Sentences with phrase «cubic miles per»

Velicogna and her colleagues also measured a dramatic loss of Greenland ice, as much as 38 cubic miles per year between 2002 and 2005 — even more troubling, given that an influx of fresh melt water into the salty North Atlantic could in theory shut off the system of ocean currents that keep Europe relatively warm.

Not exact matches

The 856 - mile pipeline can transport 20 million cubic meters of gas per day.

Estimated changes in the mass of Greenland's ice sheet suggest it is melting at a rate of about 239 cubic kilometres (57.3 cubic miles) per year.

With a volume of more than 700,000 cubic miles and an average thickness of 4,000 feet, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) holds enough water to raise sea levels by 15 to 20 feet — and it is already sweating off 130 billion tons of ice per year.

per cubic foot Mass: 1.07 x 1020 tons Features: Numerous 3 - to 6 - mile - wide blobs of crystallized material and evidence of layers hundreds of miles thick and perhaps a 360 - mile - wide innermost inner core of iron Activity: Convective currents in the outer core give rise to a dynamo process — a natural generator.

per cubic foot Mass: 81 x 1018 tons Features: 43 - mile - thick outer crust; 788 - mile - thick mantle; 248 - mile - wide iron - rich core Activity: Tectonically dead.

Zmijewski and Becker found that each year throughout the decade, the watershed lost an average of 2.9 to 3.4 cubic miles (12 to 14 cubic kilometers) of water, or the equivalent of one Lake Mead per year.

When considered with earlier observations, the new measurements indicate that Make - make has a density of 1.7 ± 0.3 grams per cubic centimeter, which enabled the astronomers to deduce that the dwarf planet has the shape and appearance of an oblate spheroid — a sphere flattened slightly at both poles — with axes of 1,430 ± 9 kilometers and 1,502 ± 45 kilometers (889 ± 6 to 933 ± 28 miles).

With EPA - rated fuel efficiency of 17 miles per gallon city and 25 mpg highway, Caprice Classic will not win the economy sweepstakes; however, the mileage isn't bad for a large car with a 305 - cubic - inch (5 - liter) V - 8 engine and automatic transmission.

The Hyundai Tucson comes with great available features like 26 combined miles per gallon, an overhead storage console, remote keyless entry, heated side mirrors, 61.9 cubic feet of maximum luggage volume and much more.

Coming with 143 cubic feet of cargo space, a blu - ray entertainment system with two drop - down monitors, Bluetooth ® capability for streaming audio, and an EPA estimated 25 miles per gallon highway, the Dodge Caravan has enough space, performance, and technology to take you on your next adventure.

Washington requires a two - wheel motorcycle endorsement on your driver's license if your motorcycle can exceed 30 miles per hour in speed or its motor has a displacement of over 50 cubic centimeters.

Multiplying the weight of a cubic mile of lava by the heat energy released per kilogram and we find that a Pompeii - sized underwater eruption releases 2.739 x 1019 joules of heat into the sea.

Please liberal climate change scientists, how do you melt tens of thousands of miles of mile thick glacial ice with 144 BTU's per cubic foot of ice.

I suspect we can deal with a cubic mile, per year, of water.

Taking it further, the area of the Antarctic Ice sheet is «almost 14 million square km (5.4 million sq. miles) and contains 26.5 million cubic km of ice» (per Wiki).

Since 1999, ExxonMobil has produced more than 1 million barrels of oil and 656 million metric cubic feet of natural gas from Colorado deposits, according to the complaint, and ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy currently produces 130 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from more than 864 square miles across three Colorado counties.

A vehicle with an engine of 50 cubic centimeters or less that doesn't have more than two horsepower; can't reach speeds of over 30 miles per hour on a flat surface, and can't shift is defined as a moped / scooter.