Sentences with phrase «by intense waves»

Seabirds, which reflect the health of their marine ecosystems, often build their nests in inaccessible areas — wedged into vertical cliffs or on remote islands battered by intense waves.

Dr. Geh Min, former president of Singapore Nature Society, highlighted the unique role of tropical mangrove ecosystems in providing wildlife habitat, curbing coastal erosion caused by intense wave actions or surface runoff, acting as a natural purifier of water, while serving as sitea for human recreation.

Not exact matches

It may have its more intense years, followed by a less productive period, but invariably it continues like the waves on the sea shore.

[1] The ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves are created by moving masses, but only the most intense waves, created by rapid speed changes of very massive objects, can be detected by the current generation of detectors.

Intense heat waves will become more common over the next few decades, according to a 2009 report released jointly by the National Wildlife Federation and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Second, the mergers of compact objects are also expected to emit intense gravitational waves, first predicted by Albert Einstein.

The analysis shows that the intense shock wave compresses the diamond — one of the hardest materials in the world — locally by almost ten percent.

The report concludes that a warmer climate could affect U.S. residents both directly (through droughts, heat waves, and increasingly intense hurricanes) and indirectly (through greater incidence of disease transmitted by mosquitoes and other carriers, decreased air quality, and rising pollen counts).

Researchers simulated the environment found inside these planets by creating shock waves in plastic with an intense optical laser at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's X-ray free - electron laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS).

Their analysis reveals that linear, stochastic scattering by intense, natural very low - frequency radio waves — known as chorus waves — in Earth's upper atmosphere can account for the observed relativistic electron build - up.

Seismic stations detect the energy from the compressional P - wave first, followed by the shear and surface waves, which cause the intense shaking and most damage.

These accelerators work by shooting pulses of intense laser light into plasma to create a wave rippling through the cloud of ionised gas, leaving a wake of electrons akin to those that form behind a speedboat in water.

Murthy, confirmed by the Senate in December, said climate change leads to more intense heat waves, more particulates from wildfires clouding the atmosphere, longer allergy seasons and, in turn, more asthma attacks.

The recurring wave pattern of intense rain and thunderstorms, followed by a dry phase as the force moves across the cooler Pacific Ocean occurs every 30 - 60 days, giving this atmospheric wave its unique stamp on the climate.

The wildfires were fueled by the intense heat wave that summer.

Microsoft's new sensor works wonders in this intense scrap, accurately detecting swipe and thrust gestures as you wave and flail your fists for survival, at one point literally reaching out, grabbing the crazed cat girl by the scruff, and pulling her to the ground in one immensely satisfying motion.

Lee's skill in fiber art is here demonstrated with her Western mesa hills flowing through fabric waves of hills over scattered brush and enveloped by deep quilted tones of intense and circuitous blue in her «Departure.»

An intense ultramarine ground is sliced by a waving strip of white that dissects the plane into unequal halves, a counterpoint to the sharp verticals of Barnett Newman's «Zip» paintings of the same period.

It is important to note that, by 1962, the art world was quickly absorbing the early waves of Pop art and Color Field painting, both of which set the fashion compass to intense and unadulterated color.

«Nightmarish scenarios follow from these data,» he goes on, «multiyear drought punctuated by intense heat waves leading to rapid ecosystem diebacks that in turn trigger other nonlinear processes of erosion and fire.

Historically when there was an extreme weather event — an intense heat wave or a drought — we knew it was temporary and that things would likely be back to normal by the next harvest.

Currently Europe is being gripped by an intense cold wave, one that has sent temperatures in Germany to as low as -27 °C this morning.

«Poor land use practices and many years of intense drought contributed to these heat waves by depleting soil moisture and reducing the moderating effects of evaporation.»

Observational data, evidence from field experiments, and quantitative modeling are the evidence base of the negative effects of extreme weather events on crop yield: early spring heat waves followed by normal frost events have been shown to decimate Midwest fruit crops; heat waves during flowering, pollination, and grain filling have been shown to significantly reduce corn and wheat yields; more variable and intense spring rainfall has delayed spring planting in some years and can be expected to increase erosion and runoff; and floods have led to crop losses.4, 5,6,7

It finds that many forms of asthma and allergies, as well as heart disease and strokes related to increasingly intense heat waves and cold spells, could be addressed by climate - friendlier housing measures.

Yet even by Australian standards, the intense heat wave of February 2017 has been remarkable.

Which forms the basis for the IPCC claim of high climate sensitivity (mean value of 3.2 C), resulting in significant global warming (up to 6.4 C warming by 2100), «extreme high sea levels», increased «heat waves», increased «heavy rains» and floods, increased «droughts», increased «intense tropical cyclones» — which, in turn, lead to crop failures, disappearance of glaciers now supplying drinking water to millions, increased vector borne diseases, etc. (for short, potentially catastrophic AGW — or «CAGW»).

A 2013 follow up report, which focused on impacts of climate change on Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia; tells us that if the world warms by 2 °C (3.6 °F)-- warming which may be reached in 20 to 30 years — there will be widespread food shortages, unprecedented heat - waves, and more intense storms.

For this is a problem that if not controlled may cause the death of tens or hundreds of thousands of helpless victims caused by intense storms and heat waves, the death or sickness of millions that may suffer dengue fever or malaria, the destruction of some nations» ability to grow food or provide drinking water, the devastation of forests and personal property, and the acceleration of elimination of countless species of plants and animals that are already stressed by other human activities.

Another study done by TERI that looked at the unique case of Jharsuguda in Odisha where the primary source of heat island effect is due to coal mines and intense heat waves stressed on the need of interventions like creation of sinks like wetlands and conserving dense forests to reduction in traffic flow through new flyovers, introduction of coal washeries, among others, to make the area more liveable which is already prone to touching unliveable hot temperatures.

The frequency of heat waves is expected to rise, made worse by urban heat islands; and rainfall is projected to become intense and erratic in some regions.

Research data show that climate change caused by human behavior is fueling more frequent and intense weather, such as extreme precipitation and heat waves — so it's only natural to wonder if this applies to tornadoes, too.

Global warming plays a role by 1) elevating the SSTs in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian region, where it contributes to the excessive moisture and rains that gave the flooding over Pakistan, India and China; and 2) In Russia by adding to the heat and drying, making the drought more intense, longer lasting, and with stronger and record breaking heat waves.

At current emission levels, according to the Max Planck Institute, a leading climate research center, temperatures are expected to soar to an average of 114 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050 and 122 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, along with more intense heat waves and less time between them, throughout the Middle East — and, to a lesser but still significant degree, in North Africa.

Cognitive technologies in the law are riding a wave of ever - smarter algorithms, infinite scaling of computer power by faster chips and cloud - clustered servers, intense focus by companies led by seasoned experts, and an ever - greater demand from clients for cheaper, faster, better services.

I waved at them as they drove by but it looked pretty intense in the car so I don't think they saw me.