Sentences with phrase «by frigid»

Early in the 19th century, scientists began to speculate that the Earth, surrounded by the frigid vacuum of space, was habitable because its atmosphere contained special molecules like CO ₂ and water vapor, molecules that can absorb heat rays emanating from the Earth and thereby trap its heat.

No — we wouldn't expect just whatever some endlessly busted bunch of pseudo scientific quacks say, to define the thermodynamics of a warm rock, being scrubbed by frigid winds, immersed in freezing cold phase change refrigerant.

As the mixed layer is slowly cooled by the frigid bulk of ocean below the thermocline the atmosphere is cooled along with it.

Lucky you: While some are assaulted by frigid temperatures, you're choosing a small suitcase for your Belize trip because lightweight garments are all you need both day and night.

Chile's grapes were protected in the east by the cold Pacific Ocean air, in the north by the barren Atacama Desert, in the south by the frigid Antarctic glaciers and in the west by the Andes.

It is protected by its frigid waters and inhospitable climate.

This wipe warmer offers a unique design that helps make sure your baby's sensitive skin isn't shocked by frigid wipes.

Not exact matches

Below, you can see the rigorous training and harsh conditions encountered by US servicemembers scattered across a 1,100 - mile swath of frigid Alaskan wilderness:

Farther north, in the frigid expanse now occupied by Finland and Russia, an equally significant battle raged in the unprecedentedly cold months of winter 1939 - 1940, as the outnumbered Finns took on Stalin's Soviet Union.

The Huffington Post says that he «never lived in the ornate church mansion in Buenos Aires, preferring a simple bed in a downtown room heated by a small stove on frigid weekends.

I see again that moon, half - veiled by clouds, which now and again illuminated the frigid window - panes.

Bottomline, there are thousands and thousands of Ethiopian Jews and they've been in Ethiopia for as long as anyone can remember and, in fact, many of them grow up not knowing about the existence of very very light skinned Jews, (such as myself, of the Jews who fled to Northern Europe at the great dispersion after the destruction of the temple, and after thousands of years living in the frigid north, with low levels of sun, and exposure to the sun, our skin slowly became lighter and lighter, hence I am considered «White», but it simply means my ancestors gravitated northward to the land of little sun, and Ethiopian Jews, and of course South African and West African Jews (identified positively by DNA) have much darker skin, even to that of very very deep velvet Black...) Black is beautiful!

Tanned and fit, he swam daily in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay until he was sidelined by a recent illness.

In the»64 finale, at Buffalo's frigid War Memorial Stadium, San Diego scored on its first possession, but on the next one Lincoln was knocked out of action when a shot by linebacker Mike Stratton broke several ribs.

They reached the NFC Championship Game in 1980 against Dallas, and Perloff and his dad were there on a frigid Sunday afternoon at Veterans Stadium when the Eagles won 20 — 7 thanks to a 42 - yard touchdown run by the shifty Wilbert Montgomery.

They had to slog their way through rain, then try to stay warm in temperatures that might be zesty by Aspen standards but were frigid by Louisiana's, and finally they had to play a trying 36 holes on Sunday.

It won't be frigid by Lambeau Field standards, temperature at kickoff forecasted to be in the low 60s before dropping into the mid-50s later in the evening, but it will be a departure for both teams from recent games.

Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the federal government to immediately release more than $ 35 million to subsidize home heating for New Yorkers affected by a run of frigid weather.

There, Republicans voted Tuesday to re-nominate Speaker Paul Ryan., after recalcitrant conservatives and Trump backers upset by Ryan's frigid campaign - season treatment of Trump fell into line.

By Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller On January 18th, a frigid Thursday evening, the senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, was feted by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) at a $ 1,200 per plate dinneBy Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller On January 18th, a frigid Thursday evening, the senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, was feted by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) at a $ 1,200 per plate dinneby the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) at a $ 1,200 per plate dinner.

«Led by local activist Yetta Kurland, a group of about 40 people gathered at Union Square in the frigid cold Tuesday evening for a vigil after the horrifying shooting in Tucson on Sat., Jan. 8.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — In extreme frigid weather like that arriving in Erie County today courtesy of a «Polar Vortex», residents may seek alternative methods to keep their homes warm and their houses supplied with power during outages caused by the storm.

The space wasn't frigid by accident.

She saw a news story about frigid temperatures this winter caused by the Polar Vortex.

In one compelling example, wildlife researcher Stacia Backensto, a graduate student at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, was stymied by bird cognition when she began studying how ravens used ambient heat from buildings to adapt to life on the dark, frigid oil fields of the Arctic coast.

As a particularly frigid winter recedes across the north and east of the United States (we've become accustomed to milder weather in past years), the abuse suffered by asphalt roads is becoming apparent.

Frigid Europa may be warmed by a layer under its crust that moves heat and ice to and from its poles — and alien microbes could be hitching a ride

Any planet in such a star's habitable zone is close enough to be tidally locked into a perpetually blazing dayside and frigid eternal nightside or, worse, shredded by tidal forces.

Radar images of the moon's surface obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show evidence of volcanic domes, craters, and lavalike flows, probably from a frigid mixture of water and ammonia.

By contrast, the Huygens probe, which the Cassini orbiter dropped onto Titan in 2005, lasted for only about 90 minutes on the moon's frigid surface.

Such frigid temperatures will halt the chemical reactions in any battery unless it's surrounded by some stellar insulation.

By December waning sunlight and frigid temperatures had shut down the Phoenix lander for the winter, and probably for good.

The Leiden scientists replicated the frigid vacuum of interstellar space, then introduced the chemicals found in cometary ice and hit them with ultraviolet light like that emitted by stars.

The new findings, made by Prospector's neutron spectrometer, confirm that water is trapped in the frigid regions of the moon.

Spitzer was sent so far out because its delicate infrared - sensitive instruments must be kept at a frigid temperature just above absolute zero, and it is easier to maintain that temperature by operating far from the heat that radiates from the surface of our planet.

This picture, taken in February 2011 by EO - 1 satellite, shows ice in the frigid water of the northwest Pacific swirling around the snow - covered island.

That November, Novak, who by then had become a vice president at Sanofi in Paris, and another old friend, Shaun Foy, a venture capitalist in Vancouver, Canada, discussed CRISPR's commercial potential during a surfing trip to the challenging, frigid waters off the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

Their size implies solidity that could only be provided by water ice, which would be hard as rock upon Pluto's frigid surface.

A team of marine researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discovered a three - way conflict raging at the microscopic level in the frigid waters off Antarctica over natural resources such as vitamins and iron.

The First Evirogenomic Profile Near Acadia National Park in northeastern Maine, I feel the frigid wind blow off the ocean at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, a cluster of buildings enveloped in snow and surrounded by winter - bare trees.

Cold By Bill Streever This tour of the most frigid places on earth will have you rubbing your hands together between pages.

As frigid as such temperature may sound, it outperforms by far traditional superconductors, which operate at closer to -270 degrees celsius, or a few degrees from absolute zero — the point where all motion stops.»

That means the frigid object probably harbors enough mass to be shaped into a sphere by its own gravity, entitling it to «dwarf planet» status, researchers said.

She is fascinated by these fiery (and sometimes frigid) features of our dynamic solar system, and shared her love at the recent SETIcon.

Fight away those winter blues by taking advantage of the frigid winter weather.

I've been shielding every body part from the frigid breeze by wearing boots (to cover my ankles) and crossbody bags (to keep my hands in my pockets!).

Ushankas, also known as Trapper hats, were designed by the Russian's to help them stay warm during frigid winters.

But you can tell there's a lot of goodwill lingering around the edges since they are charmed by Dad's transformation from uptight to slightly crazy as he converts his apartment into a frigid ice and snow playground for his penguin pack.

LANGUAGE 10 - About 78 F - words and its derivatives, 26 sexual references, 2 obscene hand gestures (one delivered by a young girl), 44 scatological terms, 18 anatomical terms, 20 mild obscenities, 3 derogatory terms for homosexuals, name - calling (retard, idiot, bad person, loser, fat, tweeker, moron, dumb, stupid, frigid), 8 religious profanities, 17 religious exclamations.

Communication to the Consultants» tent - based headquarters below (manned by Emily Watson and Elizabeth Debicki) and on occasion to wives back home (Keira Knightley and Robin Wright) offer occasional respite from the frigid environment that can easily become a final resting place for anyone hoping to just pass through.