Sentences with phrase «natural geological»

The rise in atmospheric CO2 over the past 100 years is many, many times faster than from natural geological processes.

It also boasts a stunning array of natural geological features and more miles of sandy coastline than any of its neighbors.

That's why the process goes so slowly in natural geological systems, but new research has dramatically lowered the energy threshold.

Once characterized by isolation, these unique ecosystems face increased connectivity as a result of human activities and natural geological shifts.

The familiar music of natural geological change is about to be disrupted by a noisy interruption in the form of human intervention.

On the other hand, CO2 is removed from the air by natural geological - scale processes and these take a long time to work.

In the past, natural geological processes have controlled levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Incorporating an incredible natural geological formation as the basis of its design, Villa Hin is sometimes known as «The Rock House.»

From the incredibly slow to the sudden, Arizona faces all types of natural geological wonders.

After ruling out other possible explanations for the site, including natural geological processes, other animals and damage caused by the construction work that led to its discovery, the team carried out experiments to show how humans could have broken the bones in the way they were found.

Methane emissions from fossil fuel industry and natural geological leakage are up to 110 per cent greater than current estimates, according to a detailed analysis of methane sources published in Nature this week.

That opened up more room for error; Petrenko estimates that previous natural geological methane approximations were way too high, by a factor of at least three.

Even in the middle of a busy city you can find natural geological areas to explore such as Powell Butte.

The Chocolate Hills, a unique natural geological formation, are the most famous attraction and it can be combined with other popular activities such as visiting the Tarsier sanctuary or taking a cruise down the Loboc river.

On the Green blog, Rachel Nuwer nicely summarizes the findings of a new Duke University study finding signs that natural geological pathways link deep briny fluids thousands of feet beneath the surface in Pennsylvania gas country with some shallow zones tapped for drinking water.

We DO have enough of it to do tremendous damage (push natural geological / biological feedforwards into a big acceleration), and it looks like we are exactly on track to do so.

The crater walls provided a natural geological cut - away view 1 - 2 miles down into the crust.

«Helium is a commodity that is frequently overlooked and often only considered when purchasing balloons for parties,» said Senator Jeff Bingaman (D - NM), chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at a hearing on a bill he has introduced that would alter the terms under which the United States is selling off its once - vast reserve of helium gas, held underground in a natural geological formation near Amarillo, Texas.

The problem is that since 1996, the federal government has been selling its vast reserve of helium, which is held underground in a natural geological formation near Amarillo, Texas.

TCP emulates the earth's natural geological and geothermal processes that transform organic material into fuels through the application of water, heat and pressure in various stages.

Based upon the low resolution Viking images (which was the best the Viking spacecraft could do), several people claimed that the «Face» was artificial and not a natural geological structure.

It is a natural geological process (like photosynthesis) which creates a byproduct known as humates (which humic acid is derived from).

The Trona Pinnacles are a natural geological formation comprised of more than 500 spires composed of a porous calcium carbonate rock called tufa.

The Undara Lava Tubes are a natural geological phenomenon.

At Admirals Arch see where the powerful forces of nature have cut through the headland to create this natural geological formation.

You can't help but appreciate the beauty of this natural geological formation.

The earliest painting in the exhibition, Moran's The Road to Acoma (1902), portrays a natural geological wonder meant to rival the man - made monuments of the old world.

For most injection wells regulations only address the well structure and site because it is assumed that the natural geological layering makes vertical migration impossible.

The process mimics the natural geological processes thought to be involved in the production of fossil fuels.

If the human impact has been so powerful that it has deflected the Earth from its natural geological path, describing the state of affairs as «unethical» or «unlawful» seems to be some kind of category error.