Sentences with phrase «increases at the surface»

It turns out that the upper - air records have not shown the warming that should accompany the reported increases at the surface.

Part way there, but no quantitation yet: of the 3.77 W / m ^ 2 radiated back dowwnard, most goes to increased rate of evaporation of the water at the surface, and much less goes to increased mean temp increase at the surface; hence increased rate of non-radiative transfer of heat from surface to upper atmosphere, slight increase in rainfall as hydrological cycle is faster, and slight increase in cloud cover.

The anthropogenic influence on atmospheric CO2 is about as solid as science gets, supported by multiple lines of evidence — simple accounting, ocean acidification, ocean CO2 increasing at the surface (by Salby it would have to be decreasing), decreasing atmospheric O2, isotopic balances, etc..

Assuming zero feedback, scientists have incorrectly calculated a 1 DegC temperature increase at the surface.

Not exact matches

But last year saw more cooperation with competitors (remember the Microsoft appearance at last year's Apple event) in the name of increased value, and new products like the Surface Book.

As underground mini-bulk sampling brings high - grade results, Castle Silver Resources TSXV: CSR has increased its surface drill program at a former mine near Ontario's Cobalt camp.

By: Robyn Wilkinson 4th November 2016 There is an increasing investment trend involving near - surface, easily mined base metal oxide deposits in Africa that can generate early cash flow amid current commodity prices to fund further exploration of the deposit at a later stage, advances specialist consultant to the mining industry The... →

If the surface area were all that mattered, an animal's metabolism would increase as its size increased, at the rate q0 a M2 / 3 (two - thirds being the exponent in the surface are to volume relationship: S a V2 / 3), yet Kleiber's Law, instead, is obeyed even here, ie q0 aÊM3 / 4.

We know that the surface temperature worldwide is rapidly increasing, that the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in at least 200,000 years.

Confined within the geometrically restricted surface of the globe, which is steadily reduced as their own radius of activity increases, the human particles do not merely multiply in numbers at an increasing rate, but through contact with one another automatically develop around themselves an ever denser tangle of economic and social relationships.

In this recipe, the meat is simply coated with baking soda, which increases the pH (or in other words, reduces acidity) and affects the way the molecules of protein at the surface of the meat interact with each other.

At Roland Garros, the surface of the court is made up of natural clay covered with crushed brick which slows the pace of the game down and increases the length of the rallies.

The practice has surfaced at a time when controversy has raged over the safety and economics of a genetically engineered hormone, bovine somatropin (BST), that promises to increase milk production.

Because they still have poor head control and often experience flexion of the head while in a sitting position, infants younger than 1 month in sitting devices might be at increased risk of upper airway obstruction and oxygen desaturation.128, — , 132 In addition, there is increasing concern about injuries from falls resulting from car seats being placed on elevated surfaces.133, — , 137 An analysis of CPSC data revealed 15 suffocation deaths between 1990 and 1997 resulting from car seats overturning after being placed on a bed, mattress, or couch.136 The CPSC also warns about the suffocation hazard to infants, particularly those who are younger than 4 months, who are carried in infant sling carriers.138 When infant slings are used for carrying, it is important to ensure that the infant's head is up and above the fabric, the face is visible, and that the nose and mouth are clear of obstructions.

Most scientists and climatologists agree that weird weather is at least in part the result of global warming — a steady increase in the average temperature of the surface of the Earth thought to be caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gasses produced by human activity.

While it is still possible that other factors, such as heat storage in other oceans or an increase in aerosols, have led to cooling at the Earth's surface, this research is yet another piece of evidence that strongly points to the Pacific Ocean as the reason behind a slowdown in warming.

The two airbags, stowed in a backpack, inflate at the pull of a cord, adding volume to the skier and increasing their chances of staying close to the surface during an avalanche.

p11 increases localization of 5 - HT1B receptors at the cell surface.

Although some lakes can also absorb CO2 at their surfaces similar to the way oceans do, the increases in these other sources of organic and inorganic carbon are likely the dominant factor, says Scott Higgins, a research scientist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 small lakes in Ontario.

One of the unexpected consequences of the October 28 flare was a fivefold increase in ozone - destroying nitric oxide at 70 miles above Earth's surface.

Bulk defects in a metal, such as grain boundaries, can create regions of increased strain at its surface that could affect its catalytic activity.

Sean McCoy, an engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, said that the stability of stored gas increases over time because C02 dissolves in briny water and eventually forms solid carbon formations, making it less likely to creep back up the surface.

From that year through 2012, Earth's yearly average surface temperature increased at one - third to one - half the average rate from 1951 through 2012.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center recently discovered that these drugs also interact with specific proteins on the surfaces of nerve cells — which could also lead to increased pain when patients wake up.

«I am very interested in these wind speed increases and whether they may have also played some role in slowing down the warming at the surface of the ocean,» said Prof Sherwood.

«It has been long known that structuring the surface of a material can increase light transmission,» said study co-author Viktor Podolskiy, a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Scientists at Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences, propose that the Martian surface reacted with the water and then absorbed it, increasing the rocks oxidation in the process, making the planet uninhabitable.

In this research, Swords shows that that interference manifests as increased inflammatory responses at the mucosal surface in the influenza - infected mice, such as within the middle ear, and in the nasopharynx.

The temperature of the latter was found to have increased by up to 4 °C above the temperature of the water while it twisted and turned at the surface for about ten hours at a time.

The misunderstanding stems from data showing that during the past decade there was a slowing in the rate at which the earth's average surface temperature had been increasing.

If it turns out to be common, it might mean that the moon could be cycling life - friendly compounds between the surface and the deep, and that substantially increases the chance that its ocean is habitable, says Michael Bland, a planetary scientist at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Professor Ted Taylor, from the University of Birmingham, said: «When lungfish gulp air at the water's surface, their heart rate instantly increases — signalling a diversion of blood to the creature's lungs.

«We found that nurses who use disinfectants to clean surfaces on a regular basis — at least once a week — had a 22 % increased risk of developing COPD,» says Dr Dumas.

The large size of this year's ozone hole will likely result in increases of harmful ultraviolet rays at Earth's surface, particularly in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere in the coming months.

The certified external quantum efficiency of 96 % at 300nm wavelength demonstrates that the increased surface recombination problem no longer exists and for the first time the black silicon is not limiting the final energy conversion efficiency.

A group of climatologists at Georgia Tech claim that a rise in sea surface temperatures over the last 30 years is «directly linked» to increases in the number of intense hurricanes.

He saw that surface area wasn't everything: By extending a leaf's overall size while keeping living, energy - greedy matter to a minimum, the plant increases the odds that at least some of the splotchy sunlight will strike each leaf.

The researchers designed the electrodes at the nanoscale — thousands of times thinner than the thickness of a human hair — to ensure the greatest surface area would be exposed to water, which increases the amount of hydrogen the device can produce and also stores more charge in the supercapacitor.

But now a team of biologists and polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that increasing the surface area of gecko toe pads alone can not explain this.

While there's been some research looking at how the neocortical surface of primates has increased over time, practically nothing prior to this has been done on rodents.

Irschick says the increased stiffness enhances adhesion because it enables the surfaces forces at the surface, produced by van der Waals bonds, to be stored and distributed efficiently.

Over the course of coming decades, though, trade wind speed is expected to decrease from global warming, Thunell says, and the result will be less phytoplankton production at the surface and less oxygen utilization at depth, causing a concomitant increase in the ocean's oxygen content.

The deep ocean, which covers more than 60 percent of Earth's surface, is a biodiversity hotspot at increased risk from climate change.

The main dangers associated with elemental mercury are that at standard conditions for temperature and pressure, mercury tends to oxidize forming mercury (II) oxide, and that if dropped or disturbed, mercury will form microscopic drops, increasing its surface area dramatically.

The measurements also showed increases in phytoplankton abundance at the surface.

Normally, the reaction happens too slowly to be useful, but injecting carbon dioxide into the rock at high pressure would speed things up considerably; the formation of magnesium carbonate could cause the rock to expand and crack, with the increased surface area spurring the reaction to continue.

To their surprise, the total mercury levels were similar, despite the fact that their modeling estimated a 9 % to 26 % increase in the concentration of inorganic mercury at the ocean surface over the same time period.

«The amount of visible radiation entering the lower atmosphere was increasing, which implies warming at the surface,» says atmospheric physicist Joanna Haigh of Imperial College London, who led the research, published in Nature on October 7.

Even where methane increases are observed at the ocean surface, scientists need better data to determine whether emissions come from hydrates or other seafloor sources.

The results, presented here at the AAAS annual meeting on 14 February, showed that when the sea surface warmed off the coast of Peru in 1997 - 98, during El Niño, there was a marked increase in rates of cholera infection in Lima and nearby cities.