Sentences with phrase «ocean rises over»

Temperatures in the upper 700 meters of the ocean rose over the last two decades of the 20th century before flattening out in 2003.

Not exact matches

A series of Cataclysmic events will take place, to mention a few, earthquakes, Yellowstone, the coming California earthquake August 9, 2011, the earth wobble, the volcanic eruptions, the oceans rising, the earth splinting open spilling lava all over, the atmosphere will be consumed killing all living things.

«THE END OF DAYS is near» January 1213 the earth will wobble causing earthquakes, lava will spill all over the earth the oceans will rise changing the topography, the atmosphere will be consumed, our planet will die and orbit just like our mom, a gusted, dust, desolate planet.

The water about me rose up to my neck; the ocean was closing over me.

Based on modeling results by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which predicted that Pacific Ocean temperatures would rise by 1 degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) over the next 50 years, a Canadian and U.S. team of scientists examined the distributional changes of 28 species of fish including salmon, herring, certain species of sharks, anchovies, sardines and more northern fish like pollock.

«My state is ground zero for this,» emphasized U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, and he added that 75 % of the population lives along the coast, and the ocean in the southern part of the state has risen eight inches over the last four years.

Global ocean levels have risen by 4 to 10 inches over the past 100 years.

Jones found that for many species prices rose over time, suggesting that people's demand for seafood overwhelmed the ocean's supply.

The ash was deposited on the seafloor after being blown through plumes that rose miles into the atmosphere and drifted over the ocean.

The results will allow scientists to predict how ocean life will respond to CO2 levels that have been projected to rise 40 percent over the next two decades.

As a result — and for reasons that remain unexplained — the waters of the Southern Ocean may have begun to release carbon dioxide, enough to raise concentrations in the atmosphere by more than 100 parts per million over millennia — roughly equivalent to the rise in the last 200 years.

Over the past 60 years, winter temperatures in the northwestern part of the peninsula have soared by 11 degrees F. Year - round temperatures have risen by 5 degrees F and the surrounding ocean is warming.

And the river seems as vast as an ocean when it rises over its banks.

A glaciologist rather than a biologist, he wanted to investigate a question critical to climate change: Do subglacial rivers and lakes lubricate the movement of ice over land — and might they somehow accelerate a glacier's flow into the ocean, triggering rapid sea level rise?

However, when temperatures warm over the Antarctic regions, deep waters rise from the floor of the ocean much closer to the continent.

Rapid vertical mixing in the convection areas that exist everywhere over the warm ocean and in which the warm air rises takes care of the rest.

Under these conditions, a disproportionately rapid retreat of summertime sea ice in the central Arctic Ocean over the course of the next few decades, followed by its complete disappearance — depending on how quickly CO2 levels rise — roughly 250 years from now, is to be expected.

Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean are strong — a cause for concern because the glacier holds more than 11 feet of sea level rise and acts as a plug that helps lock in the ice of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The region also experienced the highest rates of sea - level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

The two measurements, plus warming of the deep ocean, would equal the global sea - level rise of 2.78 millimeters over the last decade.

Sea levels have been rising worldwide over the past century by between 10 and 20 centimetres, as a result of melting land - ice and the thermal expansion of the oceans due to a planetary warming of around 0.5 degreeC.

The soot from these fires and from automobiles and buses in the ever more crowded cities rises into the atmosphere and drifts out over the Indian Ocean, changing the atmospheric dynamics upon which the monsoons depend.

Habib explains that it would have been able to cross broad stretches of ocean by taking advantage of thermals (rising columns of air created over warmer - than - normal patches of ocean) to gain altitude, then gliding until it reached the next thermal.

North Carolina launched political debates around climbing oceans last week when the state Senate easily passed a bill prohibiting state officials from planning for a rise of 39 inches, or 1 meter, over the next 90 years.

And measurements of the pH level in the ocean over the past two decades show precisely the slow reduction that is expected from such a rise in carbon dioxide.

The world's oceans have already risen by an average of 8 inches over the last century from a combination of water added by ice melt and the expansion of ocean waters as they warm.

American impact While global sea levels have risen about 2.75 inches (7 centimeters) over the past 22 years, the west coast of the United States has not seen much of a rise in ocean levels.

Using subsidence stratigraphy, the team traced the different modes of coastal sedimentation over the course of time in the eastern Indian Ocean where relative sea - level change evolved from rapidly rising to static from 8,000 years ago to the present day.

Note that we've got a paper soon to come out in «The Cryosphere» (and we'll have a poster at AGU) looking at recent «Arctic Amplification» that you discuss (the stronger rise in surface air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean compared to lower latitudes).

However, for the globe as a whole, surface air temperatures over land have risen at about double the ocean rate after 1979 (more than 0.27 °C per decade vs. 0.13 °C per decade), with the greatest warming during winter (December to February) and spring (March to May) in the Northern Hemisphere.

The observed and projected rates of increase in freshwater runoff could potentially disrupt ocean circulation if global temperatures rise by 3 to 4 °C over this century as forecast by the IPCC 2001 report.

Is it the case that evaporation will increase primarily over land while precipitation will rise mostly over oceans?

The former is likely to overestimate the true global SAT trend (since the oceans do not warm as fast as the land), while the latter may underestimate the true trend, since the SAT over the ocean is predicted to rise at a slightly higher rate than the SST.

The former is likely to overestimate the true global surface air temperature trend (since the oceans do not warm as fast as the land), while the latter may underestimate the true trend, since the air temperature over the ocean is predicted to rise at a slightly higher rate than the ocean temperature.

She has published over 30 conservation science papers on topics such as climate vulnerability and adaptation, marine protected areas, conservation planning, coral reef resilience, ocean acidification, sea - level rise, blue carbon, customary tenure, and partnerships between religious groups and conservation.

Ocean temperatures have been rising about 0.12 degrees Celsius per decade on average over the past 50 years.

Study Finds Rising Levels of Plastics in Oceans Photo Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world's oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to increase greatly over the next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research sugOceans Photo Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world's oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to increase greatly over the next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research sugoceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to increase greatly over the next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research suggests.

Rising CO2 emissions, and the increasing acidity of seawater over the next century, has the potential to devastate some marine ecosystems, a food resource on which we rely, and so careful monitoring of changes in ocean acidity is crucial.

Probably because wind and moisture coming off the Pacific Ocean are forced to rise over our region's tallest peak.

But as the ocean gets warmer, some models predict the glacier could make the global sea level rise by two or three feet over the next hundred years.

Suddenly the ocean waters began to break through over the westward hills and to pour in upon these primitive peoples — the lake that had been their home and friend, became their enemy; its waters rose and never abated; their settlements were submerged; the waters pursued them in their flight.

The world's lowest - lying nation rises barely four - feet above sea level (at its highest point, a mere eight - feet), and fans over the Indian Ocean in wide, flat circles of blindingly white sand.

Fundy, in fact, has the world's highest tides and at Hopewell Rocks, which also has a visitor centre to explain the phenomenon, you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide and gaze up at the extraordinary shapes sculpted over the millennia by the rise and fall of billions of tonnes of water.

Wake up very early and see the spectacular sunrise rise over the ocean from the east and then be back on the beach near sunset to witness the end of another tropical day in paradise as the sun sets over the islands and ocean to the west.

Wake up to the sun rising over the endless ocean view, make yourself an espresso, and head out to Alabriga's balcony to sit and take it all in.

Be amazed when the moon rises and glides over ocean.

This wonderful outdoor space has beautiful views of the reef and is the perfect place to watch the sun as it sets over the lagoon, or as it rises over the ocean.

The location of this fine boutique condominium offers the ideal vantage point to experience Kauai's amazing sunrises and moon rises over the ocean.

Enjoy strolls on the beach as well as stunning sunrises and moon rises over the ocean.

There's a private terrace where once you open it emerge all the magnificent sun rise over the hills of Mal Pais and set behind the rolling ocean.