Sentences with phrase «as ancient ice»

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I have read further and found that the term tipping point in the realm of climate science can refer to many things such as ancient ice melting to the point of releasing additional greenhouse gases.

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Known as an ancient super-fruit, dates offer a delicious caramel and toffee taste and are great for sweetening, binding and enriching the taste of different food products, ranging from breakfast cereals and energy bars to condiments, chutneys, cakes and ice - creams.

Telescopes spied water in ice caps at the Red Planet's poles, as well as signs of an ancient ocean covering the northern hemisphere.

From ancient ice to hidden lakes, new research reveals the frozen continent as never before.

In North America, the Ice Age was marked by the mass extinction of several dozen genera of large mammals, including mammoths, mastodons, American horses, Western camels, two types of deer, ancient bison, giant beaver, giant bears, sabre - toothed cats, giant bears, American cheetahs, and many other animals, as well as plants.

Scientists can determine ancient atmospheric concentrations by measuring CO2 and methane levels in tiny air bubbles trapped in such ice, formed when the ice fell to the earth as snow.

As yet, no one has touched the waters of a subglacial lake with so much as a drill bit, but a Russian group that has been coring ice over Lake Vostok to get ancient climate records is coming closAs yet, no one has touched the waters of a subglacial lake with so much as a drill bit, but a Russian group that has been coring ice over Lake Vostok to get ancient climate records is coming closas a drill bit, but a Russian group that has been coring ice over Lake Vostok to get ancient climate records is coming close.

Confirmation of this idea requires a direct record of the ancient atmosphere — and this can be recovered by analysing the air that became trapped in tiny bubbles within ice as the snow it formed from fell to Earth.

As one of the world's leading authorities on ancient seafaring, he has devoted much of his career to hunting down hard evidence of ancient human migrations, searching for something most archaeologists long thought a figment: Ice Age mariners.

Of predictable discoveries, one can forecast several: another great Ice Age painted cave like Lascaux or Chauvet; a rich Egyptian burial, perhaps as fine as Tutankhamen's; an ancient city buried under sediment in the valley of one of the great west Asian rivers; and a rich cache under the heart of a great Mesoamerican city.

A new study shows that as a glacier's ice melts, bubbles of pressurized ancient air escape into the water, leading to noise levels even louder than those beneath rain - pounded seas heaving with 6 - meter waves.

Here, at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide, Kendrick Taylor and his team of glaciologists drill into ancient ice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as snIce Sheet Divide, Kendrick Taylor and his team of glaciologists drill into ancient ice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as snice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as snice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as snice fell as snow.

The detailed mapping and sampling of the partially eroded Kima» Kho tuya in northern British Columbia, Canada shows that the ancient regional ice sheet through which the volcano erupted was twice as thick as previously estimated.

Its targets, fortunately, are amoebae, but the researchers suggest that as Earth's ice melts, this could trigger the return of other ancient viruses, with potential risks for human health.

As Dr. Warner explains, we know since the famous bath - tub experiment by the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes, water levels will not rise when ice in water melts.

Previous studies suggest that natural geologic methane emissions of the past are at least as high as natural emissions today, so studying the ancient ice cores allows researchers to accurately determine the upper limit of geologic emissions, separate from their anthropogenic counterparts.

A third looks for evidence of ancient humans exposed as ice disappears.

Icing injuries as they occur is an ancient method of healing and calming inflammation.

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[1] Martian lava tubes could possibly trap volatiles such as water which is considered essential for life, and may also contain reservoirs of ancient ice since cold air can pool in lava tubes and temperatures remain stable.

Although not initially that impressive, the Opera House's magic takes a little longer than love - at - first - sight admiration, though as sure as Norway's glaciers run deep with ancient ice, this man made glacial showpiece will eventually leave you spellbound.

As Golden Age warsats begin slamming into the ice, the glaciers begin to thaw, revealing the core of the Warmind Rasputin — and an ancient Hive army bent on its destruction.»

In the northernmost reaches of Greenland, the inhabitants are facing a fundamental shift: as they abandon old ways and embrace modern life, their ancient practices are melting away, much like the disappearing ice beneath their feet...

It features some of the most dramatic and rapid climate shifts in Earth's history, as well as tenacious scientists braving the hostile ice and snows of Greenland and Antarctica for years on end to bring home that most precious material: kilometre - long cores of ancient ice, dating back over a hundred thousand years.

A new study of the ancient Laurentide Ice Sheet suggests that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets may not accelerate as quickly as previously thougIce Sheet suggests that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets may not accelerate as quickly as previously thougice sheets may not accelerate as quickly as previously thought.

Geologists refer to ancient ice - cap formations and ice - ages as «glaciations.»

Level of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the atmosphere, as later measured in ancient ice, is about 290 ppm (parts per million).

Thousands of years ago, during the height of the ancient Greek and Roman empires, lead emissions from sources such as the mining and smelting of lead - silver ores in Europe drifted with the winds over the ocean to Greenland — a distance of more than 2800 miles (4600 km)- and settled onto the ice.

To see how fast sea level may rise in the future, Carlson and his team looked to the ancient Laurentide ice sheet, which stretched as far south as Ohio and New York City during at the peak of the last Ice Age 20,000 years aice sheet, which stretched as far south as Ohio and New York City during at the peak of the last Ice Age 20,000 years aIce Age 20,000 years ago.

As current levels of CO2 show the same CO2 levels at the south pole as for the rest (95 %) of the atmosphere within a year (despite fast changes in level), that gives confidence that ice cores show more or less global CO2 levels of ancient atmospheres.As current levels of CO2 show the same CO2 levels at the south pole as for the rest (95 %) of the atmosphere within a year (despite fast changes in level), that gives confidence that ice cores show more or less global CO2 levels of ancient atmospheres.as for the rest (95 %) of the atmosphere within a year (despite fast changes in level), that gives confidence that ice cores show more or less global CO2 levels of ancient atmospheres...

For their study, Hansen and his colleagues combined ancient paleo - climate data with new satellite readings and an improved model of the climate system to demonstrate that ice sheets can melt at a «non-linear» rate: rather than an incremental melting as Earth's poles inexorably warm, ice sheets might melt at exponential rates, shedding dangerous amounts of mass in a matter of decades, not millennia.

Empirical evidence, such as the Greenland ice cores, point to three specific Holocene periods of ancient historical warming: the Minoan, the Roman, and the Medieval eras.

Rather than ancient snow pack, only an empty rock - strewn riverbed remains: the glacier has lost 320 vertical feet of ice mass in the intervening years in what researchers describe as a striking effect of global warming.

They call it a 50 km ride, but it is really a 25 km slog uphill as we ride up from the lake past the shores of ancient Lake Algonquin (the waters edge after the ice age) and stop for a break at the high point;

1800 - 1870 Level of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the atmosphere, as later measured in ancient ice, is about 290 ppm (parts per million).