Sentences with phrase «for polar regions»

Sea ice is a sensitive indicator of climate change for the polar regions and beyond, so monitoring sea ice is important.

The Polar Prediction Project (PPP) is a 10 - year (2013 — 2022) endeavour of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) with the aim of promoting cooperative international research enabling development of improved weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions, on time scales from hours to seasonal.

«This is a huge and historic change for both polar regions,» Brigham said.

Yes, the data set for the polar regions is far more sparse and subject to educated extrapolations that other regions, but excluding any estimate at all for temperature changes in these all important polar regions by excluding them is to to give an incomplete and, IMO, quite inaccurate, view of climate change.

From the Livermore article for year 2300, the 14.5 F (8 deg C) is global, 20 deg C is for polar regions alone.

Ten celsius (50F) works well because that temperature seems to be too cool for equatorial regions and too warm for polar regions in the mind of the average viewer.

If you think your skills can match our needs and you have a passion for the polar regions, do not hesitate to send us your cover letter and CV.

With an overall length of 66 m, this versatile and stable vessel is suited for research on both coastal seas and open oceans (except for the polar regions).

The last decade has been one of the warmest on record for the polar region, with 2007 summer temperatures having risen 9 degrees Fahrenheit above average in some areas.

Not exact matches

China announced its official Arctic policy to the world late last month, promoting Beijing's ambitions for the region and raising fears about a Chinese takeover of the polar zone.

There, the charged particles strike molecules in Earth's atmosphere that release photons of various colors (red hues come from oxygen, for example) and light up polar regions in frequent auroral displays.

The two models that came closest to reproducing the team's data had one key aspect in common — they modified the way they accounted for cloud formation and the longevity of clouds in the atmosphere, particularly in the polar regions.

Not much grows in the icy polar regions, but for the fern - like clusters of ice crystals called frost flowers this is the perfect environment, especially when it's still and dry.

The Arctic Council expands its memberships and looks to prepare for a transformed polar region

But vitamin C oxidizes with time; getting enough from a ship's provisions was tricky for early 18th - and 19th - century voyagers to the polar regions.

The most striking result, researchers said, is the consistent trend across all polar bear regions for an earlier spring ice melt and a later fall freeze - up.

The Earth's polar regions are in peril as a result of climate change, speakers cautioned at a 16 June briefing on Capitol Hill, and solving the problem requires greater support for geoscience research.

For example, in Earth's atmosphere, very long waves mix cold air from the polar regions to mid-latitudes, which often lead clouds to form or dissipate.

The Last Word has discussed what life is like for humans in polar regions, but how does wildlife cope with 24 hours of daylight?

It is preparing the final draft of the «polar code,» which if enacted would be the first comprehensive mandatory rules for commercial ships in polar regions.

«So far, I believe the benefits (of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on global warming this year.

«The southern polar region represents a unique platform for observation,» he says.

This new color - coded photo mosaic of Mercury's south polar region, presented here today at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, shows these «freezer» areas as dark blotches.

The most frigid polar regions and the darkest depths of the ocean are home for a few organisms that like a good chill.

Global warming may prove worse for insects — and other cold - blooded critters — living in the steamy tropics than for their counterparts living closer to the frigid polar regions, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

For instance, UV radiation amounts to a mere 7 % of solar energy, but its variation produces changes in the stratosphere near the Equator, all the way to the polar regions, which govern climate.

Explorers» accounts reveal that pollution has been affecting the polar region for more than a century

Clementine used radar to detect the signature of water in the permanently - shadowed South polar region, which scientists thought was the most likely place to look for water.

The craft is designed to dig into the cementlike layer of ice that researchers believe lies buried a few inches below the surface in the planet's polar regions, scanning for signs of past liquid water and organic compounds, the carbon - rich molecules that make life on Earth possible.

Drifting snow is a complicated and poorly understood process that is important to fathom because it accounts for a major fraction of wind - blown snow redistribution within polar and mountainous regions of the world.

The reason that scientists are looking for life in this area is that it is thought to be the place on Earth that most closely resembles the permafrost found in the northern polar region of Mars at the Phoenix landing site.

In one sign of tension, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this year that «some developed countries that don't have direct access to the polar regions obstinately strive for the Arctic.»

With renewed interest in arctic oil and gas development and recognition that the polar regions are early warning systems for climate change, both foreign and Canadian researchers once again are focusing on the Arctic.

The North Pole and Its Seekers October 28, 1868 New Expeditions to the Arctic Regions June 24, 1871 The Latest Arctic Explorations — The Remarkable Escape of the Polaris Party June 7, 1873 Rescue of the Remaining Survivors of the Polaris October 4, 1873 The Latest Polar Expedition December 26, 1874 Work for Arctic Explorers July 17, 1875 The British Arctic Expedition The Coming Arctic Expeditions May 22, 1875 The British Arctic Expedition August 28, 1975 July 3, 1876 The Search for the Pole The British Arctic Expedition December 23 and 30, 1876 The Recent Arctic Expedition January 20, 1877 Another Approach: Balloons and Airships Some Suggestions for Future Polar Expeditions February 13, 1877 Proposed New British Polar Expedition September 20, 1879 To the North Pole by Balloon July 13, 1895 Wellman's Airship for His North Polar Expedition By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American July 7, 1906 The Wellman Polar Airship Expedition By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American June 22, 1907 Farther North The American Arctic Expedition September 14, 1878 The Peary Arctic Expedition July 15, 1893 Nansen's Polar Expedition March 14, 1896 The Recent Failures of Arctic Expeditions August 29, 1896 The Return of Lieut. Peary September 27, 1902 The Polar Regions June 11, 1904 Peary's New Ship for Work in Arctic Seas October 8, 1904 Peary and the North Pole July 15, 1905 Peary's Arctic Ship, The «Roosevelt» July 15, 1905 Peary's «Farthest North» November 17, 1906 Race to the Finish: Peary and Cook Peary's Quest of the North Pole July 18, 1908 Peary and the North Pole August 21, 1909 Dr. Cook and the North Pole September 11, 1909 Dr. Cook's Discovery of the North Pole September 11, 1909 Honor to Whom Honor is Due September 18, 1909 Commander Peary's Discovery of the North Pole September 18, 1909 Retrospect of the Year 1909: Exploration January 1, 1910 «Investigating» Peary April 22, 1911 THE SOUTH POLE Exploring Antarctica Antarctic Exploration January 23, 1897 To South Polar Lands February 13, 1897 The Voyage of the «Discovery» February 3, 1906 Antarctic Expeditions, Past and Present Some Heroes of Exploration November 11, 1911 Dr. Charcot's Antarctic Expedition November 30, 1907 Motoring Toward the Pole By Motor Car to the South Pole By J. S. Dunnet October 19, 1907 The Shackleton Antarctic Expedition By John Plummer August 29, 1908 Lieut. Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition April 3, 1909 Lieut. Shackleton April 9, 1910 Two Novel Motor Sleds By Walter Langford May 14, 1910 Race to the Finish: Amundsen and Scott The Antarctic Expeditions January 13, 1912 The Discovery of the South Pole March 16, 1912 Amundsen's Attainment of the South Pole Progress of Antarctic Exploration By G. W. Littlehales, Hydrographic Office, United States Navy March 23, 1912 Capt. Scott at the South Pole April 13, 1912 Shadows at the South Pole June 15, 1912 The Scott Expedition and its Tragic End A Sacrifice Made for Scientific Ideals February 22, 1913 Achievements and Lessons of the Scott Expedition March 1, 1913 To the South Pole with the Cinematograph Film Records of Scott's Ill - Fated Expedition June 21, 1913 Science in the Heroic Age The Height of the Antarctic Continent By Walter Langford June 4, 1910 The Renewed Siege of the Antarctic January 17, 1914 Shackleton's South Polar Expedition The Value of His Scientific Observations By Henryk Arctowski June 17, 1916 Thawing Scott's Legacy A pioneer in atmosphere ozone studies, Susan Solomon rewrites the history of a fatal polar expedition By Sarah Simpson December 2001 Greater Glory In the race to the South Pole, explorer Robert F. Scott refused to sacrifice his ambitious science agenda By Edward J. Larson June 2011

POLAR bears have patrolled the planet's icy regions for millions of years longer than previously thought — riding out several episodes of global warming in that time.

The International Polar Foundation welcomes financial support from individual donors and corporate sponsors, towards specific program allocation, to implement its mission for science in the polar regions, meeting the challenge of climate change, and the establishment of a low carbon society.

So this polar region of Earth can act as an analog for Mars» past.

The polar regions are where we can find frozen H2O and frozen volatile gases, solar power 24/7 for 80 % or more of a Lunar month, moderate non-crater surface temperatures that usually stay close to around a -55 degrees Centigrade, and a whole lot more.

For example, in Earth atmospheric circulation (such as Hadley cells) transport heat between the warmer equatorial regions to the cool polar regions and this circulation pattern not only determines the temperature distribution, but also sets which regions on Earth are dry or rainy and how clouds form over the planet.

That maneuver, NASA told USA Today will be the probe's «final opportunity for up - close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon's northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface.»

The program goals include: understanding the region and how its ecosystems depend on the polar environment; understanding its effects on (and responses to) global processes such as climate; and using the region as a platform for fundamental research in every scientific discipline.

Because of this, ice deposits in the polar regions are likely to be diminished in the summer period, while the build - up of ice in Tombaugh Regio may have endured for millions of years.

Data from New Horizons suggests that Pluto's polar regions experience long winters, and (at least for Pluto) hot summers.

He was also the Principal Investigator for NASA's Phoenix spacecraft, which successfully landed on Mars» northern polar region in 2008.

Pioneer 11 captured a fuzzy parting shot of the north polar region as it departed Jupiter in 1974 for Saturn.

And while climate change remains a legitimate concern for wildlife — particularly on isolated mountaintops and in species - poor polar regions — it does not come close to the immediate, irreparable damage caused by the destruction of habitat.

Evidence for indurated sand dunes in the martian north polar region V. Schatz, H. Tsoar, K. S. Edgett, E. J. R. Parteli, and H. J. Herrmann Journal of Geophysical Research 111, E04006, doi: 10.1029 / 2005JE002514, 28 April 2006.

Partnerships are built around various drivers: for example supporting the Polar regions in a period of rapid change; educating the public about polar sciences and climate; contributing to climate change awareness; mitigation and adaptation; defining and implementing CSR action plan; implementing technology solutions for low carbon emissions.

Jeffrey Kiehl, PhD, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, in Boulder, points to volumes of studies exploring responses of extreme storms to a warming planet and concludes that «these systems that form in the tropics can propagate up to the polar regions.»

That makes it difficult for their prey to see them approach, and this has allowed them to survive for millennia in the polar region.