Sentences with phrase «in turbulent waters»

Lockwood, like many New York schools, had been fighting for several years to stay afloat in turbulent waters.

Barnacles need an unusually long appendage in order to reach mates while anchored in place; a recent study found that barnacles in turbulent waters had much shorter and stouter organs than those in protected harbors, perhaps due to «a trade - off between length and maneuverability» of the penis in high waves.

But in turbulent waters, fragile coral larvae can get buried in muck and perish.

Secretly tossed in turbulent waters of insecurity and doubt.

All of these seaweeds, especially digitata, thrive in turbulent waters, which makes trying to farm them a less - than - ideal endeavor with less - than - ideal results.

Not exact matches

FOND PARISIEN, Haiti — Two Haitian brothers came back to their homeland to build a livelihood on Lake Azuei, a turbulent expanse of water that has often been cruel to those living along its shore, flooding homes in the border town of Fond Parisien and blocking a key highway into the Dominican Republic.

The ever turbulent waters of evangelicalism continue to be roiled by the declaration «Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium.»

From the prophets, Mary knew that God could very well use someone like her — an unmarried teenage girl, a minority in an occupied territory at a turbulent time in history — to bring the Messiah into the world in the most unceremonious way: through water and womb, blood and labor pains, lullabies and gentle kisses and the helplessness of a baby's cries.

Yet, it also represented the baptised newly caught in the net of faith and rescued from the turbulent waters of the world.

It was as though the violent undercurrents of the protest rushed in upon him with heightened force, and he surveyed the turbulent waters for a way of escape, searching for an exit point between courage and convenience - «a way to move out of the picture without appearing a coward» - and he found none.

They did, of course, identify in American life a variety of features about which they had strong reservations, but they seemed to have no doubt that they would be able to keep their heads above the turbulent waters of popular culture.

In Parenting Through Crisis, Barbara Coloroso helps parents navigate family waters when they get turbulent, offering practical answers to difficult questions and situations.

«If I raise X how will MPs respond and how will it be reported in the media and can we sustain the position as we navigate through turbulent waters?»

It turns out that the steady dripping of water deep underground can reveal a surprising amount of information about the constantly changing cycles of heat and cold, precipitation and drought in the turbulent atmosphere above.

But there may be a way to cut drag force by almost 30 %, according to computer simulations of turbulent ocean - water flows reported in the 19 May issue of Science by mechanical engineer Yiqing Du of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and applied mathematician George Karniadakis of Brown University.

«There is a lot of CO2 dissolved in the water, which could provide the carbon that the chemistry of living organisms is based on, and there is plenty of energy, because the water is hot and turbulent.

Congressional leaders back in the politically turbulent 1970s managed to pass sweeping laws to ensure clean air and water, protect endangered species and keep toxic substances out of everyday household products.

In the 3 - D computer simulation below, a rogue wave rises suddenly from turbulent waters during an ocean storm.

A new study has found that turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean, which has a profound effect on global ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies — the ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and possibly also wind speeds.

So does water, in some cases: Around a small model of a rock - and - concrete dike, for instance, water may display a so - called laminar flow pattern, whereas in the real world it displays more chaotic turbulent flows.

Unlike its related species, the yellow - bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus), the yellow sea snake subspecies lives in a significantly more hostile environment — the waters in the gulf are warmer, often turbulent, and the dissolved oxygen in them occasionally drops to extremely low levels.

Faster flow is more turbulent, and in this turbulence more heat is mixed into AABW from shallower, warmer ocean layers — thus warming the abyssal waters on their way to the Equator, affecting global climate change.

When shaken in the lab, or when thrashed by turbulent currents in its natural habitat, the seaweed's two sexes hold on to their gametes, releasing them only when the water is tranquil.

In the dolphin's case, a thin layer of water flows along the body until it becomes chaotic, or turbulent.

«We should be able to watch the turbulent eddies [spin] around; a bit like watching turbulent water in a stream.»

While the act of paddling taps your shoulders, back, and core, the muscles in your legs (including your smaller stabilizer muscles that are usually inactive) have to pull major overtime to keep you upright and stable when paddleboarding, especially on turbulent waters.

About 3 hours into our date, one speed boat past by us in one direction, while another sped by on the other side of the canoe in the opposite direction causing turbulent water.

Violence issues center around dark, blood - like fluids, bodies submersed in water and turbulent flashbacks.

Hovering in a helicopter over the turbulent waters, the new graduate puts his skills to trial.

This was my second year with NAESP's NDPs — my second year to sit in awe and learn from instructional leaders who are faced with increasing mandates and demands, from those who have navigated their ships through some turbulent waters.

The sequel to TANGLED TIDES is now available, and the underwater cast of merfolk, selkies, sirens, gorgons, and even water sprites are in for some very turbulent waters.

Elkhorn Coral: Acropora palmata: (colour brownish yellow) This coral is found primarily in turbulent shallow water on the forereef crest and the backreef crest at the cuts in the reef.

Lobsters then ran or migrated in such quantities that they turned the shallows red, their antennae waving like fields of tentacled periscopes above the turbulent waters.

Antarctica Holidays To the South Shetland Isles After an included night in Ushuaia we navigate the Beagle Channel then head south across the Drake Passage and across the turbulent waters of the An...

Savor exciting action along class 2 and 3 rapids with swirling waters, turbulent rapids, and sudden adrenaline pumping drops, all the while taking in the abundance of lush jungle wildlife, waterfalls, intricate wall carvings, and exotic scenery the river has to offer; all adding up towards an experience you'll never forget.

In the waters off Coron lie the submerged wrecks of Japanese ships, some dating back to World War two, giving you an insight into the turbulent history of the Philippines, lying dormant beneath the surface.

Instead of the tranquil Caribbean Sea, the beaches face the Atlantic Ocean, which means that waters can be more turbulent, especially in the winter months.

Dead Island has been through some turbulent waters in the last couple years.

Mandel's last group of landscapes, made in the»60s, verge on pure abstraction and depend on complicated spatial arrangements; many feature roiling waves and turbulent waters.

Shibata's pictures revel in water's dynamic range, from turbulent to gentle, as it negotiates deftly engineered landscapes designed to guide it's flow.

At slack tide, daily time is essentially arrested, creating a brief window of time in which the normally turbulent waters are calm.

Much of Molesky's earlier work has depicted people and animals in nature or elements like turbulent water or hill fires.

Primarily known for her mixed - media abstracts of turbulent weather and her paintings of whimsical sumo wrestlers immersed in food, Orseck's new series explores the human body and what happens when it is submerged in water.

Ellen Orseck paints metaphors through images of figures submerged in water, sumo wrestlers immersed in food, turbulent weather and portraiture.

# 132 sublination occurs at these temperatures, direct snow to water vapour, especially in very strong turbulent winds.

Jennifer Francis of Rutgers and Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology are among researchers who've reported evidence of links between open Arctic waters in summer and more turbulent winters (although both say it's still uncertain where around the Northern Hemisphere the rougher weather will be focused after an ice - reduced summer).

While vertical AW [Atlantic Water] heat fluxes are negligible in the Canadian Basin, turbulent mixing may be strong enough in the western Nansen Basin to produce a sizable effect of AW heat on sea ice.

Over the course of several years, turbulent water overflow from a large melt lake carved this 60 - foot - deep (18.3 meter - deep) canyon in Greenland's Ice Sheet (note people near left edge for scale).

Weather in the boundary layer is quite similar to the rest of the troposphere, but it's generally windier (more «turbulent») and the air tends to have more water content.

Herding cats might be easier, but Figueres, having been submerged in often - turbulent diplomatic waters for most of her professional life, has remained remarkably buoyant as the UN climate chief.