Sentences with phrase «water than trees»

«Intuitively, you might think that shrubs would use less water than trees because they're smaller, but field work from a related study has shown this isn't always true,» he explained.

Not exact matches

The irrigated water is contained around each tree, and irrigation takes less than an hour, instead of 10 to 12 hours.

In 2013, the city had more than 95,000 residents and is known as the «Druid City» for the large number of water oak trees plants along the downtown streets in the 19th century.

love is a form of gravity we have forgotten about and if one really loves their god than love it all, trees, rocks, water, all humanity..

In the past decades the farm has planted more than 50,000 shade trees, creating natural buffers around streams and water springs.

The criterion that deals loosely with shade can be met by things other than shade trees, including gardens, off - site areas, water bodies, and tree cover in pastures.

Low GI, affordable, great taste, sweeter than sugar so can use less, most sustainable sweetener (coconut trees produce 50 - 75 % more sugar per acre but use less than 1/5 of the soil, nutrients & water of cane sugar!)

An ardent tree climber, bike rider, feeder of birds and catfish (the water hazards at Eldorado swarm with them), she much prefers to sleep in an old T shirt than in a nightgown.

After all, if you're out on a nature walk when nature calls, it's a lot easier for a boy to «water a tree» than it is for a little girl to squat and pee.

Natural Areas — More than 250 areas of prairie, woodlands, ravines and wetlands within 10 distinct natural habitats, ranging from the cool - water ravines of the Lake Michigan shore to rare Northern Flatwood communities to the Sedge Meadows of Skokie Valley, each with its distinct community of wildflowers, wildlife, trees and shrubs.

«There's still all that debris from the high water in the canal, a lot of hidden dangers, full sized trees coming down, docks, all the stuff that was washed off people's property is coming down the water, so you have to utilize definitely more caution than you normally would,» said Onondaga County Sheriff's Deputy James McKenna.

«We've discovered that most trees have regular periodic changes in shape, synchronised across the whole plant and shorter than a day - night cycle, which imply periodic changes in water pressure,» says András Zlinszky...

Findings from the world's longest - running drought study in tropical rainforest show that it is breakages in the trees» water transport system that lead to their death — rather than starvation.

Assuming atmospheric pressure at ground level, nine atm is more than enough to «hang» a water column in a narrow tube (tracheids or vessels) from the top of a 100 meter tree.

Today more than 3,000 species share a long, limbless body that can negotiate land, water and even the air between trees.

Patients looking at an open, well - lit and natural image of trees and water needed fewer painkillers than patients who had no picture or an abstract image.

So far, they have found that some clones of the Nordmann fir — a top - selling Christmas tree in Europe — retain water after harvest better than the originals, and that noble and Fraser firs are the only species that consistently don't shed needles or discolor when they are displayed dry.

Bigger trees are more vulnerable to lightning strikes and damage from high winds, and they must consume more water than their smaller counterparts.

Ash, more than six inches (15 centimeters) thick in some places, had already coated houses, vehicles, trees and water supplies.

Trying to make a building like a tree that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, produces more power than it needs to operate, and purifies its own water — things like that.

But this fake tree has managed a feat that researchers have struggled for more than a century to duplicate in the lab: transpiration, the process of pumping water from the soil to leaves and then into the air.

Perhaps most promising is an agricultural application: «If a farmer wanted to choose which of her trees to propagate,» Chin posits, «she could determine their relative tolerance of acute water - stress without needing anything fancier than pruning shears and a tub of melted wax.»

Surveys afterward confirmed that patients assigned the water and tree scene were less anxious and needed fewer doses of strong pain medicine than those who looked at the darker forest photograph, abstract art or no pictures at all.

It became clear that young trees with more stored carbohydrates were able to maintain the vital water content in the stem for longer than those with fewer stored carbohydrates.

It is generally assumed that water transport in trees takes place as a steady - state process with no variations faster than the day and night cycle.

Experiments have shown that atmospheric pressure alone can only push water 33 feet up a vertical tube, and trees can grow much taller than that.

For trees beyond the seedling stage, increased temperatures may be responsible for tree mortality more so than water stress (Luo and Chen 2013), although water stress may have been more important historically (Rapacciuolo et al. 2014).

Many pathogens tolerate greater water stress than the trees they infect, and some fungi that commonly occur in or on trees become pathogenic when a tree is water stressed (Desprez - Loustau et al. 2006).

They also need more water to survive than smaller trees.

I used lemon juice rather than of water and I put eucalyptus drops and tea tree.

Cocos Nucifera trees yield 50 - 75 % more sugar per acre than sugar cane and use 1 / 5th the soil nutrients and water.

7 oz filtered or distilled water (just fill the bottle a little less than half way) 7 oz Hydrogen Peroxide (Walmart carries big bottles for.88 cents)- or - vodka works great too 10 drops Tea Tree essential oil (can substitute Rosemary Essential Oil) 10 drops Lemon or Orange Essential oil

Secondly, rather than using pure cotton, which is one of the world's thirstiest and most pesticide - sprayed crops, they've created an innovative and soft fabric blend that includes a bit of cotton, yes, but also Tencel, a processed wood fibre made from eucalyptus trees which takes far less energy, is 100 % renewable and uses 85 % less water than cotton to grow.

Today, Palestyle employs around 100 refugee women with embroidery jobs and has benefited more than 4000 refugees with social projects like a water tank exchange program and the construction of olive tree plantations.

I think she's finally realized that there's something going on at the table that tastes better than the tree water.»

The most revisited location is a consuming pond populated with eerily - lit cypress trees — it looks as though beasts far scarier than alligators reside among them in these waters.

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The beach was exactly like its picture, all palm trees and blue water and green hills, with sandflies that brushed and stung your ankles to remind you that it was real, and little shacks planted here and there that sold bake»n' shark — deep - fried shark in a pocket of fried fresh dough that tasted better than anything she'd ever eaten.

In 2013, the city had more than 95,000 residents and is known as the «Druid City» for the large number of water oak trees plants along the downtown streets in the 19th century.

Low hanging branches, mud, water, sharp changes in terrain, even a less than ideally placed tree all pose dangers for a blind four - legged companion.

We couldn't blame him for joining us — once at Lopes Mendes it was clear to see why it frequently makes «Top 10» lists; the beach emerges suddenly from the jungle, a stark contrast from the trees, and the white sands stretch out further than you can see, blue waters bordering its edge, nothing but a small handful of people in sight — this was our first taste of Brazilian paradise and a world away from the commonplace beach experience we found in Rio, where Copacabana and Ipanema are equally beautiful but teeming with sunbathers and salesman.

South Water Caye Imagine an island less than a half mile long, covered with white coral sand, tropical flowers, and coconut trees, surrounded by warm, crystal clear water enveloped in coral reefs that wrap more than half way around the isWater Caye Imagine an island less than a half mile long, covered with white coral sand, tropical flowers, and coconut trees, surrounded by warm, crystal clear water enveloped in coral reefs that wrap more than half way around the iswater enveloped in coral reefs that wrap more than half way around the island.

Don't expect much more than a sandy beach, clear and calm water, palm trees, and rum drinks.

- A whole world of water activities at your disposal: themed outdoor swimming pool with slides and Jacuzzi (exclusive access for over 15s), PADI scuba diving centre inside the hotel complex, sun bed and towel service * by the pool, lifeguard and solarium surrounded by more than 350 palm trees.

Your views are of white sand, coconut trees, and turquoise water — it doesn't get better than this!

Lagen Island Resort is set in a cove, fringed by a thick primary forest with a magnificent view of the bay and the El Nido sunset.The sprawling grounds cover more than four hectares.It offers 3 Forest Suites, 20 Forest Rooms, 9 Beachfront Rooms and 18 Water Cottages.All these rooms in Lagen Island Resort can accommodate up to 3 persons.Lagen Island is a showcase of El Nido's flora and fauna, where trees provide various niches for a diverse variety of birds and mammals, providing a wealth of opportunities and experiences for wildlife observation and sightings.At the back of the resort is a trail that passes through a forest and ends in a private cove.

Set in the mids of 6,000 sqm of Feng Shui garden, overlooking blissful lagoon and the Bali Golf & Country Club, surrounded by matured evergreen trees and cascading sounds from the water features, each spacious new pavilion varies between 350 and 480 square meters in size with a private lap pool of not less than 10 meters in length and a generous greenery of outdoor garden complemented with a wooden floored day bed.

Surrounded by coconut trees and situated in a bay, Luquillo's waters are calmer than many Atlantic beaches due to reefs off shore, making this a great place to go for a swim or bring the kids.

The Coromandel Peninsula bears a range of tropical wonders — verdant rainforest, volcanic hills, ancient and massive kauri trees — but perhaps none more pleasant than the surfside natural hot springs of Hot Water Beach.

The exhibition includes a ranting mop, a music box, a sculpture made of twisted plastic that rhythmically drums as it drops water into steel buckets, a whistling tree branch, an amalgamation of sensory organs made from bondo that rises more than 7 feet tall, and a drawing of a record that the artist produced by following the melody of a song with one hand and the rhythm with the other.