Sentences with phrase «huge forests back»

But it's nice that the picture confirms what we already knew: That it was much warmer 6000 years ago than in the last couple of hundred years (we've known that for a long time, I learned in school decades ago that in Norwegian mountains which are now Arctic tundra, there were huge forests back then — the preserved roots of those trees can still be found in marshes).

Not exact matches

I knew I couldn't take a huge aerial ropes course among a forest of trees in Montana back to New York with me, but I could make it a goal to get outside daily.

There are plenty of big, exciting setpieces in this movie, including the newly empowered Steve chasing a HYDRA agent through the streets of Brooklyn that includes Cap punching a submarine (every bit as awesome as it sounds), a deadly motorcycle chase through the forests of Europe, multiple daring raids onto HYDRA bases, and a final huge airborne fight which involves Cap being thrown out a plane and then finding a way back on board.

We've gone from looking at a desert, in which a librarian had to walk into the desert for you and come back with a lump of gold, to a forest, to this huge jungle in which what you want is one apple.

It's dark when I get up at 6 am, the first hint of a new day on the horizon; the forest floor has turned gold and green as the cedars shed their summer cloak; honeysuckle leaves litter the boardwalks and garden ground; bright red honeysuckle berries are being plucked by tiny wrens; jays are sitting in the apple tree, feasting on the fruit we imagined as apple pie; the last roses are fading; fronds of great bull kelp are landing on the beach, food for next year's garden; the sudden daybreak howl of sporty boats heading to the hot fishing spots where we have our hydrophones has gone; sea lions are beginning to heave their huge bodies onto haul - out rocks along the way; most of our assistants have left, heading back to school or home; and in their absence we are spending more time in the lab at night, recording the voices of the orcas, who are still here.

Rayavadee Resort has all the assets to provide its guests with the best possible tropical vacation in southern Thailand.Set on the secluded and remote peninsula of Railay, Rayavadee offers a stay in the atmosphere of a local village nestled amidst a beautifully landscaped garden with coconut trees and tropical flowers.Railay is a unique place; only accessible by boat - this peninsula is separated from the main land by huge and tall limestone cliffs - it offers a travel back in time to its visitors with its four beaches - Railay East, Railay West, Tonsay Beach, and Phra Nang Beach - mangrove forests, caves, and hidden lagoon.

If forests were to die on a sufficient scale, they would not only stop absorbing carbon dioxide, they might also start to burn up or decay at such a rate that they would spew huge amounts of the gas back into the air — as is already happening in some regions.