Sentences with phrase «area of the earth»

It is simply not an option for large areas of the earth as the geothermal heat is too deep within the crust at those locations.

Consider the half of the land area of the earth that is not desert or ice - cap or city or road or parking - lot.

Which area of the earth receives the most solar energy (heat)?

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

... construction services in our specialist areas of earth, environment and energy.

An apparently small change in just one aspect of the ocean's behaviour can produce major climate variations over large areas of the earth.

The ESSC is involved in several areas of Earth System research focusing on the basic science of the earth - atmosphere system.

All of these estimates are per unit area of Earth surface.

It comprised perhaps a thousand species in only very small areas of the earths land masses... rich ys, but limited.

While the Goddard Institute for Space Studies was opening the eyes of the world to new areas of Earth systems science in recent decades, its research roots in planetary science have continued.

One question: you mentioned the non-LTE areas of earth and space boundaries; would the dynamic mechanism of thunderstorms also fall into a non-LTE area and be a factor in some of the emerging work on storm related energy transfers?

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

We mapped unknown areas of earth, like 900 miles of Antarctica in 1980.

On the one hand, new hope and vigor are in evidence over wide areas of the earth.

New research has identified areas of Earth that are high priorities for conservation in the face of climate change.

An abundance of such structures raining down on wet areas of Earth during its early years could have been important in protecting self - replicating molecules (i.e., the precursors of RNA and DNA, or an «initial Darwinian ancestor»: Catherine Brahic, New Scientist, April 21, 2010) that became encapsulated within them, and eventually such proto - cells could have evolved into primitive lifeforms.

Combined with melting from mountain glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet, this could result in flooding of low - lying areas of Earth over the next century.

Tektite, any of a class of small, natural glassy objects that are found only in certain areas of the Earth's surface.

These plants tend to grow in the most inhospitable areas of the earth: high deserts, cold mountains, dry and barren land.

Antarctica may have some of the coldest weather on the hemisphere but many animals find it as their home and love the cold, in fact many can not live without it and have migrated to this icy area of our earth!

However the 2nd law of thermodynamics would only be relevant if we knew the rate at which the deep ocean was warming (or whatever area of the Earth was relevant at the time) was still below the «uniform» rate.

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?

The small global mean change, however, is expected to create large problems in sensitive areas of the Earth system — rising sea level leading to increased coastal flooding, more heat waves and drought, and the disappearance of summer Arctic sea ice, to name a few.

IceBridge is a six - year campaign to survey and monitor areas of Earth's polar ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice and how they are responding to climate change.

We are celebrating our 10th anniversary with this web focus, where we collect a series of articles that reflect on progress in a few selected areas of the Earth and planetary sciences and on changes in the field and its relationship to society.

We are pioneering this data fusion approach so that we can observe large areas of Earth's oceans, allowing us to quickly and easily identify those areas most at risk from increasing acidification,» says Jamie Shutler from the University of Exeter, who is leading the research.

All of these estimates are per unit area of Earth surface.