Sentences with phrase «large ice amounts»

Retrograde beds in West Antarctica and the Wilkes Basin, East Antarctica make their large ice amounts vulnerable to such melting.

Not exact matches

There are more, however, including the amount of sunlight an ice sheet is able to reflect; the larger an ice sheet, the more sunlight is reflected, but the smaller an ice sheet, the more ocean there is surrounding the ice sheet to absorb the sunlight which in turn heats up the surrounding waters increasing the melt which decreases the size of the ice sheet which in turn... and so goes the cycle.

Make an ice bath by putting some ice and a small amount of water in a large bowl.

Color large amount of icing with yellow food coloring.

When making a large amount of ice cream, as this recipe does, it's imperative to churn the mixture in two batches, so ice crystals don't form.

Making a large amount of iced coffee is a great idea because the strong flavors taste good for several days, so you'll have a refreshing beverage ready when you want it... like on an early summer morning!

Separately, create an ice bath by filling a large bowl or casserole dish with equal amounts of cold water and ice.

(I always use ice cubes, pastry flour and a good amount of cornstarch... very watery) I like to simply tear the mushrooms into large pieces.

Avoid giving your toddler too much quantity of foods that have a binding effect such as cooked carrots, bananas, and large amounts of dairy including yoghurt, milk, cheese and ice cream (adequate amount of dairy for a toddler is 2 - 3 servings per day).

Your baby will be a lot more active now and you may find they have a larger appetite; by now they should be well used to eating solid foods and should be eating home cooked meals; it is a good idea to make a large amount of food for your baby and then freeze it; you can use trays to make ice cubes of food for your baby.

A large area of the Greenland ice sheet once considered stable is actually shedding massive amounts of ice, suggesting that future sea - level rise may be worse than expected, a team of scientists warned yesterday in a new study.

The researchers do know that the presence of certain aerosols plays a large role in the formation of ice that leads to precipitation, but they also need to tease out the importance of that with other factors, like the amount of available water vapor and vertical storm winds.

The density of the mammoth main - belt asteroid Ceres suggests it contains a large amount of water ice, but no clear - cut sign of ice has been found on its surface.

«The idea is that sudden changes could arise when threshold conditions are met — for example, a tipping point arises whereby a large amount of ice is released suddenly into global oceans.

However, this is not true: New research shows that sea ice in the Arctic draws large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere into the ocean,» says Dorte Haubjerg Søgaard.

Now, the robot's first findings are already helping scientists piece together more of this previously hidden under - ice food web, including more evidence of the under - ice algae, as well as tiny copepods, ctenophores (jellyfish), predatory marine worms called arrow worms, and abundant amounts of large floating slime balls, known to scientists as larvaceans.

Co-author Professor Jonathan Bamber, based at the University of Bristol, and President of the European Geoscience Union (EGU), added: «We are seeing changes in the large - scale circulation patterns, which leads to more frequent sunshine and higher amounts of solar energy reaching the surface of the ice sheet.

«They suggest that even if the ice declined a large amount in one year, it should bounce back,» says Walt Meier of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Coloraice declined a large amount in one year, it should bounce back,» says Walt Meier of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, ColoraIce Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

But large amounts of snow may be falling and the plane may be accumulating dangerous amounts of ice on its wings.

Gas giants are probably born further out, beyond some 400 million kilometers, where ice crystals can develop and accumulate into planetary cores that are massive enough to attract large amounts of gas from the disk.

«The Arctic is facing a decline in sea ice that might equal the negative record of 2012: Data collected by the CryoSat - 2 satellite reveal large amounts of thin ice that are unlikely to survive the summer.»

Greenland's ice sheet melts and sends large amounts of fresh water into the coastal waters, where it is of major importance for local production but potentially also for global ocean currents.

Accompanying the founders of the new Mars colony would be large amounts of equipment, including machines to produce fertilizer, methane and oxygen from Mars» atmospheric nitrogen and carbon dioxide and the planet's subsurface water ice.

It is not clear yet how much of the phosphorus being released from the ice sheet is reaching the open ocean, but if a large amount of phosphorus coming off the glacier makes it to the sea, the nutrient could rev up biological activity of Arctic waters, according to the study's authors.

The shelf was plugging the channel, but once it is gone, the glacier moves more rapidly toward the sea, forming more ice shelf, but removing large amounts of ice from the glacier.

The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is diminishing Earth's albedo, or reflectivity, by an amount considerably larger than previously estimated, according to a new study that uses data from instruments that fly aboard several NASA satellites.

The reason was that ice sheets across Scandinavia and North America produced a large amount of fresh melt water from icebergs.

«So we knew that in the final period of the recent Ice Age, between 30,000 and 15,000 years ago, large amounts of sediment were deposited in the region in a relatively short period of time,» explains Dr. Karstens.

Despite the rising sea level and therefore increasing pressure, the simulation showed that towards the end of the ice age large amounts of gas hydrate became unstable and the released gas escaped through the sediment to the seawater.

As a result, a water - layer is formed beneath the ice that contains large amounts of both salt and methane.

So, if Larsen C ultimately breaks up, researchers are concerned that could be a sign that other ice shelves holding back a large amount of land ice could cause oceans to rise.

New research from Carnegie's Ivana Cvijanovic (now at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Ken Caldeira, as well as Douglas MacMartin of Caltech, shows that while an incredibly large effort could, in principle, restore vast amounts of sea ice by this method, it would not result in substantial cooling.

While the water under the Antarctic ice is not itself related to global warming, the suprisingly large amount of water, the surprising speed with which it moves, and its effect of «lubricating» the movement of the Antarctic ice, may affect how the ice sheets respond to warming.

Using its three main science instruments, Odyssey has mapped the global distribution of many minerals and chemical elements across the Martian surface, found evidence of large amounts of buried water ice near the planet's poles and measured the radiation environment in low Mars orbit, which could help NASA plan out future manned missions to the Red Planet.

But from an email conversation with Francis, Vavrus, and several other atmospheric scientists this week, it became clear that there may be more questions than answers at this point, given the large amount of natural variability that affects winter weather patterns, and the very short observational record of how the atmosphere responded to extreme losses of sea ice (only five winters of records since 2007).

When an icy impact occurred, the impactor's kinetic energy became heat energy, instantly melted some ice, gouged out a crater, and kicked up into Mars» thin atmosphere large amounts of debris mixed with water (liquid, ice crystals, and vapor)-- and complex organic molecules that obviously came recently from life.127 Then, the dirt and salt - water mixture settled back to the surface in vast layers of thin sheets — strata — especially around the crater.

Study researcher Kevin Arrigo, from the Stanford University, and colleagues said that the melting of the ice release large amounts of iron into the ocean and iron happens to be a crucial nutrient needed by phytoplankton to grow.

Traditional desserts, such as cake, cookies and ice cream, contain large amounts of added sugar, which puts you at an increased risk of weight gain and heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.

After dinner he would eat a whole packet of cookies, or eat a large amount of ice cream or consume a large chocolate bar.

• Tip: I've listed 2 amounts of icing sugar, the lesser amount is good for a flooding consistency, and the larger amount is for outlining, but you can add even more for a much thicker consistency good for writing.

I also don't add the ice cubes as I make a large amount (usually a double - batch) and store it in the fridge or freezer.

Many health experts agree that stones are created by poor dietary habits, such as, the consumption of too much fat, calcium (usually from commercial dairy products), large amounts of animal protein (red meat, chicken and fish), refined sugar (cookies, cakes, ice cream and pies) and too much alcohol and refined - commercial grade salt.

Once this lymphatic permeability increases, there may be risk of a large amounts of fluid backflowing into the injured area, causing more swelling than may have occurred if you didn't ice in the first place.

Lord Fredrik laughs as he blows the horn, creating a large amount of wind, as well as a strange ice dragon.

While a small amount of vanilla ice cream or yogurt mixed into a homemade treat is usually safe, refrain from giving your pets large amounts of any dairy product.

If a dog is overheated or dehydrated, they will consume huge amounts of water all at once, which can create a situation where they may be more likely to bloat — but this is true for large amounts of any temperature water, not just iced.

Take along ice cubes for your dog to lick and mouth, which are easier on your dog than a large amount of water all at once.

Ice Cubes or Ice Chips can help by offering small amounts of water to stay hydrated without your pet drinking large amounts, increasing the likelihood of vomiting.

Take along ice cubes, which are easier on your pet than large amounts of water.

This left less water in the oceans since large amounts were tied up in glaciers and ice sheets, and sea level fell.