Sentences with phrase «land near the base»

Last week the U.S. Forest Service rejected the Smithsonian's request to build a $ 16.6 million telescope array — what would be the largest array of ground - based gamma ray telescopes in the world — on national forest land near the base of the mountain, citing the proximity of a Native American sweat lodge.

But they had a lot of trouble with the idea that the Earth was in motion, because if it's in motion why don't we feel it; you know, why aren't the birds swept backwards; why if you drop a heavy object from a tall tower, why doesn't it land near the base of the tower, shouldn't it be wooshed away?

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«This is a great honor and I think a very important state visit given the moment of our current environment,» Macron said Monday after his plane landed at a U.S. military base near Washington.

Perth - based explorer Goldphyre Resources has entered into an agreement to purchase a large area of potash - prospective land near Kalgoorlie, which is owned by prominent prospector Mark Creasy.

Our forecast of a «soft landing» for the Chinese economy is based on the increasing evidence that Chinese economic and financial policies are becoming less restrictive and will likely become expansive in the near future, with increased outlays for infrastructure.

Sahil Gupta, co-founder of San Francisco - based Patch Homes, foresees 30 - year and 15 - year fixed rates landing near 4.50 percent and 3.30 percent, respectively, by 2017's midpoint.

SCHAUMBURG — The Schaumburg Park District is close to striking a deal with Chicago - based Kevin Mann Hockey Inc. allowing the firm to build and operate an ice arena on land near Schaumburg Regional Airport.

First, less than 10 per cent of the world's land is more than 48 hours of ground - based travel from the nearest city.

The maps are based on a model which calculated how long it would take to travel to the nearest city of 50,000 or more people by land or water.

They are also seeking a way around the resistance to land - based and near - shore wind farms, like the finally approved Cape Wind project off Cape Cod.

So Google collaborated with nonprofits Oceana and SkyTruth to create Global Fishing Watch, an interactive map that, through both satellite and land - based tracking technology, gives a near real - time look at commercial fishing across the globe.

Land based and sea - going human activities are affecting the ocean in both near field and far field.

From Kosh Agach we took the land rovers to our Base camp at 2300m near the beautiful Tapduair Mountain and Bugason river.

The researchers inferred the land - based origin of these fossils due to the presence of geyserites, which are mineral deposits found only near terrestrial hot springs.

Candela Novembre Standing out among the (vast) sea of international street style stars isn't easy, but this Milan - based beauty — who hails from Argentina but landed in Italy at 17 for a modeling shoot with Bruce Weber — consistently steals focus with her near - perfect sense of style that manages to be playful but also communicates the fact that this is a girl who gets fashion.

This is particularly true if you're an Instructional Designer who wants to expand their client base or land the job of their dreams in the near future.

Hip - hop based education (HHBE) research started near the end of the 20th century, as scholars recognized that hip - hop could, in the words of Roderic Land and David Stovall, «engage youth in social discourse, which fosters critical thinking and academic and media literacy.»

Toyota Land Cruisers in your area are available in the following trim types including (but not limited to) the following: Base The nearest dealership is Freeman Toyota, approximately 8.515 miles away with 353 used Toyota Land Cruiser's in stock.

Toyota Land Cruisers in your area are available in the following trim types including (but not limited to) the following: Base The nearest dealership is Courtesy Ford Lincoln, approximately 6.116 miles away with 96 used Toyota Land Cruiser's in stock.

Toyota Land Cruisers in your area are available in the following trim types including (but not limited to) the following: Base The nearest dealership is Hilltop Buick GMC, approximately 14.027 miles away with 66 used Toyota Land Cruiser's in stock.

Special Operations will be based near Coventry, U.K., and Jaguar Land Rover will show off the very first cars at the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Toyota Land Cruisers in your area are available in the following trim types including (but not limited to) the following: Base The nearest dealership is Cutter Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Honolulu, approximately 1.303 miles away with 149 used Toyota Land Cruiser's in stock.

The iconic British SUV maker Land Rover will be celebrating it's 65th anniversary with a grand ceremony at Packington Estate, near its Solihull base.

Perhaps it's because of my time living near Cerritos California where Visual Land is based,...

Sahil Gupta, co-founder of San Francisco - based Patch Homes, foresees 30 - year and 15 - year fixed rates landing near 4.50 percent and 3.30 percent, respectively, by 2017's midpoint.

We are a completely non-destruct animal charity, based from 2 locations and set in around 60 acres of green land in Faversham and near Sevenoaks and we provide sanctuary for unwanted and ill - treated animals of all shapes and sizes, young and old, and rehabilitate them with a view to finding their forever home.

With dive sites so near to shore and a large choice of land - based accommodation on nearby Mabul Island, Sipadan is really a destination that favours diving from a resort.

Point Lookout at North Stradbroke Island and the headlands at Point Arkwright near Coolum on the Sunshine Coast are excellent spots for land - based watching.

Land - based activities near the Playa Grande area include golf, canopy tours, horseback rides, and hiking in the Rincon de la Vieja National Park.

One was Richard Huber, a retired insurance executive who, with some partners, in 1974 bought about 74,000 acres of rain forest land in the Brazilian state of Acre, near the base of Chico Mendes, the labor and land - rights organizer who was murdered by ranchers in 1988.

The law approving construction of a test centre of large land - based wind turbines near the Jutland town of Østerild was forced through parliament despite warnings about the effects it would have on the natural environment in the area and its impact on residents.

Since many meteorological stations are located in or near large cities, these «urban heat islands» might introduce a spurious trend into temperature records.3 This is the most serious possible source of systematic error to have been identified in land - based data.

In the near — next 20 - 30 years, it is almost certainly a better option to pursue PHEVs aggressively, to shift as much of the transportation network as possible to an electricity based mode (this goes for all land transport — cars and rail) and away from fossil fuels.

My skepticism was aroused by his mention of oyster farming near collapse (nothing to do with Co2) and nutrient overload from land based (again nothing to do with CO2, he was definitively aiming for scare factor, and purposely avoiding direct evidence that could be refuted.

The Climate Analysis and Monitoring theme updates the database with non real - time data on a semi-monthly or as - available basis to bring in observations from BC Hydro, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development's Forest Ecosystem Research network and Environment and Climate Change Canada's data that are not available from the near real - time feed.

This includes maintaining Argo, the main system for monitoring ocean heat content, and the development of Deep Argo to monitor the lower half of the ocean; the use of ship - based subsurface ocean temperature monitoring programs; advancements in robotic technologies such as autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor waters adjacent to land (like islands or coastal regions); and further development of real - or near - real - time deep ocean remote sensing methods.

New data are incorporated into the database on an hourly, near real - time basis from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Developments» Wildfire Management Branch, and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change's Air Quality Network.

The Richmond - based utility already owns 2,600 acres, about 4 square miles, on or near the site of the East River Mountain wind farm and it wants to acquire more land for the project.

The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station near Phoenix generates nearly 900 times more electricity than Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base photovoltaic panels, on less land, for 1/15 the cost per kWh — and does it 90 % of the time, versus 30 % of the time for the Nellis array.

More Details about this video animation The video animation shows the near surface (10m) winds and rainfall intensity over the Gulf of Mexico and the surrounding land areas during the main development phase of Hurricane Katrina, August 24 - 30, 2005, based on NCEP - GFS forecast model analyses.

Estimates of temperature variations near the earth's surface are based on thermometer readings taken daily at thousands of land stations and on board thousands of ships.

Not only was the region near the North Pole the warmest it has been during the month of February since at least the 1950s, but one of the northernmost land - based weather stations, known as Cape Morris Jesup, exceeded the freezing mark on an unprecedented nine separate days during the month.

Whether this increase in instantaneous heat production shows up in near surface land based temperature measuring data sets or not, I don't know.

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In truth, even if Christmas does bring warmth, it won't matter a whit, and not because the true measurements — based on comprehensive satellite readings rather than from a scattering of thermometers on land and ocean buoys — show 2014 to be nowhere near setting records.

NASA's approach is to extrapolate temperatures from the nearest land - based stations, like those in Greenland.

Based on wind - speed measurements, researchers at MIT, led by Stephen Connors, director of the Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives, calculated that large turbines located far offshore could ultimately cost less per power generated than either land - based turbines or near - offshore ones, even factoring in extra costs, such as much longer underground electricity transmission caBased on wind - speed measurements, researchers at MIT, led by Stephen Connors, director of the Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives, calculated that large turbines located far offshore could ultimately cost less per power generated than either land - based turbines or near - offshore ones, even factoring in extra costs, such as much longer underground electricity transmission cabased turbines or near - offshore ones, even factoring in extra costs, such as much longer underground electricity transmission cables.

While the Enercon is land - based, the Britannia will be located in deep waters near the UK.

They talked about their own welcome ceremonies, and particularly the #StandingRock protests led by the Sioux people, with significant support from Indigenous communities internationally, which are aiming to block the construction of an oil pipeline near their land by the Texas - based company Energy Transfer Partners (which counts US President elect Donald Trump among its investors).

Sahil Gupta, co-founder of San Francisco - based Patch Homes, foresees 30 - year and 15 - year fixed rates landing near 4.50 percent and 3.30 percent, respectively, by 2017's midpoint.