Sentence examples for past suppression from inspiring English sources
In addition, the past suppression of fire and the fact that many Western trees are reaching the age at which beetles target them — 80 to 100 years — are also factors in the widespread loss of forests.
Similarly, Exxon has recruited friendly Republican officials to impede the efforts of some state attorney generals to investigate that company's past suppression of information on the links between fossil fuel use and climate change.
In the past fire suppression has been assisted by using nonflammable exterior materials such as clay-plaster.
Past fire suppression efforts are more clearly a factor influencing increased wildfire activity in forested areas (Parsons and DeBenedetti, 1979) than in brushlands (Keeley and Fotheringham, 2001).
The recent increase in frequency of large and severe fires due to past fire suppression and ongoing climate change [5, 6] illustrates one such risk [7].
In fact, it is commonly accepted that past fire suppression, along with other factors, has resulted in larger, more intense wildfire events which are seen today.
However, past voter suppression claims have largely centered around black voters, some of whom have been purged from the state's voter rolls, seen their registrations put on hold or have had to fight to keep polling sites open.
For example, in ponderosa pine forests characteristic of low elevations in the southwestern US, past fire suppression has in many areas led to forests that are now unnaturally dense and at greater risk of severe wildfire.
Owing to past weed suppression, exposure of mineral soil in harvesting, and the accumulation of organic matter, conditions for weed species change.
The recent increase in frequency of large and severe fires due to past fire suppression and ongoing climate change [ 5, 6] illustrates one such risk [ 7].
"There's development, whatever creates the initial spark, and past fire-suppression practices that have led to this accumulation of biomass that's just a tinder box.
