Sentences with phrase «key earth processes»
Analysis is hampered by data gaps, inadequate understanding of key earth processes, and inadequate computation power.
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Dr Willbold continued: «Our work shows that most of the precious metals on which our economies and many key industrial processes are based have been added to our planet by lucky coincidence when the Earth was hit by about 20 billion billion tonnes of asteroidal material.»
«One of the key questions is: How far can we extend the current knowledge of processes that shaped the surface of the earth?»
Though scientists are making progress in understanding the key processes that drive changes in the ionosphere and, in turn, on Earth, there is still much to be understood.
While armchair archaeologists rely increasingly on digital technology — be it Google Earth or other data sets — it's likely that a very human element will remain a key part of the discovery process.
Knowing Earth's core temperature is key to understanding the planet's internal processes, particularly its magnetic field and geothermal activity, explains research team leader Simone Anzellini of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
We are beginning to unlock a process which is taking us back to the first stages of plant life on land some 450 million years ago, one of the key evolutionary steps of life on planet Earth,» she said.
Plants are major contributors to the chemical weathering of continental rocks, a key process in the carbon cycle that regulates Earth's atmosphere and climate over millions of years.
«It... suggests that the model likely contains the key physical processes that control the geographical pattern of global warming at the earth surface.»
Here we quantify the effects of key parametric uncertainties and observational constraints on thermosteric SLR projections using an Earth system model with a dynamic three - dimensional ocean, which provides a mechanistic representation of deep ocean processes and heat uptake.
Furthermore, there does not need to be a tipping point for these processes and systems in order for them to function as key regulators of the stability of the Earth system.
This can only be achieved with dedicated infrastructures to dynamically process massive information and to perform retrospective - analyses which will be essential key instruments for breakthroughs, and to stimulate multidisciplinary Earth system research and applications in marine and climate sciences.
Trees and other living organisms are key players in the global carbon cycle, a complex biogeochemical process in which carbon is exchanged among the atmosphere, the ocean, the biosphere and Earth's crust.
Department of Ecology, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education
Being part of Earth in Brackets and having taken many environmental politics and diplomacy classes with Doreen Stabinsky, we have cultivated solid background knowledge of the complex and evolving process of the UNFCCC and have a clear understanding of where to stand on some key issues that are on the table here in Doha.
The WGI FAR codified the key physical and biogeochemical processes in the Earth system that relate a changing climate to atmospheric composition, chemistry, the carbon cycle and natural ecosystems.