Sentences with phrase «frigid polar»

Usually in winter, the air masses above the Arctic have low pressure, and the entire area is surrounded by a circular vortex of wind currents, keeping the frigid polar air contained.

When the AO index is negative there tends to be low pressure in the polar region, weaker zonal winds, and greater movement of frigid polar air into middle latitudes.

One hypothesis suggests that the shrinking temperature difference between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes will lead to a slowing of the jet stream, which circles the northern latitudes and normally keeps frigid polar air sharply separated from warmer air in the south.

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.

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

Biological oceanographer Victoria Fabry of California State University at San Marcos has spent years studying pteropods, thumbnail - size creatures that flutter through frigid polar and subpolar waters using flaplike wings.

Not exact matches

Nine thousand years ago, they survived frigid year - round temperatures in animal - skin tents some 500 kilometers north of what is now the Russian mainland, and they were the only people ever known to hunt large numbers of polar bears without firearms.

The study, published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, proposes that high - energy particles from uncommon, large solar storms penetrate the moon's frigid, polar regions and electrically charge the soil.

The frigid air and «polar vortex» that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far - reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com.

There's a reason the folks who undertake «polar plunges» in winter months emerge from the frigid water with silly grins on their faces: giving your body a quick, cold shock stimulates deep breathing (which increases the oxygen in our bodies) and jump - starts circulation.

The term «Torrid Zone» originates from the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BCE — 322 BCE), who believed the world to be divided into three parts: The «Frigid Zone», close to the polar regions, the «Torrid Zone» (now generally called the tropics), which he considered too hot for habitation, and the «Temperate Zone» between the two, which he considered the best place to be.

Nine thousand years ago, they survived frigid year - round temperatures in animal - skin tents some 500 kilometers north of what is now the Russian mainland, and they were the only people ever known to hunt large numbers of polar bears without firearms.

It seems my fellow Canadians are doing more than eating poutine and riding polar bears in the frigid north.

This new destination is The Frigid Vale, which sounds as though it's one of the polar caps of Mars but which one is unknown.

The polar bear is perfectly suited to its frigid, icy habitat: They have two layers of fur — glossy, waterproof «guard» hairs and dense under - fur — and a thick layer of fat — 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters)-- beneath their skin that helps keep them warm.

Pictures of ice calving from the Arctic ice pack and polar bears stranded on ice sheets drifting in the frigid water bring an emotional charge to the discussion.

What did surprise us (although perhaps it shouldn't have) is that the White House joined in the polar vortex horror show and released a video in which John Holdren, the President's Science Advisor — arguably the highest ranking «scientist» in the U.S. — linked the frigid air to global warming: