How to Use hydrologic cycle in a Sentence
hydrologic cycle
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Giant sequoias, like all trees, play a central role in the hydrologic cycle.
—Thayer Walker, Scientific American, 2016-12-29
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Irvine's team set out to see whether a more plausible geoengineering scheme might minimize negative impacts on the hydrologic cycle.
—Scott K. Johnson, WIRED, 2019-03-15
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But these are all predictions based on ever-evolving computer models trying to gauge how a warmer globe will affect — in terms of feet, if not mere inches — the hydrologic cycle of our lakes.
—Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2021-08-23
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After Earth’s oceans froze over completely, the hydrologic cycle shut down, and C02 removal from the atmosphere stopped.
—Scott Denning, Washington Post, 2018-05-04
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Like Earth, Titan has an atmosphere, surface lakes (albeit ones filled with methane) and a hydrologic cycle similar to our planet.
—Fox News, 2019-12-05
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The cooling would slow the hydrologic cycle and decrease rainfall by 15% to 30% percent globally, with impacts varying in different regions.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 2019-10-04
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Our existing aquifers eventually get replenished by rainwater, but these newfound reserves are completely cut off from the hydrologic cycle, according to the paper published in Nature.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 2013-12-06
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In particular, there are worries deforestation will upset the hydrologic cycle in certain places, threatening water supplies and hydroelectric power generation.
—The Economist, 2018-05-17
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Given the fact that this atmospheric water is constantly replenishing due to the planet's hydrologic cycle, the Venice Beach, California—company has created a system that is unlikely at the current moment to effect the atmosphere negatively.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 2018-10-22
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