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  • The production of chemical nitrogen fertilisers using the Haber-Bosch process (150 T/year), which is necessary for highly productive agriculture, causes environmental problems on account of the fact that 50% of those fertilisers are never used by the crops and contaminate the soil, surface water and groundwater. (upm.es)
  • Blue Buffalo had $1.275 billion in net sales and $319 million in adjusted earnings for fiscal year 2017. (brakkeconsulting.com)
  • It was first authorized in 2016, and the state received $10 million in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • For example, the 2017 winter pluvials in California contributed to widespread floods, which occurred on the back of the state's multiyear (2011-2016) drought and put additional strains on the state's multiple water dependent sectors. (wiley.com)
  • Two previous reports have been prepared on progress in implementing the resolution, as submitted to the Executive Board at its 138th session, in 2016, and to the Seventieth World Health Assembly, in 2017. (who.int)
  • DTD is defined as the average of the ratio of green leaf length to the total length of the top three leaves of each rice seedling after drought treatment, and therefore takes a value from 0 to 1. (researchsquare.com)
  • To test the potentiality of the DTD method, 118 doubled haploids with two parents showing different degrees of drought tolerance were assessed, from which the DTD value has been determined. (researchsquare.com)
  • Of the 118 doubled haploids identified by the drought tolerance assessment system under severe drought stress, DH102 showed the strongest drought resistance, with the highest DTD value, and DH22 was found to be the weakest drought resistance with the lowest DTD value. (researchsquare.com)
  • It is important to start the drought comparative phenotypic screening of breeding material at a very early step of tested lines along with both sensitive and tolerant lines, which would allow a precise monitoring of the applied drought stress level and competitive advantage of the test material versus the promising breeding lines. (researchsquare.com)
  • Drought refers to a meteorological disaster that causes insufficient soil moisture and damage to crop water balance due to long-term lack of precipitation. (nature.com)
  • Sailor's model comprise many variables and parameters, some relevant to the vegetation layer, and others to the substrate layer, called soil in the model. (researchgate.net)
  • As a result of a review of the literature [19] , we selected three vegetation parameters and three soil parameters as the most relevant to a green roof thermal performance for further investigation. (researchgate.net)
  • 2010) and various catchment characteristics such as slope, soil, vegetation, and geology (Thompson et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • In the Western world, already in 1662, the English writer and gardener John Evelyn emphasised the need to take care of the Earth and its vegetation, soil, water and air (Evelyn, 1662). (europa.eu)
  • 2016). Where co-occurring nitrite concentrations were less than 5 times as high as nitrate, nitrite was removed by addition of sulfamic acid (Granger and Sigman, 2009) prior to the denitrifier method. (darkenergybiosphere.org)
  • In the deepest samples having measurable nitrate, where concentrations were very low, the N and O isotopic composition of nitrate was calculated by mass balance using analyses of the combined nitrate + nitrite pools by the denitrifier method, in which both nitrate and nitrite standards were also analyzed, together with nitrite isotope values from the azide-only measurements described previously (Casciotti and McIlvin, 2007). (darkenergybiosphere.org)
  • Extreme precipitation can affect oxygen concentrations in soils and hinder photosynthesis for mangroves. (nasa.gov)
  • 2019) through influences on aesthetic and cultural values (Tipa, 2009). (researchsquare.com)
  • We evaluated the prevalence of disability and associated characteristics among the 2016-2019 CH STRONG (Congenital Heart Survey to Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and Well-Being) population-based sample of 19- to 38-year-olds with CHD from 3 US locations. (cdc.gov)
  • The chemical industry produces micronutrients fertilizer contained nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which can meet the demand of different crops and soil structure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Identifying productive food crops that tolerate moderate soil salinity is critical for global food security. (ashs.org)
  • If the world's farmers would have continued to grow crops at 1961 productivity levels, they would need almost 2.5 billion acres of new farmland to maintain today's food supply, which is more than the total land area of the United States. (agclassroom.org)
  • Unlike CO, which is only a concern for health effects, SOx not only affects human health, but damages crops and changes chemistry of soils, causes acid rain, and contributes to visibility impairment. (soilworks.com)
  • Figures from an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report released last year, "Outlook for a New Textile Economy in China", estimated that China produced about 21 million tonnes of textile waste in 2018, of which about 5 percent was reused through donation and export, and about 17 percent was recycled as materials. (businessoffashion.com)
  • Species in the genus Ocimum are native to Africa, South America, and Asia, and are valued as aromatic and medicinal plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Their findings argue in favor of improving the knowledge that farmers have about soil and crop conditions during the growing season. (illinois.edu)
  • These findings may inform guidance for limiting transmission and emphasize the value of testing to identify community-acquired infections. (cdc.gov)
  • It valued at around $1.44 trillion in 2014, and China is currently the largest chemicals manufacturing economy in the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are great research opportunities in production processes of the first-generation ethanol regarding high-value added products, cost reduction and selection of new industrial yeast strains that are more robust and customized for each distillery. (scielo.br)
  • Living Earth collects organic waste that would ordinarily go to landfills and processes it into mulch or soil, which it sells to landscapers, nurseries, retailers and homeowners. (baincapital.com)
  • The effects of two design parameters, substrate thickness (ST) and conductivity of dry soil (CDS), and four operating parameters, leaf area index (LAI), leaf reflectivity (LR), stomatal resistance (SR), and moisture content (MC), were investigated using the green roof computer model developed by Sailor in 2008. (researchgate.net)
  • 2011). Potential for future climate change to impact hydrological conditions has prompted investigations of the consequences of climate variability on soil moisture (e.g. (researchsquare.com)
  • It also examines some different satellite observations that can contribute to better forecasting, such as sea surface temperatures (SST) and soil moisture measurements. (nasa.gov)
  • Soil based agriculture is now facing various challenges such as urbanization, natural disaster, climate change, indiscriminate use of chemicals and pesticides which is depleting the land fertility. (researchgate.net)
  • I suggested that though it was unlikely to become widely accepted as a legally binding initiative on the member nations of the UN, it had a value as a catalyst for ongoing dialog about the need for behavior change related to the environment and climate change. (truevaluemetrics.org)
  • The ways in which societies, institutions and citizens relate to and value nature have played a key role in the interconnected biodiversity, climate change, natural resource and health crises we face. (europa.eu)
  • To recycle one billion pounds of electronics annually by 2016, which would be a more than threefold increase over 2010. (typepad.com)
  • According to Statista data, revenue in China's apparel market will reach $321.28 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow annually by 8.24 percent through 2025. (businessoffashion.com)
  • The volume of apparel consumed is also expected to continue growing over this period, with an expected 31.32 billion pieces sold annually by 2025. (businessoffashion.com)
  • Worldwide, 3-5 billion cases of diarrhea occur, causing 5-10 million deaths annually (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Reference: Use title searches (above) for the full citations. (illinois.edu)
  • A considerable body of literature over the last four decades has demonstrate the removal of gaseous contaminants through phytoremediation, a technology that relies on plant material and technologies to remediate contaminated air streams. (springer.com)
  • We apply an event coincidence analysis to explore the aggregated seesaw behavior based on land surface model simulations for the past seven decades (1950-2016). (wiley.com)
  • multiple iterative reviews and feedback cycles through the course of material development with input to the authoring team from both project editors and an external assessment team. (carleton.edu)
  • real in-class testing of materials in at least 3 institutions with external review of student assessment data. (carleton.edu)
  • multiple reviews to ensure the materials meet the InTeGrate materials rubric which codifies best practices in curricular development, student assessment and pedagogic techniques. (carleton.edu)
  • Sustaining biodiversity also aids humanity by preserving landscapes of recreational or inspirational value. (carleton.edu)
  • the chemical composition of the atmosphere, oceans and soil, and landscapes (Waters et al. (europa.eu)
  • Meanwhile, TCI, which today manages $42 billion and an additional $6.9 billion in a real estate business, has generated $36.5 billion in profits for its investors, including $9.5 billion in 2021, according to LCH Investments, which makes this calculation every year. (institutionalinvestor.com)
  • It Is far from operational, with construction commencing in 2021 and chip production expected to start in 2024, but it offers the prospect of some A-series chips being made on US soil. (appleinsider.com)
  • The source of heavy metals in edible fungi is from its growth-required substrate, water, soil, air, and other factors. (scirp.org)
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) projects the world's population to reach 9.7 billion people by the year 2050. (agclassroom.org)
  • 2 With 9.7 billion people on Earth, the world's farmers will need to grow about 60-70 percent more food than what is now being produced. (agclassroom.org)
  • Bain Capital, LP is one of the world's leading private investment firms with approximately $180 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. (baincapital.com)
  • With a market value of over $600 billion , newcomer and electric vehicle pioneer Tesla is now well established. (empirecenter.org)
  • Pioneer conducted plantability tests of 2016-produced soybean seed using seven different planter metering units. (kansasmoney.info)
  • General Mills Inc. that it will acquire Blue Buffalo for $40.00 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of approximately $8.0 billion. (brakkeconsulting.com)
  • General Mills expects to finance the transaction with a combination of debt, cash on hand and approximately $1.0 billion in equity. (brakkeconsulting.com)
  • Expenditure on synthetic fertiliser production is $100 billion per year (approximately 50% of agricultural costs). (upm.es)
  • After all, nature is a 'laboratory' that has been perfecting its solutions for billions of years, and our assumption was that solutions that developed in the evolutionary process could also serve us as a solution for dealing with the problem of ACB in the food industry. (fruit-processing.com)
  • In 2016, China ethyl alcohol and other basic organic chemicals markets and plastic materials and resins market were valued at $137 and $184 billion respectively, which had 9% and 10% growth rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing from synthetic materials, nitrogen dioxide and harmful outdoor VOCs such benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene penetrate into the indoor environment through ventilation and are the main contributors to poor indoor air quality with health effects. (springer.com)
  • Here we explore the possibility of identifying the organic remains preserved in much older fossil material using in situ microspectroscopic methods, rather than by attempting to extract the very small amounts that are likely to be preserved in mid-Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates. (nature.com)
  • Living Earth is the largest commercial recycler of organic landscaping materials in Texas, diverting waste from landfills that would otherwise release harmful greenhouse gasses. (baincapital.com)
  • Synthetic graphite is a material consisting of graphitic carbon which has been obtained by graphitizing of non-graphitic carbon, by CVD (chemical vapor deposition) from hydrocarbons at temperatures above 2500 K, by decomposition of thermally unstable carbides or by crystallizing from metal melts supersaturated with carbon. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chemical industry provides building materials for China's infrastructure, including subway, high-speed train, and highway. (wikipedia.org)
  • Global temperatures are on the rise again as 2016 has been marked as the hottest on record. (truevaluemetrics.org)
  • But this is not the case with ACB, since the juice cannot be heated to higher pasteurization temperatures or for a longer time without compromising its quality and nutritional values. (fruit-processing.com)
  • However, the actual values varied between years because the growth of plants was largely affected by the field microclimatic conditions (i.e., temperature, sunshine duration, and precipitation). (frontiersin.org)
  • Further evaluation of the natural diversity of this species should reveal a range of diverse mechanisms of salinity tolerance thus providing a new fruit crop for moderately saline soils. (ashs.org)
  • Poor air quality is such an issue that it is directly addressed within the SDG targets: SDG 3.9 (substantial reduction of health impacts from hazardous chemicals and air, water, and soil pollution) and SDG 11.6 (reduction of adverse per capita environmental impacts of cities, including paying special attention to air quality and other waste management). (springer.com)
  • According to statistics, by 1984, there were actually about 9 million chemical substances in the world, of which about 43% were materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, in December 2005, China decided to limit production of steel to not more than 400 million tons per year within five years, in order to lower the increasing rate of raw material prices. (wikipedia.org)
  • Net income for the year was $694.6 million, up from $440.5 million during fiscal 2016. (brakkeconsulting.com)
  • Plus, given how much energy, water and other resources it takes to make a computer or a phone, it's much more environmentally friendly to recapture and reuse those materials than tp throw them away. (typepad.com)
  • Rhizon samplers extract small volumes of pore water from soil and sediments. (darkenergybiosphere.org)
  • This report also provides access through references and telephone numbers to source water assessments, health effects information, and other water system topics. (wawater.com)
  • They assert that the potential radioactive contamination problem associated with the material in the spent fuel pools could be reduced by moving assemblies that have been out of reactors for more than five years into licensed dry storage containers. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Over the years, it has given away $3 billion. (institutionalinvestor.com)
  • Each year in the United States greater than 210,000 children less than 5 years of age are hospitalized for gastroenteritis for an average of 4.5 days, at an annual inpatient cost of almost $1 billion (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Nitrate isotopic composition was measured using the denitrifier method to convert nitrate to N2O, normalized to international reference materials (USGS 34, USGS 32, and USGS 35) (Sigman et al. (darkenergybiosphere.org)
  • Use this Seed Guide and the R7® Tool Top 10 and CHT functions to choose the right hybrids and varieties for your soil type and yield goals. (kansasmoney.info)
  • Mushrooms are considered to be functional foods due to their potent nutritional value. (vegascannabismag.com)
  • It is estimated that 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to sufficient food in order to meet basic nutritional requirements or live in a condition of continual hunger, which indicates moderate and severe food insecurity 3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • It caused rising demand for raw materials which is necessary for steel production, included pig iron, iron ore, scrap metal, lime and dolomite, coke and coal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reference: Use author or title search ("Information value and risk premium in agricultural production: the case of nitrogen application for corn") for the full citation. (illinois.edu)
  • TSMC is also intending to move some of its chip production to the United States, in a factory in Arizona thought to cost $12 billion. (appleinsider.com)
  • An analysis reported recently in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics emphasizes the economic value of information to corn producers. (illinois.edu)
  • The download Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Journal , Vol 67, Number 2, June 2015 of a Functional exit Theory and swedish penalty soil for focusing articlePages on implementation government. (superquadri.com.br)
  • Petcare sales were CHF 12.5 billion ($12.8 billion), an increase of 3% compared to the prior year. (brakkeconsulting.com)
  • The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. (carleton.edu)
  • By Alixandra Laub To date, the oldest known fossil is that of a billion-year-old fungus called Tortotubus. (vegascannabismag.com)
  • Although TCI Fund Management, as it is known, stopped contractually making donations to the foundation after the 2008-'09 financial crisis, it has endowed the charity with a total of $2 billion. (institutionalinvestor.com)
  • Whereas government statistics referenced by official news agency Xinhua in 2016 put the total amount of textile waste China reused or recycled at around 1 percent, with 99 percent ending up in landfill or incinerated, Ma now estimates that around 15 percent of the total is reused or recycled. (businessoffashion.com)
  • Beyond our own benefit, oyster mushrooms are strong enough to degrade diesel fuel within the soil, studies are underway to determine if this mushroom could benefit areas affected by oil spills. (vegascannabismag.com)
  • China is the largest producer and exporter plastic materials market in the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our investments will focus on value chains with the greatest market potential, the highest number of farmers, and the greatest income potential for farmers. (who.int)
  • The materials are free and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs. (carleton.edu)
  • Founded in 1985 in Houston, Texas and headquartered in Dallas, Living Earth is the largest recycler of green material in Texas. (baincapital.com)
  • This is not entirely surprising since functionally, mushrooms clean up the earth by breaking down forest materials and replenishing the soil. (vegascannabismag.com)
  • Since the problem has its origins in nature - a bacterium that lives in the soil - we looked for a natural solution," explain doctoral students and team members Alon Romano and Itzik Engelberg. (fruit-processing.com)
  • Although the number of materials is large, if classified according to chemical composition, it can be summarized into three categories: metal materials, inorganic non-metal materials and composite materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • In January 2016, permanent chlorination equipment was placed in service at the well site to continuously disinfect the storage tank and mains serving the homes on the system. (wawater.com)
  • Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: FB-B drill chart . (kansasmoney.info)
  • Provide agents with materials they can use to teach 4-H members how to build positive, productive relationships with the news media in their communities. (illinois.edu)
  • Reference: Use a title search for the full citation. (illinois.edu)
  • Further correlation analysis revealed a high association of DTD values with RWC, leaf tip drying scores, and leaf rolling scores. (researchsquare.com)
  • PCA analysis suggested three principal components with its first principal component possessing the DTD value, RWC, leaf rolling score, leaf tip drying score, and chlorophyll content index with maximum loading score. (researchsquare.com)
  • In investigation to nonlinear people, the nonlinear dynamics 've In described in the easy equation nonlinearity performance for the wave, the doing, and the upper progressive materials. (mooreamusicpele.com)
  • The choice to focus on these value chains represents considerations regarding Ugandan government priorities, division of donor labor, and the highest impact interventions for the expected scale of Feed the Future resources. (who.int)
  • The starting point for this strategy is the Government of Uganda's Agriculture Sector Development Strategy and Investment Plan (DSIP) where ten priority value chains were selected. (who.int)
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  • The billion pound challenge is about both the quality and quantity of electronics recycling," said Walter Alcorn, CEA's vice president of environmental affairs and industry sustainability, in a company press release. (typepad.com)
  • While we are proud of our past record, we continually strive to improve upon the quality of services we provide to you, our valued customer. (wawater.com)
  • Their premise is that the public will be better protected if the NRC requires nuclear plant operators to reduce the density of their spent fuel pools and limit the amount of material that could potentially be released. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Ma Yun, founder of Shanghai-based collection and recycling firm, Fei Mayi (the name translates to "flying ant" in English) points to huge strides in the amount of textile materials and used clothing coming into recycling channels like theirs since it was founded in 2014. (businessoffashion.com)
  • Zoetis announced it has developed the first complete Holstein de novo reference genome, giving geneticists the ability to map regions of the genome influencing a range of health and disease outcomes. (brakkeconsulting.com)