Sentences with phrase «melting snow patch»

A melting snow patch in Greenland recently revealed tiny mound - like structures.
A melting snow patch in Greenland has revealed what could be the oldest fossilized evidence of life on Earth.

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The shrinking sea ice drives a classic positive feedback loop: as more ice melts, fewer patches of white snow reflect solar energy, and larger regions of dark, sunlight - absorbing seawater open up — both causing the ice to melt even faster.
The Isua stromatolite fossils were exposed by the recent melting of a perennial snow patch.
Changing the colors of the leaves, moving a sunbeam to melt snow, waking animals from their winter slumber, or giving a patch of sproutlings a sprinkle of water are all within the realm of these seasonal specialists.
Trees, bushes and all but the hardiest wildflowers vanished, and patches of slowly melting snow appeared on the landscape.
Neither slush, icy patches, puddles in every street corner of melted snow, nor pestilence can stop AF from traversing the gritty bosom to catch art in its comforting crevices.
Alternating patches of forest and meadow attenuate snow melt and runoff, helping to regulate the mountain water cycle.
«We can use our microwave signatures to decompose the network of melt ponds versus snow and ice patches to get a relative percentage coverage of melt ponds,» says Scharien.
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