Sentences with phrase «line retreats from»

When the grounding line retreats from its current position on a ridge into the valley, the rim of the ice facing the ocean becomes higher than before.

On the other hand, the point at which the grounding line retreats from its current high ground is a clearly - defined physical location — hence another tipping point.

Not exact matches

His retreat from the front lines of sales has, in some ways, actually helped him move forward.

In Yezzi's first collection, The Hidden Model, he showed his ability to go from light and ironic verse (your white meat drives me wild / dear circummortal chef, sweet Julia Child) to lines inspiring readers to wistfulness of time's «swift retreat.»

It is simply a matter of the church's doing what is possible for it in each situation; to use faithfully the modicum of power it can generate and call a halt to the retreat from the firing line and the pious pretension that God works only through the weak and powerless.

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Gabriel was then dismissed by referee Mike Dean moments later for appearing to flick his leg at Costa as they retreated to the halfway line, sparking an angry response from the defender.

It is easier to play out from the back in international football because most teams retreat to the halfway line and because so few teams play with two centre - forwards.

Now that line has been crossed and, if the US and the west are to halt their grim retreat from the Middle East, consequences must follow.

But somewhere along the line the party did what many governing parties do and started to retreat from the civil liberties positions it held in opposition.

He's rationalized his retreat in increments, from his warning that a court - run redrawing of the lines would result in «chaos,» to the subjective conditions he laid out for an acceptable gerrymander, to his uncharacteristic claim of powerlessness, to his criticism of an independent judge's congressional map, to his lightly supported characterization of the latest gerrymandered legislative draft - map as «progress» from the previous gerrymandered version.

Eventually, the floating ice shelf in front of the glaciers «broke up», which caused them to retreat onto land sloping downward from the grounding lines to the interior of the ice sheet.

But scientists increasingly attribute much of the observed grounding line retreat — particularly in West Antarctica — to the influence of warmer ocean water seeping beneath the ice shelves and lapping against the bases of glaciers, melting the ice from the bottom up.

In 1950s only the most northerly glaciers appeared to be retreating, but a transition from advance to retreat appeared to move down the Antarctic Peninsula over a period of about 10 to 20 years, broadly in line with what we would expect if this was a consequence of the warming that has been measured in this area.

In the somewhat good news department, the new study shows that Pine Island Glacier, the fastest - shrinking glacier on the planet, has actually seen its grounding line retreat slow down markedly compared to measurements taken from 1992 - 2011.

Warm waters have been eating away at ice from below in this region, and once grounding lines retreat far enough inland, entire glaciers can become unstable and collapse.

His performance in the last act when Pierre finds himself at the front lines of the Battle of Borodino and later prisoner to the French during Napoleon's retreat from Russia is the most haunting he's been since the climax of Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007).

Charlie Baker (R - MA) and Nathan Deal (R - GA) can brag, but many winners from the GOP have since retreated from their hard line reform stands.

This romantic little retreat is so tucked away that it even has its own palm lined circular driveway and you can often pick bananas, papayas and macadamia nuts a few feet from your door.

At Poperinge, the most important town behind the lines, you could visit Talbot House, known as «Toc H», which was somewhere for soldiers to use as a retreat away from the fighting - an «everyman's club» - where rank had no relevance.

Choose from active restaurants lining the harbor, to bustling cafes in the old town, to romantic retreats with ocean views - it would take several vacations to cover all the dining options in Cabo.

Ridge Country Retreat and Spa is perched on top of a beautiful tree lined ridge just a short drive from New Zealand's fastest growing city of Tauranga and the stunning beach resort of Mt Maunganui.

Set in gorgeous parkland surroundings which line the shores of the harbour, the garden's location is truly breathtaking, and it's a great place to retreat to, away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre.

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Donald Saff and Rauschenberg working on Party Line (Arcadian Retreats)(1996), from the fresco series, in Rauschenberg's Captiva Drive studio, Captiva, Florida, 1996.

The title, Solid on Our Source Planet stems from a line in the poem Only Alive Now by the Reiki Master Joy Magezis, who came on the retreat to provide reiki sessions with the artists.

He became even more enthusiastic, retreating into the small hallway lined with bookcases from floor to ceiling.

Recessions and reliefs appear to shift, calibrated lines dissolve into irregular forms — the viewer alternately perceives physical facture and optical phenomena as they approach and retreat from the surface.

«Widespread, Rapid Grounding Line Retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith and Kohler Glaciers, West Antarctica from 1992 to 2011.»

According to one of the studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, which used radar measurements from the European Space Agency's Sentinel - 1 satellite, Smith Glacier's «grounding line» — the boundary between the bedrock and the ocean — has been retreating at a rate of 1.24 miles per year since 1996.

A study using Earth Remote Sensing satellite radar interferometry (EERS - 1 and -2) observations from 1992 through 2011 finds «a continuous and rapid retreat of the grounding lines of Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Smith, and Kohler» Glaciers, and the authors conclude that «this sector of West Antarctica is undergoing a marine ice sheet instability that will significantly contribute to sea level rise in decades to centuries to come» (Rignot et al. 2014).

Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica, from 1992 to 2011

THERE HAS BEEN A WARMING TREND FROM THE 70s THRU THE LATE 90s,... accompanied by other changes tied to a warming trend (record low arctic sea ice extent & thickness, retreating glaciers, retreating snow lines, warming ocean surface temps, increases in sea height, de-alkalinizing oceans).

There is a silver lining in this cloud of obfuscation - climate contrarians appear to be retreating more and more away from the «it's not happening» and «it's not us» myths, toward the «it's not bad» fallback position.

At the very least, she's retreated substantially from the standard acceptance of the partly line.

But scientists increasingly attribute much of the observed grounding line retreat — particularly in West Antarctica — to the influence of warmer ocean water seeping beneath the ice shelves and lapping against the bases of glaciers, melting the ice from the bottom up.

Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, M. Morlighem, H. Seroussi, and B. Scheuchl (2014), Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica, from 1992 to 2011, Geophys.

Related Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica, from...

Most of the WAIS is grounded below sea level and has the potential to collapse if grounding - line retreat triggers a strong positive feedback whereby ocean water undercuts the ice sheet and triggers further separation from the bedrock (35 ⇓ — 37).

Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., Morlighem, M., Seroussi, H. & Scheuchl, B. Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica, from 1992 to 2011.

From 1992 to 2011, Pine Island's grounding line retreated by 19 miles (31 kilometers) while the center of the Thwaites grounding line retreated by nearly 9 miles (14 kilometers).

Lines superimposed on this 2009 satellite image show how the glacier has retreated rightward from the mid-1800s to 2009.

From the main post: «The bottom - line: The retreat can be surprisingly rapid even without clear evidence of a tipping point.»

As I wrote above, it is precisely that scientific work that informs and energizes the urgent desire for solutions that appears again and again in the more - or-less off - topic posts here — and that also inspires in some cases a retreat into despair, as the news from the front lines of climate science continues to rapidly worsen.

The radar readings from both teams show that the grounding line for some areas of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has retreated by as much as 20 miles (37 kilometers) over the past couple of decades, apparently due to the interaction with warmer seas.

In addition to Rignot, the authors of the paper in Geophysical Research Letters, «Widespread, Rapid Grounding Line Retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith and Kohler Glaciers, West Antarctica From 1992 to 2011,» include Jeremie Mouginot, Mathieu Morlighem, Helene Seroussi and Bernd Scheuchl.

The grounding lines, where the ice sheet detaches from the bedrock and floats on the ocean as an ice shelf, will retreat.

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