Sentences with phrase «ice load»

Some 2000 metres of ice loaded what now is ocean floor with heavy weight.

The COMNAP Fellowship recipients will carry out a project on topics of environmental policy and a technical project to understand ice loading on polar research vessels.

Unlike space probes, which pass through sterile space, ice drills must pass through thousands of feet of glacial ice loaded with microbes before they reach their target; therefore a microbial buildup on equipment and drilling fluids is «inevitable.»

«Transmission lines in Burkina Faso were built according to French specifications, to withstand ice loads!»

Once the loaf and the icing have completely cooled (at least 1 hour), then begin to ice the load evenly.

Scientists began an effort six years ago to place instruments in the Antarctic interior to learn more about its ice load.

Whtever mechanism there may be would be related to ice loads, not temperature.

Oh and by the way, Antarctica is growing colder and the ice cap, is growing; Greenland is below zero and the ice load has depressed the island mundreds of metres below sea level so the ice would need to flow uphill to slide off.

The Earth's crust is responding to rising temperatures: volcanoes previously imprisoned below ice sheets are more likely to erupt; earthquakes in the Himalayas, the Andes and Alaska may be triggered as the ice load shrinks; and, the solid Earth beneath Greenland is bouncing back quickly as the ice above it melts, perhaps with the Antarctic land mass not far behind.

In case the ice sheet melts, the ice load would fall down, freeing the solid ground underneath it and causing a rebound upward effect.

• Identify and consider removing any large trees or limbs that could fall due to snow or ice loading and damage buildings, outdoor equipment, power lines, etc. • Ensure all buildings are «weather tight.»