Sentences with phrase «vegetation at»

So the B Climate can not support trees, but Koppen uses a sub-classification letter to separate regions that support grasses BS (for steppe grasslands) from no vegetation at all, BW.

In addition, Earth system models predict carbon loss by placing vegetation at a given point, and then changing various climate properties above it.

«The novelty of our model is it does account for some interdisciplinary transfers of water, such as feedbacks between groundwater storage and, for example, vegetation at the land surface.

Abutting the roof deck is a lush, living green roof built to fill the view with green vegetation at eye level while seated, and reduce roof run - off from storm water.

And compare that to the CO2 levels for the same days at Mauna Loa (or you can take data from anyware, away from local sources): Note: while we used the same scale as for Diekirch, the MLO data are the raw hourly CO2 levels, without pre - or postprocessing, thus including local influences of upwind conditions (depleted by vegetation at about -2 ppmv).

The vegetation at the bottom left of the panel is a marvel of meticulous execution; the triangular snippet of orange drapery revealed amongst Mary's blue and red garments reveals an astute and not unwitty pictorial technician; the hands of the Virgin, scaled larger than the rest of the figure and floating all - but - imperceptibly above the surface of the canvas, have the durability of carved marble and the tenderness of living flesh.

They camouflage themselves in dense vegetation at the canopy of trees preventing easy discovery.

They'll move on to continue cutting vegetation at work sites across the Bay Area.

These wetland ecosystems contain live vegetation at the surface, but house extensive stores of dead, carbon - rich organic matter underground.

The vegetation at the surface of the bogs is important for maintaining the health of the ecosystem and protecting the peat that lies beneath from decomposing, he said.

«Nearly half of California's vegetation at risk from climate stress: Slashing emissions to Paris Climate Agreement targets could reduce impacts 20 - 30 percent.»

Trophic cascades are based on HSS» three trophic levels (an odd number), in which a top predator consumes herbivores at the next lower level, and that in turn affects vegetation at the next level below.

The method takes advantage of varying levels of carbon and hydrogen isotopes in the soil, water, and vegetation at different latitudes.

«Clearly something happened to vegetation at the end of the Triassic period,» particularly near the CAMP eruptions, says Chris Cleal at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff, UK, who has studied late Triassic plants.

«Clearly something happened to vegetation at the end of the Triassic period,» says Chris Cleal at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff, UK.

«The largest agricultural land use is grazing of native vegetation at 45pc with 90pc occurring on leasehold land.

Germination, growth and flowering of aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation at all sites receiving water.

Not exact matches

Clearing trees beside railway lines can cause soil erosion and even land slippageSandra Laville's article (Mile after mile of stumps: anger at trackside tree cull, 30 April) once again highlights decisions about tree care and management being made without a full understanding of the roles of trees and other vegetation in the landscape.

«The waste waters are directly pumped into the ponds at the foot of the mountain, polluting the whole water system and damaging large amounts of forest, vegetation and paddy fields.»

They weren't violent (or at least they were less violent than man) they were shorter, they ate more vegetation — they weren't giants.

This one seems really easy fungus lichen grass vegetation were present but scrubs and trees developed at a later stage would be how i would read that.Dont see any confusion there either.brentnz

Hutton had a practical puzzle: if erosion not only creates the soil that makes life - giving vegetation possible, but carries it to the oceans, why does that soil exist at all?

There is something special about the mix of sweet mountain air and salty Black Sea breeze, tropical vegetation, clear and refreshing seawater, pebbled beaches and busy ethnic markets that surround one at all times.

I'm sure the Brazilian coffee isn't shaded, since cerrado is savannah, not forest, and RA standards call for «Farms in areas where the original natural vegetation is not forest must dedicate at least 30 % of the farm area for conservation or recovery of the area's typical ecosystems.»

This document sets out the detailed scientific approach to evaluating the contribution of Commonwealth environmental water at the Basin scale for Vegetation.

This study looked at the ecological (vegetation, ants and birds) and economic (yield, revenue) aspects of coffee growing for eight cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico.

Farms or groups of farms with non shade - tolerant crops have at least 10 percent total native vegetation coverage across the farm or groups of farms.

Farms with shade - tolerant crops have at least 15 % total native vegetation coverage across the farm or groups of farms or a shade canopy fulfilling the SAN canopy cover and species diversity parameters.

Later in the report, it also cited at least four more studies that included at least 15 more RA certified farms (some only used evaluations of regional vegetation or non-farm-specific metrics).

Farms or groups of farms with non shade - tolerant crops have at least 10 % total native vegetation coverage across the farm or groups of farms.

Indicating better soil conservation and stronger resistance under MCACs agro-ecological practices, the trends in agro-ecological resistance suggest that sustainable land management practices have been effective at building and conserving soil, water and vegetation over time.

Lyman Woods: Volunteers are needed to spread mulch on trails, attack invasive vegetation and harvest prairie seeds from 9 until 11:30 a.m. at the Lyman Woods Forest Preserve, 31st Street and Highland Avenue in Downers Grove.

It's important for the public to be aware that the vegetation can give away at any time and can lead to a potential disastrous situation,» he said.

Mr. Akwasi Kyei explained that operative word used by their flagbearer at the time was «to regularize» and does not mean President Akufo - Addo will allow these miners to cause destruction to vegetation.

If we suppose the water accumulated in the cap to percolate toward the equator, starting vegetation in its course, this would explain the increased visibility of the canals, and at the same time the seeming delay by allowing for the time necessary for this vegetation to sprout.

If vegetation exists on Mars, as Prof. Lowell would have us believe, we are at once introduced to the probability of life on that planet.

The bay's aquatic vegetation, including seagrasses and freshwater grasses, is an important part of coastal ecosystems, says study coauthor Jonathan Lefcheck, a marine ecologist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine.

«We will evaluate these responses for the first time at a regional scale using remotely sensed indicators of vegetation condition and fire - induced tree mortality to measure the response of floodplain forests to inter-annual flood variability and extreme climate events,» said Marcia Macedo, a research associate at the Woods Hole Research Center.

Ballantyne's team estimated the temperature of the period at which the peat formed by measuring various things that are affected by temperature, including isotopes in tree rings and the amount of fossilised vegetation.

Hanan, a senior scientist at the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, and colleagues postdoctoral research associate Armel Kaptué and assistant research professor Lara Prihodko examined satellite images from 1983 to 2012 to evaluate the vegetation in 260 watersheds in four regions of Senegal, Mali and Niger.

Using HydroSED 2D, a computer modeling system developed at the University of Illinois, they incorporated two - dimensional flow modeling, soil characteristics and information about vegetation to analyze the vulnerability of the landscape compared with observed impacts.

Kupalo, which measures 16 miles (26 kilometers) across and is located at southern mid-latitudes, is named for the Slavic god of vegetation and harvest.

Researchers in Queensland, Australia, assessed the condition of fragmented eucalyptus forests at 10 sites using conventional measures — including the size of forest patches, vegetation characteristics and the number of bird species detected — and sound recordings.

«This provides us with a comprehensive three - dimensional digital model of the landscape, which enables a precise analysis of the vegetation structure,» says Jussi Baade, associate professor of Physical Geography at the University of Jena.

In a recent issue of Trends in Plant Science, František Baluška, a plant cell biologist at the University of Bonn in Germany, and Stefano Mancuso, a plant physiologist at the University of Florence in Italy, lay out new evidence for visually aware vegetation.

At the same time, vegetation across the continent that had been revived by rains over the past two years is now completely dried out.

«We created the largest database of surface ozone from hourly observations at more than 4,800 monitoring sites worldwide, and we're making these data freely available to anyone who wants to investigate the impact of ozone on human health, vegetation, and climate.»

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

At project's end, the facility had porous paving, 10.4 acres of green roof, and wetlands with native vegetation.

The study also highlighted that green infrastructure has both positive and negative impacts on air quality at street levels, depending on the urban location it is in as well as its vegetation characteristics.