Sentences with phrase «helps snow melt»

About the most technologically advanced thing about it is the fact that it's black, which helps snow melt off it faster when the sun is out.

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Although not ideal for use around pets, calcium chloride is one of the fastest options for melting ice and snow and also sticks around longer to help prevent re-freezing.

And when soot falls on snow or ice, as in the Arctic, its ability to trap heat from the sun helps hasten melting.

Satellite data can help geologists predict major floods up to 11 months in advance in areas where snow melt or groundwater is a significant contributor.

If microbes help melt the snow, that water might help even more algae grow.

A better understanding of how snow melts can help scientists recognize the signature in radar signals of heavier, wetter snow — the kind that breaks power lines and tree limbs — and could be a step toward improving predictions of this hazard.

Simpler models can reproduce the bright melt layer, but a more detailed model like this one can help scientists understand it better, particularly how the layer is related to the type of melting snow and the radar wavelengths used to observe it.

With just a pencil and paper, letter writing helps students create their own habits of gratefulness to carry on long after the holiday snow has melted.

Keep your rear - view clear with available power - folding and heated outside mirrors that adjust positions and help melt snow and ice.

The extra roof - top lounging deck acts as a generous porch roof that helps shield the doorway opening from dripping rain and melting snow.

The generous porch roof helps shield the doorway opening from dropping rain and melting snow.

Harnessing passion is enabling, once caged, rescue dogs to take part in the pure joy of running through the forest, atop a dazzling layer of magical snow... glancing into the eyes of an injured or neglected dog only to see stoic perseverance gazing back and saying «yes we will help you»... laughing at the unabashed defiance of a senior dog who runs off down the trail with all of the independence that defines their breeds... seeing the gratitude of dogs who are just happy to finally be understood... and it is the melting of your heart to see a once homeless dog on a comfortable bed surrounded by a family who loves them and whom will never let them be homeless again.

You'll see a focus on the low - hanging fruit in the climate challenge — for instance, reining in unhealthful emissions of black carbon, which heats the air and helps melt Himalayan snows and also kills lots of people.

Simulating the variation of the ice sheet's albedo using a regional climate model — Modèle Atmosphérique Régionale (MAR), which some members of the team helped develop — indicated that increasing temperatures and melting accompanied by snow grain growth and greater bare ice exposure account for about half the decline, the scientists report.

Alternating patches of forest and meadow attenuate snow melt and runoff, helping to regulate the mountain water cycle.

They used control burns and spread peat dust to help clear land and melt snow.

The high temperatures and rain helped melt much of the low - elevation snow that feeds into the Columbia - Snake River system.

Simpler models can reproduce the bright melt layer, but a more detailed model like this one can help scientists to understand it better, particularly how the layer is related to both the type of melting snow and the radar wavelengths used to observe it.

Winter wheat can demand early spring application of ash or compost to help melt the snow in order to prevent snow mold.

Seeding Northern Yarrow across the soil that is newly exposed by snow melt might help.

«More snow can partially offset the greater melting, helping the Greenland Ice Sheet to survive this interval,» Carlson says.

Snow is a critical part of the weather system (did you know there's a whole «cryosphere»), and the ways in which it forms and melts can help meteorologists predict, for example, the likelihood or severity of a storm.

As homeowners and gardeners wait for the snow to melt, they're looking for ideas to help revive yards, trees, shrubs and plants that took a beating in last year's drought, said garden expert Melinda Myers.