Sentences with phrase «canopy over the trees»

Afternoon shade from tropical clouds forms a natural canopy over the trees to protect them from intense sun.

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Building fairy houses under the canopy of the beech trees, turning over logs to look for salamanders, and harvesting fresh vegetables for snacks from our gardens are just a few of the ways that children engage all their senses.

Over forests, for example, the satellite measures the temperature of the leaves and branches of the tree canopy.

Spaces with more tree canopy coverage increased the distance beyond the boundaries of the green space over which cooling was measureable, while the amount of cooling was more strongly linked to the amount of grass coverage present.

One of the first clues that a tropical carpenter ant has become infected with Ophiocordyceps is that it will leave the dry tree canopy and descend to the humid forest floor, staggering over debris and plants.

One of the interesting things to study, we know Central Park is important for migratory birds and we know that they depend upon the food resources that are here, but no one has ever really done a systematic survey of what actually they are feeding on, like we have never done a canopy study of all the invertebrates up in the trees to see what's coming out when and what is the predominant part of the diet of different birds and sort of quantifying; but what they have done — people have done — with shore birds and sort of gauging, weighing them, you know, catching them, weighing them, seeing how much weight they gain over time while they are rather resting and feeding before they depart on their northern trip.

Over time, the trees» canopies change shape to expose their leaves to more sunlight.

The effect of atmospheric CO2 on flowering has diminished over the most recent decade for lianas and canopy trees, whereas flowering of midstory trees and shrub species continued to increase with rising CO2.

Hot air balloon over the Magaliesberg, ride on the back of elephants in the Pilanesberg, take a tree - top canopy tour, horse ride at Sun City, and paraglide at Hartbeespoort Dam...

For those who prefer to stay above ground, you can try the one - of - a-kind sky cycle, where visitors can pedal over the jungle canopy on a suspended bicycle at tree level.

Verdant trees grow canopies over the island's few roads, and brooding mountains are framed by long, sandy beaches, coral reefs, and sheer sea cliffs.

This is not only a great place to see over and into the rainforest canopy, but provides a platform for birdwatching and even seeing different monkeys and sloths high in the trees.

Activities you may perform: Snorkeling Tour & Hiking Cahuita National Park, Indigenous Tour Kekoldi & Bri Bri Reserve, Pacuare River White Water rafting, horseback riding, Tortuguero Over Night Tour, canopy tour, Tree of Life — Rescue Center, Sloth Sanctuary & Rescue Center, cooking classes, and more.

Stop for a picnic lunch, then soar over the tree canopy during a zipline tour that offers aerial views of Daintree Rainforest, the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef.

With over an hour up in the trees, you'll have plenty of time to experience and learn about the hidden secrets of the canopy.

Trees «shield vulnerable species from climate change» 1 November 2013Last updated at 23:05 ET By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Allowing forest canopies to grow over could help some flora species cope with rising temperatures Forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of cold - adapted plant species from warming air temperatures, a study has shown.

Charts showing carbon dioxide concentration in leaves (top), intrinsic water use efficiency (middle) and tree growth (bottom) in canopy trees for all three countries over the past 150 years.

Their ability to grow rapidly and «to exploit the high - light and low moisture conditions associated with forest fragment edges and canopy gaps, much faster than even disturbance - adapted tree species, gives them a competitive advantage over trees» she explained.

«Tree cover» is the biophysical presence of trees and may take the form of natural forests or plantations existing over a range of canopy densities.

For example, the root system of forest trees facilitates both storage and extraction of moisture from soil; biogenic aerosols produced by trees control the intensity of water vapor condensation over the forest; the large height of trees determines the vertical temperature gradient under the canopy, keeping soil evaporation under biotic control; tall trees are also essential for surface friction that does not allow extremely high wind velocities to develop.

Known as America's Most Diverse City, Sacramento boasts the country's largest tree canopy, a historic Old Town, and over 65,000 state employees.

I repeat this task a few more times, even with the drone flying backward, but try as I might, the R1 slips right under (and sometimes over) the tree's canopy.

I'm the guy who is climbing a ladder that reaches over the tree line; it's like I'm looking out over the big canopy of the jungle and getting an idea of where we need to go.

In between the 700 different species of plants sit over 100,000 snowdrops under the canopy of giant oak trees.

From a screened porch to an ivy - adorned wall to a tree growing, canopy - like over the space, it is an outdoor paradise, a garden escape in your backyard, tucked unassumingly in your neighborhood.