Sentences with phrase «as sand and water»

Light and electricity continued to be one of the main subjects and natural materials such as sand and water were included in his installations, resulting in an interaction of the different elements to create a sensation of light, space, movement and time.

The study suggested that schools should «allocate resources to enable children to experience some play - based activities that give access to opportunities such as sand and water, role play, construction and outdoor learning».

Not exact matches

As a result, it's water - resistant, and the pouch is designed to protect your items from dirt, sand, and sweat.

The EPA fracking study was commissioned in 2010 by the US Congress and stands as the most comprehensive review of the controversial mining technique, which releases natural gas by injecting a high - pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations deep below ground.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Even as the agreement was being hashed out, however, attention was already turning to a burst pipeline at Nexen's Long Lake oil sands site that spilled 31,000 barrels of bitumen, sand and salty water into the surrounding muskeg.

Yes, we have run frantically back and forth between the gods of the «up and out» and the «down and in,» like Hagar searching desperately for water among the hills of Mecca, even as the infant Ishmael's kicking heels opened the clear - flowing spring of Zamzam in the sands of the valley.

History, whether interpreted as the realm of determinism or of chance, moves on its way like a tide carrying individual drops and waves of water to melt into the sands or to disappear on the horizon.

Mix in more filtered water as needed until the nukadoko resembles damp sand (not too dry and not too watery).

Adding compost or other organic material such as aged manure will bind sand particles together, decreasing erosion and assisting in water retention.

As long as the US profit and their competitors eat sand (or salt water or rocks — you choose), all is good in Trump's special democracAs long as the US profit and their competitors eat sand (or salt water or rocks — you choose), all is good in Trump's special democracas the US profit and their competitors eat sand (or salt water or rocks — you choose), all is good in Trump's special democracy.

The beach was nice, white sand and warm water, but a couple of things made it not quite perfect: the water is not crystal clear, it is a bit murky and as soon as you walk into the water there is a sudden drop of around 30 cm that makes it dangerous for little children; in this area there are stones so getting in and out the water is a bit awkward.

Beach is always fun for a family trip, as kids normally love to play with water and sand along the beach

I don't know about you, but one of my favorite activities as a kid was going to the beach on a hot summer day and spending countless hours in the water and playing in the sand.

Use extra caution near water, snow and sand as they reflect the damaging rays of the sun which can increase your chance of sunburn.

Use your Packable Pails in the backyard sandbox, for washing the car, serving snacks like sand pudding, collecting garden produce, flower vase for a fresh flower arrangement, gathering crayons and Legos, as a unique gift basket, hostess gift for the holidays or collapsible doggy water bowl for an outing.

Use extra caution (30 - 45 minute reapplication times) near water, snow and sand as they reflect the damaging rays of the sun, which can increase your chance of sunburn.

Those facilities have amenities such as a lazy river, water slides, sand volleyball courts, concession stands, picnic areas and party rental areas.

It's found out that natural UV radiation from the sun may increase by about 25 % at the beach, as it is reflected by the water and yellow sand.

Some of our favorite sensory bins that inspire imagination and creativity are our indoor sand where my son sat inside the bin, with «snow» raining down on him, belting out «Let It Go», our indoor cranberry bog where my kids pretended to harvest the cranberries in some cool fall weather using a variety of kitchen tools as real harvesting tools, and our «Inside Out» edible water bead bin where we used our imagination to act out and discuss a variety of emotions.

His advice to remove stressors on the land, such as dams, ditches, berms, and sand (where you can), and dig a new 3.5 - mile stream channel to let the water flow naturally across the watershed became the cornerstone of the project.

Water reflects up to 100 % of UV light, which is just as damaging as direct UV (snow reflects 85 %, dry sand and concrete 25 %, and grass 3 %).

Making a stop at a final gas station before heading north off - road into the undulating sands of the Empty Quarter, we loaded our convoy with as much water and petrol as we could carry.

The state had a de facto ban in place as it studied the process, which involves extracting oil and gas from deep underground by pumping water, sand and chemicals at high pressures deep underground.

Previous studies had reported more than $ 50 million in levee repair costs as well as damage solely from the rapid flow of water across the floodway after the detonations, which scoured farmland and left behind thick deposits of unwanted sand.

Drawing on their work with fast - moving charged particles and materials such as silicon, they performed experiments that showed that charged water particles could slam into rust or sand grains and generate O2.

As water rises and sand sinks, dense mud collects at the bottom.

He sketched the cells and wrote, «I saw a great multitude of living creatures in one drop of water, amounting to no less than 8,000 or 10,000, and they appear to my eye through the microscope as common as sand does to the naked eye.»

Fracking — the process by which water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground to force the oil out of rock formations — is suspected of contaminating nearby aquifers and wells, as well as causing dozens of small earthquakes near the drill sites.

As the seas evaporated, hard - packed sand replaced water around the hundreds of islands that had dotted the sea and had provided a haven for wildlife.

We still don't know enough about tar sand oil, or bitumen, which takes longer to break down due to its high viscosity, but doesn't spread, we also don't know much about the behavior of oil from a blowout, such as the Deepwater Horizon BP blowout, and we know little of how crude oil behaves in the Arctic Ocean, where there is ice, or how to remediate it,» said Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection and a member of the panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of spills in Northern waters.

In a matter of minutes, 43 people lost their lives as a wall of mud, sand, clay, water and trees cascaded down the hillside into the Steelhead Haven neighborhood, a relatively new housing tract.

The sediment operates as a chemical filter in that microbes in the sand, gravel and mud gobble up compounds such as oxygen and nitrates from the water before the water discharges back into the stream.

Opal, familiar on Earth as a precious stone used in jewellery, is made up of silica (the major component of sand) with up to 30 % water in its structure, and has not yet been identified on the surface of any asteroid.

Bp, the shorthand name favored by Duffy and her colleagues, attacks the developing embryos of Daphnia, the sand grain - size freshwater crustaceans also known as water fleas.

In a paper published this week in Advanced Materials, corresponding author Orlin Velev and colleagues show that, in a water medium, liquid silicone rubber can be used to form bridges between tiny silicone rubber beads to link them together — much as a small amount of water can shape sand particles into sandcastles.

Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new article published in Nature Geoscience by the U.S. Geological Survey.

«We've thought of RSL as possible liquid water flows, but the slopes are more like what we expect for dry sand,» said USGS scientist and lead author Colin Dundas.

Materials • Two «two - by - four» or similar size wood planks, about one half meter long works best • Small plastic tub with lid • Sand or another dense material to fill the tub • Water • Freezer • Books • Ruler • Protractor • A carpeted area or a rug that can get damp (or a protective covering, such as a large plastic trash bag) Preparation • Make sure that the pieces of wood have surfaces that are similar in roughness and are about the same length and width.

Geologists have long recorded where sand, gravel, and cobbles have ended up as a sign of how, when, and where running water had been cutting into the rock.

... as bare rock, sand, and water also absorb solar radiation.

During laboratory tests, Giapis showed that when these water particles hit the comet's surface, they attach themselves to the oxygen atoms contained in other molecules, such as iron oxide (rust) and silicon dioxide (sand).

Hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» is a petroleum - extraction procedure in which millions of gallons of water (as well as sand and chemicals) are injected deep into underground shale beds to crack the rock and release natural gas and oil.

«We've thought of RSL as possible liquid water flows, but the slopes are more like what we expect for dry sand,» Colin Dundas, a research geologist with the US Geological Survey's Astrogeology Science Center and a lead author on the new study, said in the statement.

The beach / ocean is possibly the best place as not only are sand and salt water extremely conductive, but salt water is also very high in magnesium.

At times they would drip water on the rocks to create steam, later sand and steam baths would be created, and as the technology changed and evolved, more health benefits became unlocked.

Whenever I take a trip that involves spending a week or two in the sun, sand and ocean water, I experience astounding relief from any stress - induced ailments that present themselves as anything from annoying skin outbreaks to adrenal and fatigue issues.

I also used my street level bag as a beach bag since it is faux leather and not effected by the sand or water!

For footwear I wore these Croc sandals apt for the beach as they are washable and elastic enough to walk on the sand and water.

The sand is white as can be and the water is an enticing shade of turquoise blue.