charge up during the day anyway.

Therefore, all temperature stations in or around these urban areas does not just have a warm urban temperature, no theyve gotten a lot warmer during 1900 - 2010.