Sentences with phrase «altered chemical composition»

The culprit was none other than acid rain, which altered the chemical composition of the rock layer and made it more slippery, they report in the 1 January 2018 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In particular, eruptions such the Timanfaya's in Lanzarote ─ one of the strongest in the country due its duration until 1736 and the amount of thrown material ─ and Tambora's ─ one of the biggest volcanic episodes, which led to a «year without summer» in 1816 ─ released big amounts of iron that altered the chemical composition of the annual Pyrenean tree rings.

The scientists found that when raised under warming conditions, bryozoans altered their chemical composition by building higher levels of magnesium into their skeletons, particularly if they were also eating less food.

Scientists can manipulate the properties of artificial diamonds by altering their chemical composition.

A key finding of this research indicates that there is still no clear understanding of how the material that is moving from the hot dayside of the planet onto the cold nightside both cools and alters it chemical composition.

The special treatment alters the chemical composition of the complex sandwich structure — thereby altering its electronic properties, as confirmed by various methods including detailed electron microscope investigations.

The strain changed the film's electronic structure without altering its chemical composition, creating a catalyst better at driving chemical reactions.

Ocean biology alters the chemical composition of sea spray in ways that influence its ability to form clouds over the ocean.

During subduction, carbonates interact with other minerals, which alter their chemical compositions.

Because plants alter the chemical composition of the wax on their leaves depending on how dry or wet the climate is, the leaf wax from the sediment core's layers provides a record of past fluctuations in rainfall.

The Earth's climate is predicted to change over time, in part because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

slashing and burning, mining, dousing in synthetic pesticides, biologically homogenizing (e.g. through invasive species), altering the chemical composition of the air and water, and through various other forms of pollution.

Not exact matches

Dual Energy x-ray systems bring value added detection features to identify missing product, damaged product, dented or altered packaging and presence of a premium item by discriminating materials by their chemical composition (atomic number).

The scientists used CRISPR, a gene - editing tool, to alter inserted genes so that the enzymes for which they coded would work most efficiently amid the exotic acidity, osmotic character and chemical composition of their new home.

Paul Fraser, Professor of Biochemistry at Royal Holloway said: «The study also shows how you can precisely alter fruit ripening properties without adverse effects on the chemical composition of the fruit.

«This can help us determine mechanisms that influence species composition in planktonic communities exposed to red tides, and suggests that these chemical cues could alter large - scale ecosystem phenomena, such as the funneling of material and energy through marine food webs.»

The melts, since they were less dense than the unmelted rock, rose to form Earth's crust, while the denser residues of the melting sank back downward, altering the mantle's chemical composition in the process.

Cooking and baking change the chemical composition of foods, altering their nutrition benefits.

Cooking and processing food destroys these micronutrients by altering their shape and chemical composition.

Cooking and processing food can destroy these micro nutrients by altering their shape and chemical composition resulting in a poor diet.

Cooked meat is altered and its chemical composition is different so as to make it humanly edible.

Cooking and processing food destroys many micronutrients by altering their shape and chemical composition.

The two primary types of aquaculture include extensive aquaculture where the chemical composition of ponds is altered so as to increase the production of phytoplankton and...

Lake Turkana is a closed basin lake, and with climate change, you already have increased evaporation, which leads to alteration of the chemical composition of the lake — and alters the ecosystem, and the fish and all the animals living in it.

A new taxpayer - funded NASA / Penn State «scientific» study warns that «ecosystem - valuing universalist» (really «green») aliens might realize that we have been altering «the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere,» conclude that we have «ecological destructive tendencies,» and «wipe humanity out in order to preserve the Earth system as a whole.»

The release of waste products from domestic and economic enterprises (burning fossil fuels, synthetic chemical use, trash production, etc.) alters the composition of the atmosphere, and gases and particulates related to these activities travel to all parts of the globe.

Human activities have significantly altered not only the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere, but also the climate system.