Sentences with phrase «inhospitable continent»

Those cascading effects might be difficult to comprehend, let alone see, for coastal communities hundreds or thosuands of miles away from the inhospitable continent.

Program Description Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans — people physically identical to us today — left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age.

Published on Jan 15, 2013 Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans — people physically identical to us today — left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age.

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The inhospitable nature of the continent means that it has never had permanent inhabitants to take regular weather observations unlike most other places on the planet.

Generally shy and abundant only around the inhospitable southern continent, the dark bronze beasts — among the smallest baleen whales at roughly 5 to 10 tons each — have been difficult to study in their environment, so biologists know little about their behavior.

The popular author of the Mars trilogy takes readers on a journey to a place with an equally inhospitable climate, bringing along a disparate group of characters with vastly different agendas for the frozen continent.

Given the inhospitable vastness of Antarctica, where temperatures regularly dip below -50 c, counting the continent's most iconic species had long been a challenge, but not anymore.