Sentences with phrase «deep water onto»

This isn't due to a warming ocean (though the deep water off the Antarctic coast line is indeed warming), but to changes in the winds that have forced more circumpolar deep water onto the continental shelf.

In particular, I won't be surprised if continued decade - to - decade variability in atmospheric circulation results in more, and less, intrusion of circumpolar deep water onto the continental shelf, and to more, and less, rapid thinning of ice shelves in West Antarctica *.

The wave breaks from deep water onto a shallow reef directly in front of the resort, tubing from start to finish.

In this case, incursions of circumpolar deep water onto the continental shelf are melting the ice stream at its base and encouraging grounding line recession, which results in a positive feedback loop and further grounding line recession.

It forced the ice to retreat but stopped at about 7,500 years ago, when the belt of westerly winds driving the deep water onto the shelf shifted northwards.

When the craft landed, Scardino ran through ankle - deep water onto the sand as fast as he could, dashing the 50 - 75 yards across the beach.

Suggested mechanisms range from upwelling of warm deep waters onto the continental shelf in response to variations in the westerly winds, to an influence of El Niño — Southern Oscillation on sea surface temperatures.

Not exact matches

The water should be deep enough to keep him warm, but not so deep that he will start floating and become difficult to hold onto.

During the past 11,000 years, wind patterns have pushed warm waters from the deep ocean onto Antarctica's continental shelf

«Where mid-depth waters from the deep ocean intrude onto the continental shelf and spread towards the coast, they bring heat that causes the glaciers to break up and melt.

The findings, published yesterday in the journal Nature, show that during the past 11,000 years, wind patterns have driven relatively warm waters from the deep ocean onto Antarctica's continental shelf, leading to significant and sustained ice loss.

The ice shelf around Pine Island Glacier is currently thinning, and it is warmed from below by Circumpolar Deep Water that flows onto the continental shelf22, 23.

Around the Antarctic Peninsula, changes in ocean currents, and in particular, changes in circumpolar deep water flowing onto the continental shelf, is melting ice shelves from below.

During a massive downpour where I could barely see out of my window, I ended up driving onto a flooded street, by the time I realized how deep the water was I was already halfway through it.

At the deepest point, water splashed up onto its hood, and the boxer engine sputtered briefly before the car chugged its way out of the muck.

During a massive downpour where I could barely see out of my window, I ended up driving onto a flooded street, by the time I realized how deep the water was I...

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The included accessories are minimal but well made for syrian hamsters, with a generously sized tube that provides another fun hang out spot for your hamster, a deep bowl that clips onto the cage side and a water bottle that fills from the top so you can refill it without taking it off the cage.

7) Ko Si Chang Just a hop, skip and a jump from Bangkok, Ko Si Chang faces onto Bangkok's deep water anchorage and delivers great ocean vistas, but not the cleanest waters in the kingdom.

Beautifully located in a bay that is surrounded by steep barren limestone cliffs that cast deep shadows onto the indigo water.

Fishing in Alaska entails heading out onto the deep and icy waters for king and silver salmon, or dropping a line far into the black depths for the bo...

Cenotes are naturally formed holes in the limestone rock that open onto deep wells of fresh water that is purified by the algae and land and make stunning and unique places to dive and swim.

Initially, Mario was not sure to drop the gem as he worried if someone else would take the gem (in spite of Toad's exclaims of dropping the gem); however, at this point of time, Piranha - Sue used one of her roots to grab onto Toad's feet and pulled him down deeper into water causing him to actually start drowning.

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But as relatively warm water from deep reaches of the Southern Ocean moved onto the continental shelf, the thinning sped up, melting the ice shelves from underneath, the researchers of the new study concluded.

Variability of circumpolar deep water transport onto the Amundsen Sea Continental shelf through a shelf break trough

Consider oyster farmers in the Pacific Northwest, who have seen over 90 percent of their oyster «spat» (their term for baby oysters) die off when corrosive waters upwell from the deep Pacific onto the continental shelf.

Among the potential problems was the chance that the deeper water could be more acidic and polluted, and that by circulating water, the fans would pump warmer water onto deeper reefs and pose problems for them.

Due to both bottom - boundary layer friction and interior adjustment, this coastal current anomaly facilitates the movement of warmer deep water upward onto the continental shelf and toward the coast (see Figure).

The pool of water in a warm - core ring can extend to a depth of 1500 m (4900 ft) so that they can not move onto continental shelves, which are shallow typically 200 m (650 ft) deep or less.

Residents of in Florida's Panhandle knew the spill was coming, but seeing oil from the Deep Water Horizon wash up onto the beaches at Gulf Shore was «a reality check,» says Justin Beck, CCIM, president of Beck Property Company in Pensacola, Fla..