Sentences with phrase «almost oceans of water»

That's a huge amount, almost oceans of water, running through the air.

Not exact matches

A new study in Marine Biology Research tackles this issue by comparing the physical characteristics of two similar octopus species that live on the ocean floor, as deep as 9,500 feet (almost 2,900 m) below the water's surface.

But there may be a way to cut drag force by almost 30 %, according to computer simulations of turbulent ocean - water flows reported in the 19 May issue of Science by mechanical engineer Yiqing Du of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and applied mathematician George Karniadakis of Brown University.

«Hurricanes almost always form over ocean water warmer than about 80 degrees F. in a belt of generally east - to - west flow called the trade winds.

The calculations suggest that the ocean contains about 60,000 to 80,000 tons of mercury from pollution, with almost two - thirds residing in water shallower than a thousand meters, the team reports online today in Nature.

At any one time, an estimated 7 billion tonnes of ballast water is crossing the oceans — almost all of it carrying seeds, spores, eggs, larvae, bacteria and plankton native to wherever the water was loaded.

But in many instances, the simulations show, even planets starting with rocky cores as little as 1.5 Earth's mass may trap and hold atmospheres containing between 100 and 1000 times the amount of hydrogen found in the water in Earth's oceans — thick, dense envelopes exerting pressures so hellish that life on the planets» surfaces might be almost impossible.

For decades, research on climate variations in the Atlantic has focused almost exclusively on the role of ocean circulation as the main driver, specifically the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which carries warm water north in the upper layers of the ocean and cold water south in lower layers like a large conveyor belt.

More likely, the water would have formed an ocean occupying almost half of Mars» northern hemisphere, in some regions reaching depths greater than a mile (1.6 kilometers).

Although atmospheric oxygen soon recovered again as photosynthesis and weathering reached a new balance, at about 10 per cent of present - day levels, the oxidative weathering of sulphides on land filled the oceans with sulphate which created abundant food for a group of bacteria that filled the oceans with sewer gas (hydrogen sulphide) toxic to oxygen - loving lifeforms (delaying the development of eukaryotic plants and animals) and turned them «into stinking, stagnant waters almost entirely devoid of oxygen.»

Spend just a few minutes on almost any beach, and the ocean will soon demonstrate a few of the many ways it can transform the narrow strip of shallow water and adjacent land that makes up the shoreline.

The team would also like to discover at what point a liquid water ocean forms; whether it forms almost immediately or if it requires a significant buildup of heat first.

Harold, almost four years old, loved the water and couldn't spend enough time swimming in the surf, but Grace, older by two years, was mortally afraid of the ocean and recoiled from the foaming waves lapping up the beach as if from the spittle of a rabid dog.

It is about the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, the white sands of the south coast, and the balmy weather that this part of South Africa is known for almost all year round.

The Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa is located in a paradisiacal haven, surrounded by lush, almost tropical, vegetation in front of a private beach with 300 meters of fine white sand bathed by the crystalline waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Built on almost 200 feet of ocean front in a striking, contemporary style, BW Villa takes full advantage of its breath - taking panoramic views of the clear blue Caribbean waters and of nearby French St. Martin and Saba beyond.

Perfectly located on the tranquil north side of Grand Cayman for those who prefer an almost secluded island retreat, Ocean Paradise offers luxury and relaxation in world - class vacation accommodations yet is conveniently located near world - famous Stingray City, The Rum Point and Kaibo's restaurants, beaches and water sport activities.

These marine mammals spend almost all their lives in the deep ocean waters, diving to depths of a mile in search of food.

- our almost - total inability as a species to calculate said risks, and what that deficiency means for the rest of the list - ocean degradation and ecosystem collapse, i.e. losing the things that we rely on, as well as causing irrevocable harm to a world we can't just create anew - rising GHG levels - water quality and availability across the globe - ensuring our communications networks are sustainable, which probably falls under the wider umbrella of energy - the fact that we are still unable to provide basic food, shelter, medicine and education to billions as it is, without the additional stresses of what the future may bring

The IPCC projections of sea level rise are based largely on the slow, steady and inexorable thermal expansion of the oceans (as water heats, its volume increases) with some additional contributions from the melting of mountain glaciers (almost all of which are expected to be gone by mid century).

Here are some facts from their campaign: PLASTIC POLLUTION FACT: Microplastics (extremely small pieces of plastic) are present in almost all water systems in the world — streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

It's what causes the topmost millimeter of the ocean's surface to almost always be 1C cooler than the water below it.

«More CO2 promotes more plant growth both on land and throughout the surface waters of the world's oceans, and this vast assemblage of plant life has the ability to affect Earth's climate in several ways, almost all of them tending to counteract the heating effects of CO2's thermal radiative forcing.»

The flow of freshwater from the northern continents represents an export to the world ocean that goes almost entirely into the Atlantic, about 5.1 Sv passing as relatively low salinity water through the passages between Greenland and Ellesmere Island into the Labrador Sea, a flow of low salinity water that can subsequently be traced around the subpolar gyre.

Cold - water coral ecosystems exist in almost all the world's oceans and their aerial coverage could equal or exceed that of warm - water coral reefs (Freiwald et al., 2004; Guinotte et al., 2006).