Sentence examples for periods of cold from inspiring English sources

When the jet stream snakes south over North America during winter, it brings extended periods of cold.

Prolonged periods of cold, wet weather can lead to dieback, even after hard frost has delivered its last blow.

Other plants have learned to face adversity -- periods of cold or dry, when it makes sense to go dormant for a while.

Agriculture, as practiced for thousands of years, has to adapt to the ever-changing climates with intermittent drought and flooding or extended periods of cold and warm weather.

"There has also been a lot of periods of cold weather so the spuds that go in the ground obviously don't germinate and grow as quickly," he added.

Long periods of cold winters in the United Kingdom coincided precisely with diminished solar activity, the team reports today in Environmental Research Letters.

Thick permafrost evolves during long periods of cold-based ice cover and during periods of ice retreat that results in ground exposure to very cold air temperatures.

Norman averages a growing season of 209 days, but plants that can withstand short periods of colder temperatures may have an additional three to six weeks.

We are in a period of cold war".

Some plants need a period of cold in winter to trigger flowering.

Many seeds require a period of cold, called stratification, before they will germinate.