Sentences with phrase «ocean swells as»

Not exact matches

In a billion years, for instance, a swelling sun will scorch our food chain, boil our oceans and extinguish life on Earth as we know it.

Eventually, possibly a few hundred million years after the moon formed, the deepest parts of the ocean froze, swelling to crack surface ice — which may have been 10 km thick or more — just as ice cubes in a freezer often do.

And islanders on Tuvalu are scrambling to find new homes as salt water intrusion has made their groundwater undrinkable while increasingly strong hurricanes and ocean swells have devastated shoreline structures.

The problem, Crowley said, is that much of the plastic has already broken down in a soupy mix that tends to move around as ocean currents and storms produce swells and wind over the course of a given year.

The swell is at its best during autumn (March to May), but bring your wetsuit as the waters of the Southern Ocean can be cold.

As the ocean conditions are ever changing and the waves are influenced by swells, winds and currents, I suggest checking with the life guards at any county or state beach park during your visit.

Year round cleansing trade winds blow billowy white clouds across the horizon and set the ocean raging with cresting swell and whitecaps as far as the eye can see.

Green Bowl has consistent swells, as well as the strongest southern ocean currents that move out to sea in unpredictable directions, so it is strictly only for experienced surfers.

Known as the surfy selection on Great Ocean Road, Torquay is home to Bells Beach, where surfers from all over the world come to experience the swell.

North Stradbroke Island, affectionately referred to as «Straddie», the elongated sand island of North Stradbroke shields much of the southern part of Moreton Bay and the smaller islands from the ocean swells.

In fact, from where I'm standing now, on the east shoulder of 3417m (11,200 ft) Bellecôte, I'm enjoying views to match any in the Alps as line after line of snow - shrouded mountains extends to the horizon like the lines of a monstrous ocean swell.

RIDE THE SWELLS IN AN OCEAN RAFT during the day, then journey down THE PATH OF THE ANCIENTS for an afternoon kayak down the river with misty jungle plants as your backdrop.

We consider factors such as wind, tides, swell direction and ocean temperatures before making our decision to provide the safest and most enjoyable experience.

The difficulty of this dive site comes from the swell which can be strong as the Indian Ocean waves pound this coast.

The biggest ocean swells in Costa Rica are found between April to October largely as a result of far off storms.

Low pressure systems off the Indian Ocean pump waves into the area consistently from June to September with many swells kicking off as early as March, April and May.

The landscapes all possess an innate sensuality, one that is shared with Price's sculptural work and suggested by such titles as Red Heat, Deep Ocean Swell, Underground Fire, and Predicted Eruption.

With an increasing number of people living close to the coast, deep ocean swell generation, and its potential modifications as a consequence of climate change, is clearly an issue that needs attention, alongside the more intensively studied topics of changes in mean sea level and storm surges.

After their generation by the wind, ocean surface waves can travel (as swell) over long distances.

Thermal expansion — water swells as it heats — accounts for a substantial portion of rising seas, so warmer oceans mean even worse news for already threatened islands and coasts.

A bit late, but this post showing the beach at flood tide with some larger - than - normal ocean swells at Santa Monica Bay, California documents with photos the extent of flooding as of May, 2011.

The rivers swell and diminish as glacial ice melts and freezes, changing ocean currents and altering Earth's climate.