Sentences with phrase «more open water near»

The research team, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), suspects that melting sea ice has left more open water near the coast for winds to create waves.

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Species that live in open water used platelets in their silvery skin to bend polarized light, obscuring their outlines more effectively than either near - shore species or humanmade mirrors, the researchers reported last week in Science.

This is not only because harvesting from relatively shallow waters is easier than in the open ocean, but also because fish are much more abundant near the coastal shelf, due to coastal upwelling and the abundance of nutrients available there.

The open - plan living area has two dining areas with clean - lined tables and chairs: one closer to the water for more formal dinners, and one nearer the kitchen for casual breakfasts.

That open ocean allows fewer thick chunks of ice from near the North Pole and more warm water from the south to accumulate along the Russian coast, causing the summer season of ice - free waterways to be longer in Russia than it is in Canada and Alaska.