Sentences with phrase «in polar areas»

In low and mid latitudes, the summer lag is longer, while in polar areas the winter lag is longer (coreless winter in interior Antarctica and Greenland).

Another drawback is that SST in polar areas will not be observed by GMI.

There is a massive drop in temperatures from the surface of the sea to the underlying depths in the tropics and virtually none in the polar areas, in fact a lot of the polar surface temps are at or below zero.

In polar areas, populations of species of invertebrates and fish adapted to colder waters may decline as they have no place to go.

If more heat energy comes into the firebox, the engine speeds up increasing work done by kinetic energy and an increase in polar areas warming and in radiation of heat out to space.

This includes the optimization of observational data usage in polar areas, improvements in the representation of physics, as well as novel post-processing of the model output.

He is in particular interested in how to optimize observational data usage in polar areas through model improvements, data assimilation method development and with novel observations.

Global warming has a larger affect in polar areas, as the loss of snow and ice leads to more open water, which absorbs more sunlight and warmth.

Yes, there has been warming before, but never as quickly in the polar areas as it has in the last few decades.

Not exact matches

«We anticipate in the future there will be a new area between the two polars of centralization and decentralization.

According to guidelines based on several years — and $ 10 million — of environmental - impact research, the Navy is not permitted to use the low - frequency sonar within 12 nautical miles of any coastline, in any marine sanctuary, near any marine - mammal «biologically important area,» or in polar seas.

The analysis shows that the critical timing of the sea ice break - up and sea ice freeze - up is changing in all areas in a direction that is harmful for polar bears.

Experts says that it may be the last chance to study the polar regions as they are now; global warming is already being felt most severely in these areas and transforming them as a result.

The baculum, a bone in the penis of polar bears, is losing density in areas where pollutant contamination is high — and that may spoil the bears» sex life

Now Harmon has carried out a new radar survey of Mercury, which shows that the areas which strongly reflect radio waves match closely the positions of polar craters photographed by Mariner 10, the American spacecraft which flew past Mercury in 1974 and 1975.

Venus» south polar area, seen in ultraviolet light.

For example, the polar bear specimen from roughly 120,000 years ago survived in Svalbard during a warm interglacial period because that Arctic archipelago remained more frozen than other areas.

Because the poles are always at the edge of the sunlit side of Mercury, flat areas receive little solar energy and long shadows keep polar crater floors in perpetual darkness.

Currently, the status of polar bear subpopulations is variable; in some areas of the Arctic, polar bear numbers are likely declining, but in others, they appear to be stable or possibly growing.

Now new research shows that these eruptions on the sun's surface not only send bursts of energetic particles into Earth's atmosphere causing disturbances in the magnetic field, but they may also significantly decrease the number of free electrons over large areas in the polar region of the ionosphere — the ionized part of the upper atmosphere.

«For example, in some parts of the Arctic, such as the Chukchi Sea, polar bears appear healthy, fat and reproducing well — this may be because this area is very ecologically productive, so you can lose some ice before seeing negative effects on bears.

The last decade has been one of the warmest on record for the polar region, with 2007 summer temperatures having risen 9 degrees Fahrenheit above average in some areas.

In the San Francisco Bay area, sea level rise alone could inundate an area of between 50 and 410 square kilometres by 2100, depending both on how much action is taken to limit further global warming and how fast the polar ice sheets melt.

«The three areas that can trigger large changes in the earth's gravitational field are oceans, polar and glacial ice and atmosphere,» Cox explains.

The researchers incorporated information on soot produced by burning fossil fuels, wood and other biofuels, along with that naturally produced by forest fires and then checked their model predictions against global measurements of soot levels in polar snow from Sweden to Alaska to Russia and in Antarctica as well as in nonpolar areas such as the Tibetan Plateau.

The reason that scientists are looking for life in this area is that it is thought to be the place on Earth that most closely resembles the permafrost found in the northern polar region of Mars at the Phoenix landing site.

With ice freezing later and thawing earlier, polar bears can't stock up on seal meat for as long, leading hungry animals to search for food in populated areas.

Other key discoveries included evidence that Enceladus's spouting water lands in Saturn's atmosphere and that the south polar area changes over time, hinting at evidence of Earth - like plate tectonics.

Over the last decade, there has really been a paradigm shift in the understanding and coverage / modeling of the polar areas, and how dynamic they are.

Her current work focuses on understanding past climate change during both greenhouse and icehouse periods, particularly in the polar regions, the areas of Earth that are most sensitive to climate change.

And this one does graph trend lines for polar stratospheric temperature that on average over recent years would correlate to the trend line for area for PSCs in the article being discussed:

Thus temperatures during the period when a lot of sunlight first returns to the polar areas following winter, March in the Arctic and September in the Antarctic, are crucial.

large areas of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs)-- clouds in the ozone layer - were present over the Arctic region at altitudes between 14 and 26 km.

Significantly, this water was found near Mars» north pole, but not in its polar icecaps, indicating that water extends farther than just those areas of trapped water ice, dust and carbon dioxide.

Tiny creatures on polar seabeds may be uniquely positioned to increase this service, and we are set to explore this new and exciting area of research to understand the role they have in slowing global climate change.

Reconstructions of past Hothouse climates had shown that temperatures had been around six degrees higher on average, and higher still in polar regions, with no polar ice - caps and a temperate to subtropical fauna and flora, as evidenced by the fossil record in these areas.

For example, few data are available for the polar winter, and it is not known whether aragonite - undersaturated areas decrease in size with the seasonal freezing of sea ice.

Global - scale distribution of cold and high altitude environments (polar, glacial areas, periglacial areas, high mountains in non-polar places) and hot arid environments (hot deserts and semi-arid areas)

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We have deliberately kept a lot of trees within the circles so that there are shady areas where the dogs can hide from the sun in the summer and flat kennel roofs where they can sunbathe in Spring when the sun comes back for the first time after the polar night.

Today, if just the current Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica melted, it is estimated that sea level would rise 20 to 251 If we melted all of the ice on Greenland, the North polar areas and the Antarctic in addition, sea level could rise 300» or so.

The distribution of these whales is considered widespread because they can occur in polar, temperate, and tropical waters in most seas and areas worldwide.

The polar bears which inhabit the region have become a Churchill icon, but Beluga whales are also a common sight in Churchill's waters and the area is also world - renowned amongst ornithologists for its diverse and often rare birdlife.

Spectacular vertical granite peaks, immense rivers of ice, wind - swept plains and native beech forests define this spot of intense rugged beauty in the South of Chili and Argentina, where the Andes mountains are covered by the most extensive area of glaciers outside the world's polar regions.

Note that while a travel protection plan, including travel insurance plan, is not required by Adventure Life, some government and some of our third - party suppliers who operate in remote areas such as the polar regions or safari parks may require proof of emergency medical benefits and emergency evacuation coverage at certain levels before you travel.

Armored Kill, set for a September launch, will be the polar opposite to the tight areas included in Close Quarters, and will instead focusing on vehicular combat.

And this one does graph trend lines for polar stratospheric temperature that on average over recent years would correlate to the trend line for area for PSCs in the article being discussed:

[20] For the polar bears that currently den on multi-year ice, increased ice mobility may result in longer distances for mothers and young cubs to walk when they return to seal - hunting areas in the spring.

Thus temperatures during the period when a lot of sunlight first returns to the polar areas following winter, March in the Arctic and September in the Antarctic, are crucial.

However, even just 1 degree warming was huge in high latitude areas where polar amplification is occurring (early Jan 2006 post at RC).