Sentences with phrase «water availability variations»

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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Discussions on whether temperature or water availability is driving the strength of these variations in the land carbon sink have been highly contested with these year - to - year changes of the carbon balance seemingly related to global or tropical temperatures.

To define the proteomic response of the soybean root hair cell to variations in temperature and water availability, the researchers will use mass spectrometers housed at EMSL, a DOE scientific user facility located at PNNL.

Sure, we need to learn how to deal w / natural variations in water availability, but it doesn't make sense to make the challenge even more daunting, particularly if we don't yet really know how much climate - induced water supply reduction is truly adaptable.

The climatic stress facing the poor countries of West Africa is not fundamentally different from the climatic stress facing the states of the southwest U.S., namely, less water availability for their burgeoning populations, the former through natural and human - induced variations in the WAM (West African Monsoon) and the latter from natural and human - induced variations in the snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky mountains.

The many benefits of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) include: small seasonal and daily variations in availability, benign environmental performance and by - products in a family of deep ocean water applications, for example food (aquaculture and agriculture) and potable water, and improving economics as a result of higher oil prices.

Trees growing in semiarid areas are frequently limited by the availability of water, and ring - width variations primarily reflect this variable.