Sentences with phrase «giant mirror»

They have ranged from seeding the oceans with iron filings to draw down atmospheric CO2, to the launching of billions of aluminised balloons to reflect the sun's rays away from the Earth, to the installation of giant mirrors in space that intercept those rays before they reach us.

As with wind, the toll here is in birds, birds felled in allegedly troubling numbers by the intense energy of hundreds of thousands of giant mirrors that concentrate sunlight onto boilers atop three 450 - foot - tall towers at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert of California.

Here I summarize two recent papers that model solar radiation management: the practice of offsetting global warming by partially blocking sunlight, whether by seeding clouds, adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere, or placing giant mirrors in space.

From snatching carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air like trees do, to launching giant mirrors into space, scientists are researching a wide variety of technologies to artificially slow global warming.

Inspired by the legend of Archimedes's defense against the Roman siege using giant mirrors, designer Nikolas Bentel created mirrored protest signs to help activists battling the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Geoengineering techniques to reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface range from mimicking the effects of large volcanic eruptions by releasing sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere to deploying giant mirrors in space.

So expect plans for such events to be put forward as that would still be cheaper and have less of a «carbon impact» than some of the ideas like building giant mirrors in space to reflect energy away from the Earth.....

A 12 - member working group of scientists, engineers, an economist, a social scientist, and a lawyer spent nearly a year examining technologies, such as fertilizing the oceans to suck down atmospheric carbon dioxide or orbiting giant mirrors to deflect sunlight.

To fit inside its rocket, the JWST's 6.5 - metre - high reflector, six times larger than Hubble's, is folded into 18 hexagonal pieces, which will assemble to function as a single giant mirror once the telescope is in orbit.

Such strategies include controversial proposals to seed clouds or even float giant mirrors in space.

Forget about positioning giant mirrors in space to reduce the amount of sunlight being trapped in Earth's atmosphere or seeding clouds to reduce the amount of light entering earth's atmosphere.

, flowy crop tops that are off - shoulder or balloon sleeved to beat the heat, giant mirror sunglasses to protect your eyes but also double as a mirror for quick touch ups, a big boater hat to protect your face, and a chic later backpack for housing all other necessities (lip balm, sunscreen, band aids, and water).

For techo - fix fetishists the idea of using geo - engineering solutions to mitigate the effects of global warming sounds wonderful: Dump iron fillings into the ocean, erect giant mirrors in space, dump limestone in the ocean.

He also offers up this completely inane video that actually does a good job of explaining various geoengineering ideas, from Mike's favourite giant mirrors in space to John's seeding the ocean with iron filings.

Placing giant mirrors in orbit to reflect sunlight before it reaches Earth and launching millions of tons of sulfur into the stratosphere to simulate the effects of a major volcanic eruption are among the mind - boggling climate...

One proposal to shade the Earth from the sun would place giant mirrors in space.

«Instead of Apple executives we should have brought in here a giant mirror,» he said.

King «took a giant mirror and lifted it above his shoulders and constantly showed it to America,» Schumer said from the pulpit of Trinity Baptist Church on East 224th Street.

Visible light's extreme requirements for adaptive optics are why the ELTs will initially observe most exoplanets in near - infrared light — visible - light adaptive optics systems for their giant mirrors remain decades away.

When a giant mirrored ball descended from above — to underscore the quantum nature of light, according to Baldwin — I thought only of Saturday Night Fever.

TPF will build on SIM's design concept of combining the light from a line of several smaller mirrors so that the light waves add up or cancel out, providing the resolution of one giant mirror.

The most important part of Webb's design is, of course, its giant mirror.

Challenge in hand, a few bold engineers dared to draw up the first sketches of a radical new approach to gathering light: tile together smaller hexagons, and control them so finely that they would act as a single, giant mirror.

The GMT will feature seven giant mirrors, with an effective diameter measuring over 80 feet and a resolving power 10 times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope — unprecedented clarity and sensitivity to observe celestial phenomena.

The innovative enclosure design features a circular opening that minimizes the wind - induced vibrations of the telescope structure while optimizing air - flow around the building to reduce distortion of the light collected by the telescope's giant mirror.

In Millennium Park by the giant mirror bean.

Also finding new homes in my house: my wingback chairs, hallway table, stendig calendar, Harper's standing nursery lamp, two giant mirrors (switched for shape), and my 9 foot christmas tree.

How hard was it to get the giant mirror off the wall?

There are colossal stingrays, soaring sand birds, and beaks on legs to be butt - stomped off giant mirrors.

At first, you'll look around in fear — absolutely petrified of drifting out of a lane you can't see or smashing one of the giant mirrors on a lamppost, oncoming vehicle or pedestrian.

e-Readers do not emit blue light, so is way easier on your eyes and you can also read digital books in direct sunlight, whereas a tablet looks like a giant mirror.

A furnished relaxation sala is also perched poolside for shaded repose, complete with a giant mirror to reflect the breathtaking natural surroundings.

Namco Bandai, Dark Souls 2's publisher, has kept quiet about any new bosses or enemies that are in the upcoming game, but from the video, we can see that the Mirror Knight is very aggressive and uses a giant mirror as a shield, hence the name Mirror Knight.

And many photographs witnessing this confrontation integrate with the faces staring at them and reflect our world like a giant mirror.

From sending a giant mirror into space to spraying aerosols in the stratosphere, the range of proposed techniques all come with unique technical, ethical and political challenges.

The final SRM technology discussed by scientists involves sending a giant mirror — or fleet of mirrors — into orbit in order to reflect away more sunlight from the Earth.

# 33 Rearrange the heavens and the Earth... «What if we could build a giant mirror in space to deflect the sun's energy?

In a way, parenting a child can sometimes feel like we are walking around, looking at a giant mirror reflecting all we need to learn about ourselves as parents.

Question: How many OREcrats does it take up to fog up a giant mirror?

Also, I plan to get a new coffee table, and replace the giant mirror with three, vertical ones, hung a foot or so apart.

I dream of finding the perfect side table for my living room, a giant mirror for my bedroom that I can lean against the wall and an area rug for my living room too.

If in doubt go bigger, go bolder, and if you don't have a giant mirror strung beneath a dazzling chandelier in every room of your Dacha then you shall be shunned in society!

We hung a giant mirror we had in another room and it added tons of light.

I had the exact same set - up — giant mirror that spanned the space, goofy light fixtures.

And Nick is planning to install under cabinet lighting above the washer and dryer, a super modern light fixture above the vanity, as well as installing a giant mirror... but for now?