Sentences with phrase «with seasonal drought»

Next, they tested tolerance to drought during the seedling growth period because this period often overlaps with seasonal drought.

Not exact matches

This was thought by some to be another seasonal myth describing the death and resurrection of the vegetation god, but the myth is not tied to an annual cycle and is much more concerned with the threat of periods of drought and the way to ensure the supply of the lifegiving water on which men, animals and all vegetation alike depend.

The key result of the study is that with longer dry seasons and more intense seasonal drought, there is an overall negative effect on bird populations.

Jorge Vazquez - Aguirre is in charge of the climatology working group at the National Meteorological Service of Mexico with operational duties related to climatic data, seasonal prediction, drought monitoring and climate services.

Viewed relative to population size, seasonal floods also caused significant displacement in sub-Saharan Africa, most notably in Niger, Chad, Sudan and South Sudan — countries with highly vulnerable populations who are also affected by conflict and drought.

With this tool, you can compare changes in monthly, seasonal, and annual variability of parameters such as temperature, precipitation, and a variety of drought indices.

Prior to joining PCIC Markus was a Hydrologic Modelling Scientist and Forecaster with the BC Ministry of Environment, River Forecast Centre, where he was engaged in the analysis of observed climate and hydrometric data and the application of various hydrologic models for flood, drought and seasonal streamflow forecasting.

The Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) forest in Yatir, Israel, is such an extreme case, with a mean annual precipitation of 285 mm and 6 — 8 months of continuous seasonal drought (Grünzweig et al. 2003, Rotenberg and Yakir 2010).

Which is a bit strange considering a report from the European Environment Agency showing that temperatures in the Alps are increasing a twice rate of the global average with more droughts and greater seasonal variability in precipitation forecast.

Continued excessive greenhouse - gas emissions primarily from industrialized nations are — with scientific certainty — creating floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea - level rise, and seasonal unpredictability.