Sentences with phrase «most terrestrial»

If emissions of heat - trapping gases continue along the recent trajectory, 21st century mean annual global warming could exceed 3.6 °F (2 °C) over most terrestrial regions during 2046 to 2065 and 7.2 °F (4 °C) during 2081 - 2100.

If the atmosphere contained no IR - absorbing substances, then all the IR emitted by the earth's surface would escape into space and radiative balance would dictate that the earth's average surface temperature (or really the average of emissivity * T ^ 4 where T is the absolute temperature and the emissivity of most terrestrial materials in the wavelength range of interest is very close to 1) is set by the condition that the earth must radiate as much energy as it absorbs from the sun.

Oxygen is an important part of the atmosphere, and is necessary to sustain most terrestrial life as it is used in respiration.

Their calculations indicated that by 2081 - 2100, most terrestrial species on the globe would need to disperse at a rate that exceeds 4 km / yr, and that nearly half of the land surface would require dispersal velocities that exceed 8 km / yr.

A factor is left out because in most terrestrial situations it is irrelevantly small.

CO2 that goes into the atmosphere does not stay there, but continuously recycled by terrestrial plant life and earth's oceans — the great retirement home for most terrestrial carbon dioxide.

This would probably be more impressive if most terrestrial and satellite radio stations, CDs, MP3, and Bluetooth streaming sources didn't already display this data right there on the touchscreen.

And just like most terrestrial vegetables, those from the sea are also low in calories and rich in vitamins and minerals.

Also, those taking clotting medications should also proceed with caution as sea vegetables are rich in vitamin K, just like most terrestrial green vegetables.

Although perchlorate is nasty enough that it's recommended not to exceed 25 parts per billion in U.S. drinking water, it's not a big deal for most terrestrial life, Phoenix scientists said.

Man has been able to become a member of most terrestrial biological communities.

«Unlike most terrestrial species, populations of whales within oceans are not isolated by geographic barriers.

Most terrestrial plants enter into biocoenosis with funghi.

Not exact matches

A traditional television offshoot may not seem like the most obvious move for Vice, considering the success of its online offerings and the indifference of its young audience to terrestrial TV.

The 15th - century Renaissance scientist Pico della Mirandola articulates this view, by putting these words into God's mouth: «We have made thee [«man»] neither a thing celestial nor a thing terrestrial, neither mortal nor immortal, so that being thine owne fashioner and artificer of thyselfe, thou maist make thyselfe after what likeness thou dost most affecte.»

But in terms of our modern neoanthropocentricity, Man, both diminished and enlarged, becomes the head (terrestrial) of a Universe that is in the process of psychic transformation — Man, the last - formed, most complex and most conscious of «molecules».

Whence, for the Christian in particular, there follows a radical incorporation of terrestrial values in the most fundamental concepts of his Faith, those of Divine Omnipotence, withdrawal and charity.

Finally, the most absurd feature of your scenario is the idea that any extraterrestrial creature would just happen to have, first, DNA as it's basic molecule of biological information storage, second, cellular machinery anywhere remotely similar to what animals on Earth have, and finally, would just happen to be close enough genetically to be able to mix their DNA with the DNA of any terrestrial being, and come out with a viable result.

However, with the discovery of the Lilstock specimen, this new study refutes previous identifications and also the most recent assertion that the Aust bones represent an early experiment of dinosaur - like gigantism in terrestrial reptiles.

This data is necessary to be able to respond effectively to contamination by microplastics and the risk they pose to terrestrial ecosystems — where, after all, most plastic waste that enters the environment accumulates.

Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys are one of the coldest, most inhospitable places on Earth — and are the closest terrestrial analog to the harsh martian desert.

The air temperature had risen to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which kept most of the area's terrestrial denizens hiding in shade or below ground.

The storm is a monster: 5,000 miles across — big enough to engulf North America — and rising 45 miles above the eye, five times higher than any terrestrial storm, with a top wind speed of 350 miles per hour, faster than the most violent twister ever to plow through Tornado Alley.

Most of us are just as serious as our terrestrial compadres.

Tough lignin, which helps form the main part of woody tissue, is the second most common component of terrestrial plants.

Perhaps the most notable aspect of Hörst's experiment is what she left out: liquid water, which is crucial for terrestrial life but absent from most of the cosmos, including Titan.

But characterizing a terrestrial planet in the habitable zone of our sun's nearest neighboring star will be one of the most important advances in the history of science.

Human capture of the planet's productive capacity, according to the most recent relevant study, now adds up to about 24 per cent of the total productivity of the Earth's terrestrial biosphere.

The eye's tendency to latch onto visual oddities makes it a sensitive tool for picking out the most distinctive aspects of the Martian environment, the sights that stand apart from the terrestrial norm.

Lead author Dr Mark Abrahams, from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: «Understanding the impacts of subsistence hunting in tropical forests is crucial not only to safeguard the world's most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems, but also to secure a sustainable future for forest - dependent communities.»

This record is to date the most comprehensive terrestrial archive from the Arabian Peninsula, and provides evidence for multiple humid episodes during both glacial and interglacial periods.

Therapsids roamed the Earth and dominated terrestrial ecosystems well before dinosaurs and are known from all continents in the world, but South Africa has by far the most diverse and long - ranging record of this important group of animals.

If finding life on other planets is really NASA's most important goal, then the Terrestrial Planet Finder is the big enchilada of the entire spaced - based telescope effort.

«Based on the phylogenetic relationships and the presence of tetrachromacy in recent tetrapods it is most likely that the stem species - of all terrestrial vertebrates had photo receptors to detect blue, green, red and uv,» says Dr. Christian Fischer of the University of Göttingen.

Among the most serious threats to ocean wildlife is climate change, which according to the scientists is degrading marine wildlife habitats and has a greater impact on these animals than it does on terrestrial fauna.

«The data was collected as part of a programme supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 150 grasslands across Germany, the so called «Biodiversity Exploratories»,» says Professor Wolfgang Weisser of the Chair for Terrestrial Ecology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)-- «it constitutes the most extensive ecological sampling in Europe.»

Although most of the amino acids likely came from Earth, the team can't rule out a contribution from meteorites because they found some amino acids that are extremely rare in terrestrial biology but common in meteorites (for example, Alpha - aminoisobutyric acid or AIB).

«We also know that most of the extra boost is provided by terrestrial ecosystems, not by the oceans.»

In the case of whales and their cetacean kin, it led to one of the most dramatic transformations known, producing fully aquatic mammals from terrestrial ones.

We have the technology now, and we've determined that most of the amino acids came from terrestrial contamination, with perhaps a small contribution from meteorite impacts.»

Unsustainable hunting for consumption and trade of wild meat (also known as bushmeat) by humans represents a significant extinction threat to wild terrestrial mammal populations, perhaps most notably in parts of Asia, Africa and South America [4 — 6].

This remarkable ability has allowed them to become one of the most abundant animals in the terrestrial tropics, and they've got their gut bacteria to thank.

Sauropod remains have been found on every continent, and they were one of the most important groups of terrestrial giant plant eaters, or megaherbivores, throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (201 million to 66 million years ago).

One of the most striking events in the Mesozoic Era was the rise to dominance of dinosaurs in terrestrial ecosystems.

Discovered by Donald Johanson at Hadar in Ethiopia in 1974 and nicknamed «Lucy» this fossil was the most complete skeleton and oldest member of what was then known of the human lineage but numerous scientists disputed she was truly bipedal, stating this species practiced a form of locomotion intermediate between the quadrupedal tree climbing of chimpanzees and human terrestrial bipedality.

Smaller terrestrial planets lose most of their atmospheres because of this accretion, but the lost gases can be replaced by outgassing from the mantle and from the subsequent impact of comets.

Scientifically, the meteorologists, climatologists, and atmospheric physicists, who were responsible for «discovering» the human contribution to the terrestrial greenhouse effect, have been the most consistent champions of its importance, while the solar physics community, and especially those interested in solar - terrestrial relations, have increasingly stressed the possible importance of the long - term variations of the solar constant as the chief cause of climate change.

Most of our knowledge of changes in the terrestrial realm comes from Wyoming.

Nitrogen and phosphorus are both considered as essential elements for all forms of life, and the corresponding biogeochemical cycles of these two elements are two of the most important in the biosphere, since these elements limit primary production in marine and terrestrial environments19, 27,28,29.

The morbillivirus causing canine distemper has been recorded in most families of terrestrial carnivores [9].