Sentences with phrase «higher than on land»

The advantage of having a lower generator and consequently a lower center of gravity helps lower installation costs on floating platforms in the ocean, where wind speed is typically higher than on land, observed Veers.

Not exact matches

Buddemeier said that at his basement-less condo, he'd move to the center of the middle floor after a blast «because the fallout is going to land on the ground around my house, and that first floor would have slightly higher exposure than the second floor.»

Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important with the advent of climate change.

I'm imagining that the turnover rate in «startup land» is high because unless there's a decent paycheck or public recognition, it's tough find the wherewithal to continue on that initial leap of faith for longer than 2.5 years.

On August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces; in September, General Douglas MacArthur landed in Japan as one who had a higher power than the emperor; and on January 1, 1946, the emperor renounced claims to divinitOn August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces; in September, General Douglas MacArthur landed in Japan as one who had a higher power than the emperor; and on January 1, 1946, the emperor renounced claims to diviniton January 1, 1946, the emperor renounced claims to divinity.

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There is the persistent allegation that the high - velocity bullet destroys a lot of meat (it does if poorly placed), shatters on impact with twigs (high - speed bullets are not generally good for brush - hunting) and has a muzzle blast that frightens farmers who might otherwise be willing to allow hunters onto their land, even though a disintegrating high - velocity bullet is far safer to farm animals and people than a ricocheting.22 rim fire.

LINCOLN, MA — The Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, convened annually by the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition and taking place Saturday, March 22, at Worcester Technical High School, will feature more than 30 workshops designed to connect people with nature, including a presentation on greater access to the outdoors for individuals with disabilities.

Toddlers can feed themselves more easily without the bowl slipping and sliding all over the high chair tray (and more often than not, landing food - side - down on the floor!)

Most toddlers love the buoyant feeling they get from being in water — they can jump higher in water and come down softer than they can on land.

Davies also asserts that expansion will have a greater impact on landing charges than predicted, with fears of higher ticket prices.

Water heats more slowly than land, creating pressure differences that drive high - speed winds; fast - burning fires spawn flame - breathing vortices; the pressure waves of a plane on takeoff transform water into ice.

Carbon dioxide levels in lakes are often high and vary widely from lake to lake based on factors such as the type of nearby ecosystem, land use such as agriculture, sizes of the lake and watershed, amount of precipitation, and because some types of soils and rocks absorb more CO2 than others.

Instead of weightlessness, the aquanaut would have to endure, among other things, artificial atmospheres with gaseous mixtures different from what we breathe on land, maintained at significantly higher pressures than those at sea level to match the water pressure at depth.

They include higher sea surface temperatures over the Indian Ocean, which can lead to greater rainfall over the sea rather than on land.

Humans depend on high levels of ecosystem biodiversity, but due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is now greater than at any time in human history.

Euan Nisbet, a geologist at the University of London, points out that the Arctic, where the warming is expected to be strongest, is vulnerable — both on land and in shallow seas there are hydrates that are stabilized mostly by low temperatures rather than by high pressures.

They contained copper and gold concentrations several times higher than those typical of mines on land.

Researchers have found that the amphibious mangrove rivulus performs higher force jumps on land than some other fishes that end up on land.

On the other side of the airport a stretch of reclaimed land is 2 metres above sea level, higher than the natural islands.

But raising more chickens than the number that can naturally sustain themselves on a particular plot of land calls for higher protein percentages through feed rations.

The turnip prices are different on each space, so you might land on a high - value space and make a bundle by selling your stalk portfolio, or see your investment aspirations go down the drain by having to sell them for less than you paid.

HD graphics look beautiful, the characters» moves being responsive no matter what controllers you're using, the replay value are higher than the original 3D Land on the 3DS, and the overall fun is unlimited.

Many Monster Hunter games came before Portable 3rd — namely Freedom 2 and Freedom Unite, which were both released for the PSP — but Portable 3rd earns top marks not only for being the most robust Monster Hunter title to land on the PlayStation Portable, but also for being the highest - selling PSP game of all time: at 4.8 million units sold, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd takes the top spot away from Gran Turismo by 140,000 units, and eventually sold more than Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories combined.

With humanity's ecological footprint of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person means to say that to sustain the current population on Earth of 7 billion people would take 18.9 billion gha (2.7 gha x 7 billion people) which is higher than the 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water on Earth, a fact that indicates that already exceeded the regenerative capacity of the planet in the average level of current world consumption.

There were many environmental issues — deforestation rates that were higher than Brazil, many communities losing their land to palm oil plantations, and massive pollution and congestion in the main cities and reliance on coal rather than on clean renewable energy like solar.

Students who win admission by lottery and attend an HCZ school also have higher on - time graduation rates than their peers and are less likely to become teen parents or land in prison.

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

The resale value of the 2010 Audi Q7 is just below the BMW X5, on par with Lexus GX 460 and Land Rover Range Rover, and slightly higher than the Cadillac SRX.

The resale value of the 2008 Audi Q7 is on par with such similarly - equipped competitors as the BMW X5, Lexus GX 470 and Land Rover Range Rover, and higher than the Cadillac SRX.

I am dismayed to see the notice on the Kobo Help landing page, «Please be advised that due to higher than normal volume, it may take longer than 48 hours for your inquiry to be answered.»

In my 8 years on the buy side, in distressed and high yield land, I have never seen a more consensus long than Visteon's when issued equity.

Canadian natural gas producers are among the highest cost in the business (Compton is higher than normal because they sold royalties on their land).

You'd think Miami would land higher on the list, but with Florida's sometimes cloudy weather, your chances of having any tanlines to show off are much lower than the other cities.

However, transaction costs — brokerage commissions, legal fees, land transfer taxes and so on — are higher in real estate than in securities.

Diana Rowe landed in Denver more than 25 years ago and has never tired of exploring the Mile High City with her family, her husband, or on her own.

Isla Mujeres is a small island, being no more than 650 meters wide at its broadest point, which means that the lack of land equates to higher prices than on the mainland.

You use fireflies to help you find the location of creatures based on the evidence you find — as you level up your knowledge of certain creatures, they will appear on your map as soon as you land for a hunt or if you aren't that high level yet, the fireflies will show you where they are fast than usual.

Enemies now give coins, rather than dropping them, when stomped, ground pounded, tail whipped, touched while invincible, or upon grabbing the Goal Pole, which itself gives coins depending on how high Mario lands on it (except the top, which gives an extra life).

On the positive side, Frog Suits do allow the Mario Brothers to jump higher than they can normally, and it is possible to run on dry land in Frog form if the player is carrying a Koopa ShelOn the positive side, Frog Suits do allow the Mario Brothers to jump higher than they can normally, and it is possible to run on dry land in Frog form if the player is carrying a Koopa Shelon dry land in Frog form if the player is carrying a Koopa Shell.

Vertically, he can only fly up to a short specific height; however, this maximum height increases if Mario lands on ground higher than he previously was on.

Furthermore, after landing on the ground, they move up to a height higher than the height they were at when they remained stationary on the first lap.

Tamas Kozak of Invictus: «We are more than excited to land and introduce such a successful console and PC game on mobile platforms and hope to earn the highest regards of fans.

And before 1970 the cooling was also higher on land than at sea fitting the previous half - cycle of the BNO (P).

And if you plot the differential between NH ocean & land temperature, the warming since 1970 has been indeed higher on land than at sea, conforming with what should be there with this candidate BNO (P).

Probes that have landed on Venus have not survived more than a few hours before being destroyed by the incredibly high temperatures.»

Global average temperature is lower during glacial periods for two primary reasons: 1) there was only about 190 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, and other major greenhouse gases (CH4 and N2O) were also lower 2) the earth surface was more reflective, due to the presence of lots of ice and snow on land, and lots more sea ice than today (that is, the albedo was higher).

More than six million Americans live on land less than five feet above the local high tide.

AGW thus has the largest effect over land and the colder the land the more the effect so higher latitudes which are frozen over in the winter are naturally dryer on average than land without freezing winters.

Think about feeding a population of 9 billion as formerly productive regions become too hot and dry for large scale agriculture, populations have to relocate, sea level causes very large coastal populations to move inland quicker than new high rise housing can be built (but the land is needed for crops) and so on.