Sentences with phrase «frigid ice»

The frigid ice ages, which caused kilometre - thick ice sheets to build up over much of North America and Eurasia, had CO ₂ levels of around 180 ppm.

With 0 % CO2 in atmosphere, earth would be frigid ice ball.

In each one, someone would say a few words, then dump a bucket of frigid ice water over his or her head before challenging someone else to do the same.

But you can tell there's a lot of goodwill lingering around the edges since they are charmed by Dad's transformation from uptight to slightly crazy as he converts his apartment into a frigid ice and snow playground for his penguin pack.

Not exact matches

The US and British navies have shown off their ability to operate under Arctic ice, and Russia has boasted of its ability to track foes in frigid Arctic waters as well.

«Ice Queen» means she is sexually frigid and can never have a sexual relationship with a man.

If you're like any one of us in this pod, we eat ice cream rain or shine, humid or frigid.

Still, officials are urging caution on the roads, especially with any icing tonight amid frigid temperatures.

Previously it wasn't clear if the dark material was liquid or merely saturated sediment — which at Titan's frigid temperatures would be made of ice, not rock.

Planetary scientists noticed striking similarities between the frigid conditions of Ellesmere Island and those of Jupiter's ice - covered moon, Europa.

Although Mercury's daytime temperatures exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit, radar studies indicate that the planet has vast deposits of ice within the perpetually dark, frigid craters at its poles.

They are made of water ice, which on the frigid satellite should be about as resistant to erosion as terrestrial minerals.

It's so frigid that water exists only as rock - hard ice.

Frigid Europa may be warmed by a layer under its crust that moves heat and ice to and from its poles — and alien microbes could be hitching a ride

The Little Ice Age had begun, triggering frigid winters that destroyed more crops.

Not long ago, it was thought impossible for ice to remain intact for millions of years: Scientists assumed it would eventually sublimate, transforming in the frigid, dry air directly from ice to vapor.

If a glacier reaches the ocean where the seafloor is shallow, the ice interacts with frigid freshwater and melts slowly.

The Leiden scientists replicated the frigid vacuum of interstellar space, then introduced the chemicals found in cometary ice and hit them with ultraviolet light like that emitted by stars.

Ice in space forms at temperatures far more frigid than the coldest pockets on Earth — between 3 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero -LRB--- 459.67 degrees F, or — 273.15 degrees Celsius).

This picture, taken in February 2011 by EO - 1 satellite, shows ice in the frigid water of the northwest Pacific swirling around the snow - covered island.

Frigid water is seeping into and out of a vast lake beneath 4 kilometers of ice in Antarctica.

Their size implies solidity that could only be provided by water ice, which would be hard as rock upon Pluto's frigid surface.

Now, a team of researchers has created for the first time the bizarre stuff that might occupy the frigid cores of these ice giants, potentially explaining their weird magnetic fields which can flip on and off daily.

I worried that the ice would give way and we would plunge into the frigid waters below.

The frigid climate of Ice Age Europe may have erected another barrier to people adapted to Africa, says Petraglia.

The Southern Hemisphere's unrelenting winds and frigid air froze ocean water into 7.6 million square miles (19.7 million square kilometers) of Antarctic sea ice this winter, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDice this winter, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDIce Data Center (NSIDC).

One potential problem is that the atmosphere may condense into large ice caps on the frigid night side of these planets, which could result in total atmosphere collapse and the loss of habitable conditions.

It's hard to imagine liquid water in a place as frigid as Antarctic, but due to heat from the earth and friction against the base of the ice, 55 percent of the West Antarctic ice sheet actually rests on water.

The peaks» sheer height signals that they are made of water ice, the only material that could buttress such huge ridges at Pluto's frigid temperatures of less than -223 °C, just 50 °C, above absolute zero.»

The peaks» sheer height signals that they are made of water ice, the only material that could buttress such huge ridges at Pluto's frigid temperatures of less than -223

The thought of standing outside, waiting for my GPS watch to load while enduring frigid temps and ice - cold winds makes me want to nix my run all together and curl up under a warm blanket on the couch.

Yes, so many of you ladies have been braving the snow, ice and frigid temps, but a girl from Texas doesn't know how to deal.

The ice and coconut milk make it a bit more frigid and frothy.

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The current obsession with ice blue is welcomed and as fresh as a frigid morning.

Nowadays, the canal, which was once such a big pull on the dating circuit, is the centre of the Winterlude festival which lures masterful ice - crafters to sculpt wondrous shapes from the frigid, lifeless wastes.

This documentary tells the story of the survival of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of his vessel «The Endurance,» which shipwrecked in the ice floes and frigid ocean of the Antarctic in 1914.

Academy Award - winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inárritu has switched from the confines of «Birdman's» New York theater to the wild expanses of an 1820s winter wilderness, packed with snow, ice, frigid temperatures and treacherous terrain as well as hostile Indians.

Yet Jerry's repeated orders to stay close at hand go unheeded, and Davis again tumbles down an ice cliff — this time the grave results include a fractured leg and plunging up to his shoulders in frigid water.

But now, vineyards in frigid parts of the U.S., are making their own ice wine, giving Americans a chance to buy domestically produced bottles.

During its frigid winter test out on the ice, Polestar says the drivetrain and batteries were also tested under close scrutiny.

Her quest hurls her into a twisted, frigid world of snow and ice... and leads to terror in an isolated cabin.

Farrow's second Émile Cinq - Mars novel opens with a stunning sequence in which the Montreal police detective finds a body submerged in water beneath a frozen lake, a favorite haunt of ice fisherman: «The circular ice hole was partially filled with water, and a few inches below the surface floated a human head, the long hair beaded with ice, the face plunged down into the frigid lake.»

These flightless animals live on the Antarctic ice and in the frigid surrounding waters.

Snow, ice, and frigid temperatures mean that our car has to work a little harder to start and get warm.

If you're walking near «frozen» ponds, lakes, or streams, remember ice is not always uniformly thick or stable, and your pup could fall through into frigid water if he or she is allowed to explore off - leash.

That said, just because they're wearing those gorgeous fur coats, doesn't mean dogs and cats are immune to the ice, snow, and frigid temps that come along with winter weather.

The wavy coat has a natural oil and is thick with a woolly undercoat to protect them while working in ice, snow or frigid waters.

These products do for pets what they do for humans — they protect the wearer from the harsh effects of the elements, whether it is snow or ice, rain or sleet, or just plain frigid air.

At nearby Asahikawa, dozens of dazzling ice sculptures shine with ghostly luminescence in the frigid air; farther south at Yokote, the locals construct 10,000 candlelit kamakura igloos throughout the town.