Sentences with phrase «extreme ice conditions»

Due to extreme ice conditions, the ship may arrive too late on site to perform the research objectives of this leg.

The need to deal with extreme ice conditions in the south meant the ship would arrive too late on site to meet research objectives.

Not exact matches

In rain or shine, snow or ice — indeed, in perhaps everything but the most extreme weather conditions — it is expected to be the only racing surface to carry just one designation: fast.

Using laboratory experiments to study these conditions is difficult, as it is very hard to recreate the extreme pressures and temperatures found on ice giants, researchers say.

«Last year was a «perfect storm» of conditions leading to the extreme low anomaly,» says Walt Meier of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center.

A physical simulation of a comet's impact with a planet shows that the conditions are extreme enough to create amino acids within the comet's ice.

Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.

Feb. 5, 2018 - Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.

Toward colder extremes, as the area of sea ice grows, the planet approaches runaway snowball - Earth conditions, and at high temperatures it can approach a runaway greenhouse effect (8).

But unless you're in extreme conditions where you must shuttle blood to your brain and vital organs to survive, your body will avoid tissue death by not allowing the body part you're icing to cool excessively.

Over the years, Baffin has created a line of industry - leading footwear that performs in extreme conditions for an ever - growing list of loyal users and activities, including snowmobiling, ice - fishing, hunting, mushing and working in industries like construction, oil, mining, forestry, and outdoor winter recreation.

In normal driving situations ALL4 diverts up to 50 per cent of the engine's power to the rear wheels, rising to as much as 100 per cent in extreme conditions, such as on ice and snow - covered surfaces.

There are certain conditions under which the system may not engage or operate, including inclement weather (e.g., snow, ice or heavy rain) and extreme cabin heat (due to operability of the camera).

It's -16 degrees fahrenheit outside, and we're pitching tents on a thick layer of hardened ice, preparing for a night of extreme cold weather conditions.

V - Rally 4 features: - Rally: From Africa to Sequoia Park and Japan, travel the world along difficult tracks and in extreme conditions, such as snow, ice, and mud.

-- Rally: From Africa to Sequoia Park and Japan, travel the world along difficult tracks and in extreme conditions, such as snow, ice, and mud.

Azam has developed his painting in a series of projects that reflect his interest in extreme working conditions and also painting as a performance, from Zero Gravity, Star City, Moscow, 2008, to the freezing ice deserts of Antarctica, 2010, where he completed thirteen large paintings.

[14] Although there is an extreme scarcity of data from Australia (for both the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age) evidence from wave built shingle terraces for a permanently full Lake Eyre during the ninth and tenth centuries is consistent with this La Niña - like configuration, though of itself inadequate to show how lake levels varied from year to year or what climatic conditions elsewhere in Australia were like.

In contrast to 2007, when climatic conditions (winds, clouds, air temperatures) favored summer ice loss, this year's conditions were not as extreme.

Native groups have lived in the extreme north since the last ice age by praying primarily on sea mammals and building protection from the elements by adapting to the local conditions.

The record low for summer ice was hit in 2007 and scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), which is supported NASA, say that extreme was hit thanks to freak weather conditioice was hit in 2007 and scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), which is supported NASA, say that extreme was hit thanks to freak weather conditioIce Data Centre (NSIDC), which is supported NASA, say that extreme was hit thanks to freak weather conditions.

The particularly rapid sea ice loss from 1997 to 2007 was related to extreme ocean conditions that drove a sustained warming of the surface waters throughout the subpolar Atlantic and Nordic Seas.

If it can be shown that these bacteria survive and reproduce in such extreme conditions, Christner's work may allow climate researchers to estimate how much carbon dioxide measured in the ice might have come from microbial metabolism rather than the atmosphere.

By considering also a phytoplankton biomarker indicative for open - water primary production, these extremes can be easily separated as under a permanent sea ice cover the phytoplankton biomarker is absent but reaches maximum concentrations under open - water conditions (Fig. 3, Supplementary Fig. 1) 31, 38.

Summer meteorological current conditions and projections this summer (see Figures 9 - 11) do not favor extreme mid to late summer sea ice loss in 2016, as occurred in 2007 and 2012, despite low sea ice extents at the beginning of summer.

This is predicted to produce changes such as the melting of glaciers and ice sheets, more extreme temperature ranges, significant changes in weather conditions and a global rise in average sea levels.

The models predict that half of the oceans remain ice - free even under these extreme conditions.

Despite the big swing this year in overall ice state, the lack of extreme conditions during the Arctic summer offers a good opportunity to evaluate the performance of prediction models.

Depending on conditions (ice, snow and extreme heat may damage them prematurely), wiper blades are usually good for six months to a year.