Sentences with phrase «vegetating in»

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.»

These days it's so easy for kids to want to vegetate in front of the TV or a computer, rather than actually use their little brains.

Should I have been abandoned to vegetate in classrooms that didn't have the same standards as mine?

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The hermaphroditic blasphemy is a generated or vegetated Christ and a virgin Eve — the orthodox image of Christ, for the Church castrated Jesus when it locked the memory of his generation in the image of a virgin birth, just as it dehumanized and falsely spiritualized his body in its belief in the ascension.

I'm sure that, like me, you spent a great deal of time vegetating, watching insane amounts of television, eating obscene amounts of food, and in general recovering from the semester so that you could come back refreshed and ready to (re) tackle the beast this semester.

They estimate that, across about 60 % of the global vegetated area, greening has buffered warming by about 14 %; for the remaining areas, which mostly include boreal zones, LAI trends have amplified the raise in air temperatures, leading to an additional warming of about 10 %.

The results indicated the soil chemistry and root - zone nutrient budgets have been altered by the Acacia tree cover, and the trajectory of change is in a direction that does not conform to any of the naturally vegetated sites from Guam.

In ecological terms, these spiders are marine predators, and this explains how tiny, barren islands can support much denser populations of spiders than lushly vegetated inland areas.

An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet's vegetated regions.

From a quarter to half of Earth's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25.

The rarity of the Swainson's warbler has long been attributed to its finicky preference for large areas of densely vegetated breeding habitat in the southeastern U.S. and wintering range in the Caribbean basin.

Leandro Silveira, president of the Jaguar Conservation Fund, said the big cats used to be persecuted by cattle ranchers, but his research on radio - collared animals has shown that the cats are able to prowl through cane thickets and find refuge in vegetated watercourses.

This study assumes that mosquitoes stay on the block where they're born — in the safety of the cool, moist, vegetated area where they hatched.

We show that fire weather seasons have lengthened across 29.6 million km2 (25.3 %) of the Earth's vegetated surface, resulting in an 18.7 % increase in global mean fire weather season length.

Our ensemble fire weather season length metric captured important wildfire events throughout Eurasia such as the Indonesian fires of 1997 — 98 where peat fires, following an El Niño - induced drought, released carbon equivalent to 13 — 40 % of the global fossil fuel emissions from only 1.4 % of the global vegetated land area (Fig. 4, 1997 — 1998) 46 and the heatwave over Western Russia in 2010 (Fig. 4, 2010) that led to its worst fire season in recorded history and triggered extreme air pollution in Moscow51.

In 2012, for example, longer - than - normal fire weather seasons across an unprecedented 47.4 % of the vegetated area of the US (Fig. 4, 2012) culminated in a near - record setting ∼ 3.8 MHa of burned areIn 2012, for example, longer - than - normal fire weather seasons across an unprecedented 47.4 % of the vegetated area of the US (Fig. 4, 2012) culminated in a near - record setting ∼ 3.8 MHa of burned arein a near - record setting ∼ 3.8 MHa of burned area.

The researchers also determined that to achieve the best water quality in the Los Angeles River watershed, which covers 824 square miles and is the largest watershed in Los Angeles County, it could take 138,000 vegetated swales (shallow, sloped channels of vegetation) and 83,000 dry ponds (low - lying, depressed areas near rivers and lakes that typically are used to help clean stormwater).

Note the narrow and shallow trough drainages slightly eroded by seasonal rainwater and snowmelt and the intact, uneroded vegetated rises between them, the latter similar to those containing the archaeological horizons reported here in the buried sandur plain at Monte Verde.

Something sweet & gently amusing that you can vegetate on the sofa in front of on a Sunday afternoon and this is exactly what you should expect of and what you should do with «Chalet Girl».

Green or vegetated roofs are growing in popularity — especially in the new - build arena.

Prevention of this infection can be done by managing the outdoor environment of the dog and by not allowing him to spend time in soil - rich, decayed, vegetated areas.

«At Crissy [Field Wildlife Protection Area], we'll see the plovers out on the open beach by the water sometimes, and other times they are in the vegetated dunes,» Merkle says.

Hotel delle Muse is located in the elegant, lushly - vegetated, quiet, residential area of Rome known as Parioli, where guests enjoy free, unrestricted... Read more access for their vehicles.

GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AT the estuary mouth with a backdrop of Mapelane, the highest vegetated dune in the world.

In the Heart of Maputaland, nestling behind the world's highest vegetated sand dunes about 5 km from the sea, Sodwana Bay Lodge has been carefully designed to match the rustic, eco-oriented nature of the region.

This contrasts with the vast mangrove forests in Hinchinbrook Channel, and the rugged vegetated mountains and lush rainforest gullies that are periodically cloud - covered on Hinchinbrook Island.

Tour the scenic Panorama Route, one of South Africa's major tourist attractions, with beautiful waterfalls, God's Window, Bourke's Luck Potholes and Blyde River Canyon, the largest vegetated canyon in the world.

Hotel delle Muse is located in the elegant, lushly - vegetated, quiet, residential area of Rome known as Parioli, where guests enjoy free, unrestricted access for their vehicles.

Several recent projects... incorporate vegetated roofs, which aid in stormwater retention and thermal efficiency.

We show that fire weather seasons have lengthened across 29.6 million km2 (25.3 %) of the Earth's vegetated surface, resulting in an 18.7 % increase in global mean fire weather season length.

Now what Savory is advocating is to use land that is currently a net emissions source due to land use change resulting in desertification, and add that newly restored land to the Gross uptake of Carbon by all vegetated lands.

If CO2 in the Anthropocene atmosphere contributes to re-vegetating currently arid areas as it did post-LGM, we should expect an even greater warming feedback from CO2 than is assumed from water vapor and albedo feedbacks, due to decreased global dust - induced albedo and increased water vapor from transpiration over increased vegetated area.

In Germany, a pioneering country in the development and implementation of green roofs technology, 14 % of all flat roofs are green and one third of its cities have regulations that support vegetated roofIn Germany, a pioneering country in the development and implementation of green roofs technology, 14 % of all flat roofs are green and one third of its cities have regulations that support vegetated roofin the development and implementation of green roofs technology, 14 % of all flat roofs are green and one third of its cities have regulations that support vegetated roofs.

The Botanical Institute of Texas will feature a large vegetated roof upon completion later this year, as will the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Ridley claimed that Myneni had found that 31 % of the Earth's vegetated land had «greened» between 1982 and 2011, and that there had been an increase in gross productivity by 14 %, about half of which could be attributed to carbon dioxide fertilization.

This progressive new law will require a minimum of 20 to 60 percent vegetated roof coverage on all qualifying new development starting in 2010.

The video clearly shows Myneni reporting 20.5 % of the Earth's vegetated land had «greened» (As Ridley reported in the Wall Street Journal).

So if you need a green roof or vegetated wall (bio filter) installed in the Mid Atlantic, you should make sure to get a bid from Furbish Co..

The plan estimates that «every fully vegetated acre of green infrastructure would provide total annual benefits of $ 8.5 in reduced energy demand, $ 166 in reduced CO2 emissions, $ 1,044 in improved air quality, and $ 4,725 in increased property value.»

A global satellite study published in the April 2016 edition of the journal Nature reported «a persistent and widespread increase» of CO2 fertilized greening over 25 % to 50 % of the «global vegetated area» over the past 35 years.

«The Development of Revolutionary Large Scale Vegetated Infrastructure Projects in Latin America and the Foundation of a New Industry» by Pablo Atuesta.

The standard defines a VRA as the modular vegetated system (pre-grown vegetation in the form of modules, blankets or mats, growth media, root barrier, pavers and drainage system) and the roofing system (deck, membrane, vapor barriers, insulation coverboard, etc.).

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) launched CAN / CSA A123.24 - 15 in 2015 as a testing standard to determine response of a vegetated roof assembly (VRA) to Wind Pressure and Wind Flow.

As everyone knows who has heard him speak, the soft - spoken yet highly engaging Swiss researcher is renown the world over for his detailed studies of birds — in particular lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)-- beetles (hundreds), and others insects on vegetated roofs — and he has made many friends along the way for his passion, belief, and promotion of designing a better living roof to encourage biodiversity.

In addition, Ridley did not make it clear that Myneni had suggested that 42 % of the 14 % increase in annual productivity «can be attributed to relaxation of climatic constraints to plant growth,» with «57 % to other «anthropogenic factors»,» whereas the paper published in the journal «Nature Climate Change» in April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilizatioIn addition, Ridley did not make it clear that Myneni had suggested that 42 % of the 14 % increase in annual productivity «can be attributed to relaxation of climatic constraints to plant growth,» with «57 % to other «anthropogenic factors»,» whereas the paper published in the journal «Nature Climate Change» in April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilizatioin annual productivity «can be attributed to relaxation of climatic constraints to plant growth,» with «57 % to other «anthropogenic factors»,» whereas the paper published in the journal «Nature Climate Change» in April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilizatioin the journal «Nature Climate Change» in April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilizatioin April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilization.

Ridley said Myneni had found that 31 % of the Earth's vegetated land had «greened» between 1982 and 2011, and that there had been an increase in gross productivity by 14 %, about half of which could be attributed to carbon dioxide fertilization.

The original video showed Myneni reporting 20.5 % of the Earth's vegetated land had «greened», something Ridley himself indicated in a January 4, 2013 article in the Wall Street Journal.

In the article and subsequent aimiable exchange with Nordhaus, Dyson touted no fewer than three possible crackpot mega-schemes as contingency «low - cost backstops» against global warming: «carbon - eating trees» covering fully a quarter of Earth's vegetated land mass, «carbon - eating phytoplankton in the oceans», and «snow - dumping in East Antarctica» (via «a giant array of tethered kites or balloons so as to block the westerly flow on one side only.»In the article and subsequent aimiable exchange with Nordhaus, Dyson touted no fewer than three possible crackpot mega-schemes as contingency «low - cost backstops» against global warming: «carbon - eating trees» covering fully a quarter of Earth's vegetated land mass, «carbon - eating phytoplankton in the oceans», and «snow - dumping in East Antarctica» (via «a giant array of tethered kites or balloons so as to block the westerly flow on one side only.»in the oceans», and «snow - dumping in East Antarctica» (via «a giant array of tethered kites or balloons so as to block the westerly flow on one side only.»in East Antarctica» (via «a giant array of tethered kites or balloons so as to block the westerly flow on one side only.»)

Most of the energy transfer from the surface of this rather wet globe is accomplished by evaporation, and heavily so in vegetated areas on land.

Part of the decision was based on what would work structurally with the existing building roof, so the lightest weight vegetated systems were placed where the roof could only support the lighter weight, and deeper, heavier vegetated assemblies were then placed in other areas where there was additional support capacity.