Sentences with phrase «which dry soils»

Colin Kelley of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his colleagues analysed Syrian weather data since 1931, and found steadily less winter rainfall, which is crucial for crops, and higher temperatures, which dry soils faster.

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Another cause of drying is evaporation from the top of the soil, which can be controlled with a mulch of grass clippings — but then it's hard to see how wet the soil is.

But Bordeaux's soil is shallow and gravelly which drains well and keeps the vines dry during the crucial final weeks of ripening.

The wet bag is also available in a wet AND dry bag, which allows you to store your clean diapers on one side and soiled on the other.

I dig their Wet / Dry bag which comes in handy when you are dealing with soiled clothes.

In which case, you can leave a nylon diaper tote on the top of the dryer to serve as a short - term DRY PAIL for other soiled diapers while you are doing the family's laundry.

Tiny Tush One - size cloth diaper has always come with the absorbent snap - in liner which can be completely removed when soiled, for easier cleanups and quicker drying.

Dry soil encourages the production of the plant hormone abscisic acid in vine roots, which is correlated with earlier maturity of wine grapes.

Dartmouth scientists examined the variability of soil phosphorus in the McMurdo Dry Valleys by evaluating two forms of phosphorus in surface soil samples: labile phosphorus, which is immediately available to organisms, and mineral phosphorus, which needs to be broken down by weathering before organisms can use it.

Besides helping scientists better gauge how precipitation ultimately soaks into sandy soils, the research could help them better understand industrial processes, such as pharmaceutical manufacture, in which liquids are sprayed onto dry powdered materials — possibly improving quality control and consistency in the final products.

The findings contradict the widely held view that soils with high water content necessarily accumulate organic matter better than dry soils, which could have implications for agricultural and wetlands conservation practices, Hall said.

That soil became even drier in the initial heat, which then pumped more warmth into the air above.

It also has contributed to key insights about how animal behavior can be harnessed to improve the condition of the land, especially in regions like his native Zimbabwe with long dry seasons during which ruminants are conveyers of soil fertility and moisture.

Fox's research, funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA, was designed to test his theory that rubber trees, which are exotics from the South America, differ from native vegetation in that they suck up most of their water when the soil is the driest at the beginning of the monsoon season.

Dry conditions in the U.S. are classified according to the Palmer Drought Severity Index, which compares the amount of moisture in the soil to that in the air closest to the surface.

But the recent dry winters have meant that eye spot, which likes wet soils, has not been a problem.»

As the dry season continues to lengthen, the flora draw more and more water from the soil, which eventually begins to dry out.

For example, in years that had more than average burning during the dry season, measurements of soil moisture, evaporation and vegetation greenness — all of which help to trigger rain — decreased in the following wet season.

One of its aspects is soil salination, which affects in particular dry regions of Earth, where farmers are forced to irrigate their fields heavily.

What this means for the future is difficult to predict: rainfall is projected to increase, as is temperature, both of which lead to more methane emissions, but some models predict a drying out of soils which would reduce said emissions... I guess we'll find out.

Obviously, we don't have interior shallow seaways to dry up today, but one could envision a feedback process where warming accelerates oxidation of soil carbon, which leads to more warming, and so forth.

Continued thaw results in draining of surface waters and drying of upper soil layers, which might mitigate CH4 loss to the atmosphere [Watts et al., 2014].

Dry farmed plants grow up to 50 ft deeper than irrigated plants, which allows the crop to grow in nutrient - rich soil in an environmentally friendly way.

The Japanese carmaker said it chose the Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan as the location for the attempt for its level and dry lakebed surface and soil which is soft enough to leave a deep impression to be captured by camera drones high above.

They could no longer grow food for their children because nutrients in the soil were depleted; they had no access to firewood, which was their main source of energy; livestock suffered because there was no vegetation to graze on; and streams were drying up or were polluted by soil runoff, resulting in a lack of drinking water.

In fact, I favor white paper towel, which is easily collected up when soiled and absorbs spilled water thus keeping the cage drier.

They eat the feces of adult fleas (which is mostly dried blood) and other organic debris found in the carpet, bedding, and soil.

It should always contain sufficient dry and suitable bedding material to enable the dog to keep itself warm, which should be changed regularly or when it becomes damp or soiled.

With its reddish soil, tall pine trees sweeping the sky, and somewhat drier atmosphere, this region presents a sharp contrast to the dense jungle by which it is surrounded.

I think the ground dries out after 1 hour, after which the plant will keep growing for 1 hour longer on dry soil.

What this means for the future is difficult to predict: rainfall is projected to increase, as is temperature, both of which lead to more methane emissions, but some models predict a drying out of soils which would reduce said emissions... I guess we'll find out.

Basically a terra cotta spike which you push into your potting soil, it will hold an upside down wine bottle filled with water upright, and then, as the soil around it dries, it slowly allows the water to seep out through the terra cotta spike and replenish the root zone.

«Inconsistent signal in consecutive dry days and soil moisture changes,» to which they assign a low confidence.

Our land's highest, best use is probably a mixture of solar farms in the driest and poorest areas which concentrate water by runoff onto neighboring land used either to return to nature and grow grass (with cows optional) to sequester carbon by building soil and / or be periodically harvested to provide feed for cellulosic ethanol.

The precipitation replenishes these soils with moisture at the expense of the formerly wet soils which dry, until the process repeats itself.

Continued thaw results in draining of surface waters and drying of upper soil layers, which might mitigate CH4 loss to the atmosphere [Watts et al., 2014].

Warmer temperatures evaporate critically important snowpack, convert snow to rain, and dry out soils, which increases the frequency and severity of arid conditions in California.

The dry composting converts human fecal material into a soil - like humus, which is essentially odorless and is scarcely 10 percent of the original volume.

The team then compared these findings to the New York - New Jersey cores, which penetrated old lakebeds and soils that hold exquisitely preserved signs of alternating wet and dry periods during what was believed to be the same time.

The heat capacity of dry soil is about 0.20 BTU per pound per ºF of temperature change, which is only one - fifth the heat capacity of water.

«The warming leads to a simulated long - term reduction in soil moisture which, although of weak magnitude compared to soil moisture deficits induced by naturally occurring droughts in the southwest United States, would imply that drought conditions may be entered more quickly and alleviated more slowly owing to long - term warming... Radiative forcing of the climate system is another source of predictability, although not really a welcome one, and rising greenhouse gases will lead to a steady drying of southwest North America.

A prominent example of massive soil drying was the «Dust Bowl» in the 1930s (Woodhouse and Overpeck 1998), which caused massive crop failures and other large - scale socio - economic impacts (Schubert et al. 2004; Cook et al. 2009).

The sensitivity of NPP to climate change is especially uncertain because it depends on changing soil water availability, which varies significantly between General Circulation Models (GCMs), with some models suggesting major drying and reduced productivity in tropical ecosystems (Cox et al., 2004).

Winter is typically Pittsburgh's driest period, which is good, because the soil at that time is very wet as plants have yet to sprout and pull water from the...

What Dr Knoblauch and his colleagues have now shown is that water - saturated permafrost soils without oxygen can be twice as harmful to the climate as dry soils — which means the role of methane has been greatly underestimated.

«This porous pot is an adaptation of an ancient technique used by desert farmers for thousands of years which sits inside the planter slowly releases water as the soil dries up for even and consistent watering.»

This result suggests that the reduced precipitation has caused drier soils, which in turn have enhanced the warming owing to reduced cooling by evaporation.

Subsidence is caused by soil shrinkage and movement, and is increasingly becoming a risk to property owners due to cracks in the earth caused by prolonged dry spells which alter soil conditions.

• Introduce an efficient waste management system which streamlined waste disposal techniques, making it easy to dispose of trash on a daily basis • Implement a series of pre-season hotel preparation tasks which reduced room preparation time by 50 % • Determine specific cleaning and maintenance duties of the day by comprehending daily work orders • Clean halls and rooms by sweeping and mopping floors and ensuring that surfaces are properly wiped • Shampoo and vacuum carpets, rugs and drapes and ensure that they are dried properly • Change linens and ensure that dirty or soiled linen is transported to the laundry area • Replace laundry bags and ensure that trash is disposed of properly