Sentences with phrase «water availability issues»

Estimates show that by 2050 the world population will be more than 9 billion and this growth will occur primarily in areas of the world already experiencing food scarcity and water availability issues, as Steven Leath, plant scientist and president of Iowa State University, noted in a lecture last year at AAAS.

In other areas, however, the current drought — the worst since the Great Depression — is already bringing water availability issues to the fore.

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Recent increases in the lake's water use due to population growth and oil development are not currently an issue in terms of continued availability, Clark said.

The reptile section addresses issues such as species - specific temperatures in enclosures; monitoring protocols for temperature, water and air quality; and food and water source availability requirements during transport.

As the world becomes more and more focused on environmental issues that cross national boundaries, such as climate change, reduced availability of clean water, increased water and air pollution, and the growth of urban heat islands, landscape architects are taking the lead in finding practical, innovative solutions that leverage natural systems.

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With life - dependent issues like climate change, biotechnology, and the availability of clean water facing us, we need to empower our youth with problem solving skills that will help them address these problems.

Instead, given climate is a real issue, we must think about how we will adjust key aspects of our society like food and water availability or viable living areas based on the natural cycle occurring.

The U.S. DoD is specifically confronting the issue of regional vulnerabilities and security implications to extreme weather events and climate change, in terms of food, water and energy security, and the impacts of disruptions or longer term decreases in per capita availability.

The Nature Conservancy is taking on the tough issues facing conservation today — from climate change to the availability of fresh water.

This announcement mark the first large - scale commercial effort to develop CSP in China, something that has been on somewhat of a slow track for two main reasons; (1) Limits of water availability: How eSolar and its Chinese partners deal with the issue of the water - energy nexus (I precisely highlighted concentrated solar thermal as a technology that would run up to limits of water availability in a previous post, «Charting China's Water Future: Closing China's water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full water availability: How eSolar and its Chinese partners deal with the issue of the water - energy nexus (I precisely highlighted concentrated solar thermal as a technology that would run up to limits of water availability in a previous post, «Charting China's Water Future: Closing China's water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full water - energy nexus (I precisely highlighted concentrated solar thermal as a technology that would run up to limits of water availability in a previous post, «Charting China's Water Future: Closing China's water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full water availability in a previous post, «Charting China's Water Future: Closing China's water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full Water Future: Closing China's water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full water availbility gap results in $ 21 billion in net savings «-RRB- since t Read the full story

A lengthening of the growing season in regions with these mostly rain - fed crops could improve yields, provided that water availability does not become an issue.

The general cooling and atmospheric circulation changes result in weaker peak river flows and vegetation productivity, which may raise issues of water availability and crop production.

This issue is critical in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, where water availability has already been compromised either for consumption or for hydropower generation [13.2.4.1].

As climate change, drought, mismanagement and over-allocation of water in Australia has significantly decreased the availability and quality of water resources, these issues impact on Indigenous peoples» ability to fulfil our cultural and customary responsibilities on sea and water country.

The regional plans developed to date include a broad examination of health needs - including analysis of the underlying determinants of health such as the quality and availability of housing, environment issues (e.g. clean water supply and adequate sanitation) and adequate employment and education opportunities.

But whether the issue is called riparian, aquatic, appropriation diversion, or some other term, real estate practitioners, property owners, and governmental bodies may soon find themselves involved in numerous, and, often cantankerous, disputes over water and the availability and use thereof.

Until now, office leases generally did not encourage environmentally sustainable behaviours, nor deal with new issues such as mandated energy and water conservation, and the availability of new sustainable building materials, equipment and furniture, says REALpac.