When people do exert themselves on the second task, they deplete the resource even more, as reflected in severe impairments on a third task that they have not anticipated.

They have lost a raft of experienced players over the summer, while injuries have depleted their resources at lock forward.

Months of siege depleted the resources and supplies of the defenders.

Though even with armor your health depletes quickly and in a matter of hits.

Funds were harder to raise and depleted quickly for the line so it was closed permanently.

Despite earning a few bouts of early success, supplies depleted quickly and casualties became high.

The application of rotenone on the lake has largely depleted the populations of larger/older fish.

An early wkiu bug survey using lethal pitfall traps collected an unexpectedly large number of specimens, and was accused of depleting the population.

Due to the poor survival rates of the young, poachers concentrate more heavily on adult birds, which depletes the population at a rapid pace.

They therefore deplete the soil of oxygen and create the need for anaerobic respiration.

Fungi can deplete the soil of readily available nutrients such as nitrogen, causing plants growing within the circle to be stressed which leads to plant discoloration.

It became clear, that food aid alone would not solve long-term problems caused by deforestation and desperate farming practices that depleted the soil.

This has deforested the area and depleted the soil leaving very little wildlife.

In addition, each year the plots are used for another type of crop (known as crop rotation) to prevent depleting the soil on specific trace elements.

Droughts have a variety of severe effects; they can cause crops to fail, and they can severely deplete water resources, sometimes interfering with human life.

Innovative programmes to conserve our depleting water reserves, shore up our sinking eastern coastline and flood-risk areas are now overdue.

It will need prolonged and very heavy rainfall to replenish depleted water stocks across this area, but the prospects do not look good.

It will, however, need a lot more rainfall over the rest of winter and spring to replenish its severely depleted water supplies.