Sentences with phrase «worlds of vegetation»

The mountain slopes have their own strange successive worlds of vegetation.

I question the superiority of the animal world over the world of vegetation.

Not exact matches

Had our world not been of a spherical shape, had night and day not succeeded each other thanks to its rotation, life on the face of the earth exposed to heat would be extinct and in the portion left in the shade vegetation would not thrive.

The myth of the «dying - and - rising god» may be called the earliest expression of hope in a world where for both creatures and vegetation it could easily be concluded that death had the last say.

The majority of religious symbols reveal the World in its totality or one of its structures (night, water, heaven, stars, seasons, vegetation, temporal rhythms, animal life, etc.), or they refer to situations constitutive of all human existence, that is to say, to the fact that man is mortal, is a sexual being, and is seeking what today we call «ultimate reality.»

Parknasilla Resort & Spa invites you to experience a world of unprecedented beauty in Sneem, County Kerry, Ireland surrounded by 500 acres of lush tropical vegetation, a magical and mystical setting.

But the native species of this World Heritage site are threatened by non-native pigs and goats that destroy egg - laden nests and devour native vegetation.

We are finding, and it is pretty well know by now, that CO2 stored in vegetation around the world represents, and its loss from deforestation and degradation represents, 17 to 20 percent of total CO2 emissions.

The TOAR database of surface ozone metrics is now publicly available and can be used by scientists and policymakers around the world to quantify the impacts of ozone on human health and vegetation.

Each balmy summer brings a swarm of volunteers, many wearing identical yellow T - shirts, who strip away soil and vegetation from the hillside while throngs of tourists hover at the edges, eager for a glimpse of what is said to lie beneath the dirt: the world's oldest and largest pyramids, more vast and ancient than those in Egypt, built by a mysterious and highly advanced civilization that has been long forgotten — until now.

«We think the world was quite impoverished as a result of the KT event, and when the vegetation came back, angiosperms dominated.

«Our work provides the first real - world experimental evidence that these natural enemies of plants can play a dramatic role in lowering ecosystems» tipping point by killing drought - weakened vegetation and preventing plants from recovering,» said Brian R. Silliman, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

Data from the Visible - Infrared Imager / Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on board the NASA / NOAA Suomi NPP satellite is able to detect these subtle differences in greenness, and is sending extraordinary images back to Earth giving us a clearer picture of vegetation around the world.

Eradicate the predators and we face what one expert calls ecological meltdown: a cascade of extinctions and environmental collapse — a world, as Quammen puts it, overrun by a «pestilence of nibblers, cropping the vegetation down to stubs.»

It revealed that we not only had the ability to destroy vegetation in the name of progress, but that our wonder chemicals — the pesticides and fertilisers that were to help to feed the exploding world population — could cause insidious damage to the ecosystems.

The system uses satellite observations of the timing and intensity of vegetation activity and how this relates to temperature and soil moisture to classify the world's vegetation into 24 biome types.

A botany researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago and colleagues have developed a new system to map the world's «biomes» — large - scale vegetation formations — that will provide an objective method for monitoring how vegetation reacts as climate changes.

«There are certainly more new species of plant to be discovered in Ogaden and in other parts of the world, but the existence of another unknown tree dominating the vegetation over such a large area is highly unlikely,» botanist David Mabberley of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, writes in this week's Science.

Seven years after the world's worst nuclear accident, vegetation in parts of Snowdonia and Cumbria still contains high levels of radioactivity.

It is widely known that the terrestrial biosphere (the collective term for all the world's land vegetation, soil, etc.) is an important factor in mitigating climate change, as it absorbs around 20 % of all fossil fuel CO2 emissions.

While there are possibilities of storage in wells and deep in the ocean, stabilizing the atmospheric CO2 concentration would require gathering up the equivalent of 1 to 2 times the world's existing above ground vegetation and putting it down abandoned oil wells or deep in the ocean.

«Biochar is found in soils around the world as a result of vegetation fires and historic soil management practices,» reports the International Biochar Initiative (IBI), a trade group representing the world's burgeoning biochar industry.

Kleidon, A., K. Fraedrich, and M. Heimann, 2000: A green planet versus a desert world: estimating the maximum effect of vegetation on the land surface climate.

Craters on Ceres will similarly be named for gods and goddesses of agriculture and vegetation from world mythology.

Some tribes throughout the world consume hundreds of different types of vegetation and we focus primarily on three.

Today, that love affair has become more public than ever, with almost every world cuisine offering some variation of punctured meat, pierced seafood or perforated vegetation.

After ancient seaweed and vegetation were buried in certain parts of the world a very long time ago, these plants and seaweed pressurized and formed new substances that have been shown to drastically benefit human health.

But the country is the only place in the world where there are seven UNESCO world heritage sites within only 30 kilometers, and its incredible topography has yielded a unique ecosystem with both tropical and alpine forest vegetation full of diverse wildlife.

When a group of time hunters «bring back» something with them in the present from the past, they change the course of evolution and come back to a world ruled by odd creatures and deadly vegetation.

Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents.

Due to its grasslands, alpine heathlands (shrubby habitats), and temperate rainforests, many varieties of vegetation can be found including the Huon Pine, which is believed to be one of the tallest and oldest trees in the world.

I think of veiled chameleons as the bulldogs of the chameleon world — sturdy, dependable animals that, due to being high desert dwellers, can take a wide fluctuation of temperatures (from blazing heat in the day to cool at night), and consume a surprisingly broad diet, including some vegetation.

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The world's leading medical spa in Spain, SHA Wellness Clinic, located near the El Albir beach, with stunning views of the sea and lush vegetation, this Spanish retreat is modern and exquisite.

Visit the Galapagos Islands to be transported into another world, a rocky landscape stripped of most vegetation but bursting with wildlife, including sea lions, penguins, marine iguanas and giant tortoises.

Eco Inn lets you enjoy the warmth of their rooms with a spectacular view and appreciate the Andean sunrise from the highest navigable lake in the world, surrounded by nature, vegetation and culture.

More than 60 percent of the island is covered in lush tropical vegetation and protected within three national parks, including the Morne Trois Piton National Park, which has been named a World Heritage Site.

Touting the phrase «Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Green is the New Black» the Iguana Lodge goes out of its way to encourage visitors to immerse themselves in the lush vegetation that surrounds the lodge while offering onsite activities such as a chemical - free pool and jacuzzi and two yoga studios to keep guests entertained, plus a world - class restaurant serving meals made from locally sourced ingredients to keep them satisfied.

The Mpumalanga Province is known around the world for its natural beauty and vibrant abundance in terms of the trees, flowers and general vegetation that flourishes here.

Forest Villa's offers upmarket accommodation in the heart of St Lucia, set among lush tropical vegetation, and bordering the Isimangaliso World Heritage Site.

Fraser Island is a unique World Heritage icon being the world's largest sand island with over 40 lakes including most of the world's perched lakes, towering forests, vegetation and landform types as diverse as huge sandblows, coastal sand dunes, cliffs of coloured sands, heathland, open forests and rainforWorld Heritage icon being the world's largest sand island with over 40 lakes including most of the world's perched lakes, towering forests, vegetation and landform types as diverse as huge sandblows, coastal sand dunes, cliffs of coloured sands, heathland, open forests and rainforworld's largest sand island with over 40 lakes including most of the world's perched lakes, towering forests, vegetation and landform types as diverse as huge sandblows, coastal sand dunes, cliffs of coloured sands, heathland, open forests and rainforworld's perched lakes, towering forests, vegetation and landform types as diverse as huge sandblows, coastal sand dunes, cliffs of coloured sands, heathland, open forests and rainforests.

The tropical vegetation and power of the waters will transport you to a Central American fantasy world.

You will discover a wondrous world of verdant vegetation, blooming flowers, singing tropical birds, and other indigenous wildlife.

You could take a boat tour to the spectacular island of Île aux Cerfs, where the white - sand beaches backed by luxuriant vegetation are regularly voted the world's most beautiful — the setting simply couldn't be more romantic!

Tiny islands and atolls house some of the world's most exclusive hotels and are composed of exquisite ribbons of powdery - soft white sand lapped by turquoise waters against a background of lush tropical vegetation.

The world's third largest canyon, and arguably one of the most beautiful due to its covering of sub-tropical vegetation, the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve covers 29, 000 hectares.

It's occupied by the Vex, who have transformed it into one of their machine worlds, but you can also expect some vast canyons covered in lush native vegetation to play around in, making is sounds similar to Venus from the original game.

Beyond the city lay vast swaths of cracked highways littered with ruined cars and sparse, but determined, vegetation slowly reclaiming the world.

Each of the five worlds and unlockable sixth world have their own unique aesthetic such as the first world Techno Forest containing plenty of vegetation and trees, while the second world Crystal Mountain has snow falling and ice on the ground and the surroundings of the third world including large quantities of rock formations and magma pools.

Missions take place in ten different environments, with settings that range from a jungle planet thick with strange vegetation and dangerous creatures to an arid desert world spotted with the ancient ruins of forgotten civilizations.