Sentences with phrase «which area of the earth»

Reflection Some of visible light is reflected back into space by clouds and dust in the atmosphere Visible light is also reflected from Earth's surface 1) Which area of Earth reflects the most sunlight?

Equator (most direct sunlight) Which area of the earth receives the least solar energy?

Not exact matches

«It will involve the massive shelling of an ally's capital, which is one of the most densely packed cities on earth,» Mattis said of Seoul, South Korea, which boasts a metro - area population of 25 million.

There have been actual, physical, places which were considered to be the gateway to «Hades» (Hades was the Greek name of the G - d of the underworld, Pluto was the Roman name)... most of these places were places that emitted gases from deep in the earth that killed off flying birds and / or the animals surrounding the area (Can't remember the name of the lake in Italy offhand, but there's a new find in Turkey with roughly the same idea): http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gateway-hades-uncovered-turkey-archaeologists-article-1.1307747).

There is a huge grey area in Gen that says «the earth becaome empty and void» which could encompass an unknown amount of time.

But there are still huge areas of the earth under the oceans which aren't explored.

There are seven principal areas of unity which the high religions of the earth manifest.

Out of the Earth ~ Natural Raw Diet for Dogs Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

The search for neutron stars has intensified because of a relatively small area, low in the northern midnight sky, from which the strangest radio signals yet received on Earth are being detected.

FEELING GREEN Freshwater bodies on more than a third of Earth's land area (excluding Antarctica) are maxed out on phosphorus, which can help create algal blooms such as this one.

Measurements of the three - dimensional structure of Earth, as opposed to the one - dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.

Now a team of geologists has scoured that area to reveal a massive subglacial lake and a series of canyons, one of which — more than twice as long as the Grand Canyon — could rank as Earth's largest.

Large areas of the Earth's surface are experiencing rising maximum temperatures, which affect virtually every ecosystem on the planet, including ice sheets and tropical forests that play major roles in regulating the biosphere, scientists have reported.

Charles Theis, a poet and an engineer who once studied Kentucky's geology by walking across the state, theorized that water moved in the Earth according to the same properties by which heat moved in a solid object — that is, it seeps from areas of high pressure to low pressure.

The novice and seasoned geologists from the University of Rochester have gone out with the eye trackers about four times a day over their two - week field trip across California, which took them from San Francisco by the San Andreas Fault through the snowy Sierra Nevada near Yosemite National Park to the harshest area of the U.S. «Death Valley is a great place, where one can really see active geology firsthand — forces that are shaping the crust of the earth,» says geophysicist John A. Tarduno, another of the Rochester scientists.

Their study, which utilized cutting - edge geologic software and seismic images of rock located below the Earth's surface in areas of the rift, will be presented Oct. 20 at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Vancouver.

The UB researcher will continue the study on marine bryozoans in different Arctic areas and the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest warming places on Earth, within a new project, which Figuerola will lead at the Institute of Oceanology (Poland) with the support of the Centre for Polar Studies.

So if you think of going in [a] warming direction of 2 degrees C compared to a cooling direction of 5 degrees C, one can say that we might be changing the Earth, you know, like 40 percent of the kind of change that went on between the Ice Age; and now are going back in time and so a 2 - degree change, which is about 4 degrees F on a global average, is going to be very significant in terms of change in the distribution of vegetation, change in the kind of climate zones in certain areas, wind patterns can change, so where rainfall happens is going to shift.

Head to your local science center and check out NASA's new short film showcasing the frozen portions of the earth known as the cryosphere, which includes not only glaciers and permafrost but also frozen lakes and rivers and areas with seasonal snowfall.

After removing the effects of solar rotation and accounting for the angle of view of areas not facing directly toward Earth, the researchers could discern the so - called giant cell flow patterns (material moving east is depicted in red, that moving toward the west in blue), which cause supergranules to slowly drift across the surface of the sun.

«If ice caps and glaciers were to continue to crack and break into pieces, [the amount of] their surface area that is exposed to air would be significantly increased, which could lead to accelerated melting and much - reduced coverage area on the Earth,» Buehler said in a statement.

This research not only provides the first clear evidence that microorganisms were directly involved in the deposition of Earth's oldest iron formations; it also indicates that large populations of oxygen - producing cyanobacteria were at work in the shallow areas of the ancient oceans, while deeper water still reached by the light (the photic zone) tended to be populated by anoxyenic or micro-aerophilic iron - oxidizing bacteria which formed the iron deposits.

We've now found evidence of extensive river systems in the area which supports the idea that Mars was warm and wet, providing a more favourable environment for life than a cold, dry planet,» explained lead author, Joel Davis (UCL Earth Sciences).

The familiar hemisphere facing Earth is covered by low, lava - filled plains (seen as the darker gray areas on the moon's «face»), whereas the far side, which is never visible from Earth, is a collection of rugged, mountainous highlands.

Instead of staring at one patch of sky, Kepler's gaze will trace the ecliptic — the plane in which the Earth orbits the sun — and will cover roughly five times more area, Howell said.

This chemical weathering process is too slow to damp out shorter - term fluctuations, and there are some complexities — glaciation can enhance the mechanical erosion that provides surface area for chemical weathering (some of which may be realized after a time delay — ie when the subsequent warming occurs — dramatically snow in a Snowball Earth scenario, where the frigid conditions essentially shut down all chemical weathering, allowing CO2 to build up to the point where it thaws the equatorial region, at which point runaway albedo feedback drives the Earth into a carbonic acid sauna, which ends via rapid carbonate rock formation), while lower sea level may increase the oxidation of organic C in sediments but also provide more land surface for erosion... etc..

In the spacecraft's extended mission in 2013, it lost its ability to precisely stare at its original target area, but a brilliant fix created a second life for the telescope that is proving scientifically fruitful.After the fix, Kepler started its K2 mission, which has provided an ecliptic field of view with greater opportunities for Earth - based observatories in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

Earth's atmosphere has a «transportation belt» of air flows which move ozone from the main production areas near the equator towards the poles.

The lines represent 51 months of movement by the instrument's Large Area Telescope, which sweeps the sky from its orbit around Earth once every three hours.

They discovered that the lobe, an area of the magnetosphere which is usually filled with cold, unenergetic, plasma, does in some cases fill up with hot plasma when magnetic reconnection occurs on the night side of the Earth, thus closing the field lines and trapping the plasma within.

These minerals include such minerals as iron, zinc, and magnesium — all of which are removed from the earth in different areas.

The only thing that lets it down are the now slightly dated interior sets and the quite corny looking garden areas complete with Earth animals... which takes you out of the film.

The title story, «The Lives of Rocks», in which a geologist, living in the forest and weakened by cancer treatments, comes to rely on the help and company of two children from a rigidly fundamentalist family who are happy to help until she teaches them that the earth is millions of years old; and «Fiber» in which a logger muses on his job in the Yaak Valley before turning on the reader with a direct plea to help protect the area - in a few swift words changing the reader from casual observer to participant.

Gene & Kinna fully support the protection of wild areas on the planet as well as laws and regulations which minimize the human impacts on the earth.

The tour is enhanced by the inclusion of some «CGH Earth» hotels, which are harmonious to the local environment with high standards - for example at the Spice Village, Periyar, the fine» 50 - mile» restaurant only uses ingredients from within 50 miles and the colonial style bar reflects its hill station history, whilst «Coconut Lagoon» is only accessible by boat and the «Eighth Bastion» lies within the Fort Cochin area.

The Elements Krabi Resort is a finely designed accommodation choice set on Klong Muang Beach, a tranquil area along the beautiful Krabi coast.The resorts design and architecture is a well - thought fusion of traditional and contemporary styles enhancing the four natural elements (hence its name): earth, fire, wind, and water.The resort features 65 guestrooms available in three types: Superior Room, Deluxe Room, and Premier Villa.Comfortable and spacious are the two words which describe the rooms the best, and the in - room amenities are also top of the range: satellite television, Wi - Fi connection, International Direct Dial telephones bedside and bathroom, in - room safe, mini-bar, coffee / tea - making facilities, custom designed and custom - made furniture, and private balcony with chairs and cushions.

The area hosts more than 375 bird species, a fourth of Costa Rica's tree species and more than 4000 - 5000 vascular plant species, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.

You can explore the Amazon Rainforest or Atlantic Forest previously mentioned, the wetlands, which are home to abundant animals and plants, Andean Cloud Forest to see incredible bird life, the Atacama desert, Earth's driest area, the Andean mountain range, the world's longest mountain range, and the famous Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador to see uniquely famous animals and plants.

Casnan sits on the borderlands of the Romun Empire (yes, the series is based on a fantasy version of Earth around the 1st century B.C.), which has recently occupied the area.

One of the game's better known features is that during combat areas, the hero Will must enter Gaia's Dark Spaces to transform into either Freedan the Dark Knight (no relation to Batman) and the liquidy - fire form of Shadow and use their powers and strength to help solve the mystery of the Dark Comet which threatens Earth's evolution.

This war unfolds in a persistent world — you choose which battles to enter from a map of the Earth, and you get extra EXP for fighting on «Hotspots,» which are the areas where control is most contested.

As an artist, Williamson co-founded and produced EWALA (Earth Water Air - Los Angeles) an annual performance art trek with playwright Susan Suntree, which engaged hundreds of Angelenos from 1994 to 2000 in honoring the Los Angeles River watershed while drawing public attention to threatened environmental areas along the river.

This was a form of installation art consisting of photographs and plans of site locations (mostly derelict urban areas), which were displayed along with earth, rocks and other geological refuse collected from the sites.

The factor 1/4 comes from the ratio of the area of the disk to the total surface area of the planet (which takes into account the Earth spherical shape and the difference between day and night).

Earth's total area is 5.10066 x 10 ^ 14 m ^ 2, of which 70.8 % is water (Sellers 1965, p. 5).

To respond to the growing demand for Earth observation data, we will accelerate efforts within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), which builds on the work of UN specialized agencies and programs, in priority areas, inter alia, climate change and water resources management, by strengthening observation, prediction and data sharing.

Therefore, minutes after the treaty was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro I was passing out leaflets denouncing it as a death sentence for coral reefs and low lying islands and coastal areas, and said that we would lose most of the corals in the world in the next decade, which is what indeed happened.

Meanwhile, Earth radiates from its whole surface area, which is that of a sphere — 4 π R ^ 2.

For example, if the Earth got cold enough, the encroachment of snow and ice toward low latitudes (where they have more sunlight to reflect per unit area), depending on the meridional temperature gradient, could become a runaway feedback — any little forcing that causes some cooling will cause an expansion of snow and ice toward lower latitudes sufficient to cause so much cooling that the process never reaches a new equilibrium — until the snow and ice reach the equator from both sides, at which point there is no more area for snow and ice to expand into.

Since the 1970s, southern Australia — and other areas of the Southern Hemisphere — have seen decreased levels of rain between April and May, which is autumn in that part of the Earth.