Sentences with phrase «lived on dry land»

Mangroves, watered with fresh water, have lived on dry land for 50 years at the U. S. Botanical Garden in Washington.
Tristan Greene is a sailor gleefully writing about consumer - friendly artificial intelligence advances, political policy concerning tech, and the horrors of living on dry land.
They are crustaceans specially adapted for living on dry land.
Plants have thus recycled one of the first adaptations related to life on dry land, the cuticle, by assigning it these new roles to perfect their last major innovation: the seed.
Tristan Greene is a sailor gleefully writing about consumer - friendly artificial intelligence advances, political policy concerning tech, and the horrors of living on dry land.

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What conceit and self righteousness to think for a moment that any of you are someone who is being looked after or has the ability to move on to an after life with this conjoured up image of some humanoid that will ascene you to some kind of «Happy Land» when you are more likely dead forever and dried up turning into bug invested happy meals or just plan old dust if your sealed or cremated..
No, he killed every land vertebrate which was not on the ark: Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
How blessed are those whose hearts are set on pilgrimage Who wait upon the Lord in a dry land, The shepherd hears their cry and gently opens Springs of living water right where they stand.
4c) let there be LIGHT (1 - 4 all the first day) 5c) God next creates the heavens (what we call the sky) above (2nd day) 6c) dry land appears as the oceans form (3rd day) 7c) green plant life appears on land (3rd day also) 8c) the cloud cover left over from the billions of years of rain finally condenses enough that a visible moon and sun can be seen from the earth's surface through the clouds (4th day) 9c) God creates sea life including fish and birds (5th day) 10c) God creates cattle and beasts (large land animals)(6th day) 11c) God creates man.
7) green plant life appears on land (3rd day) Primitive plant forms colonize the dry land.
4) then photons erupted from this energy 4) let there be LIGHT (1 - 4 all the first day) cloud (detectable today as the microwave background radiation) 5) photons and other particles form the 5) God next creates the heavens (what we call the sky) above bodies of the early universe (atoms, (2nd day) molecules, stars, planets, galaxies) 6) it rained on the early earth until it was 6) dry land appears as the oceans form (3rd day) cool enough for oceans to form 7) the first life form was blue green bacteria.
Some parents swear that putting on the washing machine, tumbler drier or vacuum cleaner near where their baby's sleeping will send them into the land of nod — probably because it mimics the constant swooshy sound of life in the womb.
Indeed, the convention applies only to lands that are already classed as «dry», including arid and semi-arid regions, along with the dry subhumid (mainly forested) areas of Australia, China and Russia (see «Living on Dry Earth»dry», including arid and semi-arid regions, along with the dry subhumid (mainly forested) areas of Australia, China and Russia (see «Living on Dry Earth»dry subhumid (mainly forested) areas of Australia, China and Russia (see «Living on Dry Earth»Dry Earth»).
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the mass extinction seen in plant species caused by the onset of a drier climate 307 million years ago led to extinctions of some groups of tetrapods, the first vertebrates to live on land, but allowed others to expand across the globe.
Scientists believe lichens were among the first living things to try their luck on dry land some 600 million years ago, 200 million years before the first plants arrived.
One of the major complications in understanding cane toads and their impact is the toad's complicated life - history — including eggs and tadpoles in the water as well as larger toads hopping around on dry land.
The intrepid robotic explorer successfully completed its primary scientific objective when it discovered strong evidence early on in its mission that a place called Yellowknife Bay near its landing site, constitutes an ancient dried - out lake bed which was once filled with drinkable liquid water billions of years ago and could have sustained life — if any were present.
The latest salvo in Macro-Nutrient Land is the Calorie Restriction Diet, inspired by animal experiments in which mice, guppies, water fleas, yeast, spiders, Labrador retrievers, a microscopic water invertebrate called the rotifer, and rhesus monkeys are said to live longer on diets that restrict caloric intake.13 Researchers are encouraged by the longevity of a single monkey who has reached 38 years on a diet in which the portion of monkey chow — dried compressed pellets of wheat, corn, soybean, alfalfa, fish and brewer's yeast — has been cut by 30 percent compared to controls.
It's the back - and - forth to live action on dry land that's the problem.
As a story, it's an interesting idea, but very poorly conceived characters and situations galore take the legs out from under the screenplay and the film flops around like a fish on dry land, gasping desperately for life before ultimately dying a painful and pathetic death about a half hour before the film's too - long - in - coming ending.
In the movie The Next Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi offers his protégé Julie Pierce a life - changing advice by telling her that «Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land».
These two island groups (Similans to the south, Ko Surin to the north) are generally visited either as day trips or overnight live aboard trips, though very basic bungalow accommodation is available on the Similans should you want to stay on dry land.
On dry land, you can enjoy guided walks through virtually untouched nature and see some of the rarest life forms on Earth, including giant tortoiseOn dry land, you can enjoy guided walks through virtually untouched nature and see some of the rarest life forms on Earth, including giant tortoiseon Earth, including giant tortoises.
Back on dry land, the hotel offers a vast array of leisure facilities for all ages, including a steam room, massage services, fitness center, kids» club, karaoke room, bicycle hire, games room, and an open air theater for live evening performances.
Venturing on to dry land, the crew will guide you to deserted beaches and through local villages where traditional ways of life remain virtually unchanged.
His works on paper are typically identified as a scrawling matrix of dynamic layers of lines and text which attempts to record what is to be human in a world which, behind him on dry land, is rapidly changing and living out of synch with nature.
Born 1982, Auckland, New Zealand Education 2009 Meisterschule, Städelschule HFBK, Frankfurt am Main 2005 BFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland Solo exhibitions 2018 «Games of Decentralized Life» Galerie Buchholz, Cologne 2018 «The Founder's Paradox», MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland 2017 «The Founder's Paradox», Michael Lett, Auckland 2017 «The Founder's Paradox», Michael Lett, Auckland 2017 «Shenzhen Entrepreneurial Form», Fine Arts, Sydney 2017 «FaaS — Feedback as a Service: Reflecting on messaging, debate and criticality inside a parliamentary discussion on internet governance», Bozar, Brussels 2017 «Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship», C2 Space, OCT - LOFT, OCAT Shenzhen 2017 «Hammer Projects: Simon Denny», Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 2016 «Secret Power», Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington 2016 «Blockchain Future States», Petzel Gallery, New York 2016 «Business Insider», WIELS, Brussels 2015 «Products for Organising», Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London 2015 «Secret Power», New Zealand Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale 2015 «The Innovator's Dilemma», MoMA PS1, New York 2014 «The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom», Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington 2014 «New Management», Portikus, Frankfurt am Main 2014 «The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom», Firstsite, Colchester 2014 «TEDxVaduz redux», T293, Rome 2014 «Disruptive Berlin», Galerie Buchholz, Berlin 2013 «The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom», mumok, Wien 2013 «All You Need is Data — The DLD 2012 Conference REDUX rerun», Petzel Gallery, New York 2013 «All You Need is Data — The DLD 2012 Conference REDUX», Kunstverein München 2012 «Full Participation», Aspen Art Museum, Aspen 2012 «Envisaging Vocational Rehabilitation» (with Joanna Fadyl), Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster 2011 «Corporate Video Decisions», Friedrich Petzel Gallery 2011 «Corporate Video Decisions», Michael Lett, Auckland 2011 «Cruise Line», NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen 2011 «Chronic Expectation: CFS / ME Documentary Restoration», T293, Rome 2011 «7 Unreachable Elevators», IMO, Copenhagen 2010 «Negative Headroom: the broadcast signal intrusion incident», Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis 2010 «Negative Headroom: the broadcast signal intrusion incident», Halle Für Kunst, Lüneburg 2010 «Remote Tutorial: hate poems for travelers», Landings Project Space, Vestfossen 2010 «Introductory logic tutorial video», Artspace, Sydney 2009 «Celebrities» houses at night: a projection», Standard Oslo, Oslo 2009 «Starting from behind», Michael Lett, Auckland 2009 «Deep Sea Vaudeo», Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne 2009 «Watching Videos Dry», T293, Naples 2009 «7 Drunken Videos `, Luettgenmeijer, Berlin 2008 «Aquarium Paintings (with Nick Austin)», Center, Berlin 2008 «Ruined by Sheer Confidence», Caribic Residency, Frankfurt am Main 2008 «Alexandra Bircken / Simon Denny», Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal 2008 «Recent Haircuts», Uplands Gallery, Melbourne 2008 «Recent Haircuts», Gambia Castle, Auckland 2007 «Compression Club», Michael Lett, Auckland 2007 «Monthly Cowards», Gambia Castle, Auckland 2007 «Paltry Motion», Dunedin Pubic Art Gallery, Dunedin 2006 «Old Entertainment System», Window, Auckland 2006 «Scape», Art & Industry Biennial, Christchurch 2006 «Old Things», Michael Lett, Auckland 2005» Arranging Sympathies», Volume Series, The Physics Room, Christchurch
The retreat of sea ice from the shores in summer to an unprecedented distance is fostering erosion of the shore and increasing radically the amount of swimming bears must do to maintain their accustomed life partly on and partly off dry land.
We couldn't make this stuff up: This man, Reishee Sowa of Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, apparently grew tired of trying to live self - sufficiently on dry land, and did what any of us would have done.
World Bank: On World Water Day 2013: 85 % of the world's population lives on the driest half of the land, 783 million people do not have access to clean water, and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitatioOn World Water Day 2013: 85 % of the world's population lives on the driest half of the land, 783 million people do not have access to clean water, and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitatioon the driest half of the land, 783 million people do not have access to clean water, and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation.
And it was recognized those actions were a crap shoot (Where good science and policy goes bad: de-salinization plants in Oz rather than managing episodic flooding, drilling 20,000 ′ below a seafloor 5,000 ′ under a precious biosphere to seek oil that is abundantl available on dry land, for examples), but can anyone name a project of doubt on the scale of this one where unspeakable trillions are to be spent, redistributed, productivity disincentized, where people's lives across the world will be thrown into uncertainty, where this trans - generational mindset will, by design, crush the willful and spirited energy and creativity of human kind until it is finally overthrown democratically or otherwise?
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