Sentences with phrase «near the equator in»

The findings from researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science provide new evidence that climate change in the tropical Pacific will result in changes in rainfall patterns in the region and amplify warming near the equator in the future.

Your climate models in a word SUCK, and where is the famous upper tropospheric hot spot they all claim near the equator in response to more co2 / it's postive feedbacks.

The lime green splotches near the equator in each hemisphere depict the trade winds, and the areas from about 35 ° poleward show dominant mid-latitudes westerlies.

Wind strength is a result of pressure differentials, which near the equator in the Pacific would seem to be defined by temperature differentials over open water between the tropics and the equator.

The key conclusion of this work is that much of the variability in global temperature is being driven by ocean temperatures near the equator in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Hadley Cell A direct, thermally driven overturning cell in the atmosphere consisting of poleward flow in the upper troposphere, subsiding air into the subtropical anticyclones, return flow as part of the trade winds near the surface, and with rising air near the equator in the so - called Intertropical Convergence Zone.

Hundred of islands near the Equator in Papua, Indonesia, have been undercut by the sea in a manner that gives credence to the hypothesis that there has been little net change in sea level in the past thousands of years.

Examining the structure of the global cloud field one can see, a long line of bright, dense clouds near the equator in a region known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), more clearly evident over the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific oceans.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 50,000, is poised to become the first sovereign nation to issue a cryptocurrency that will be legal...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 50,000, is poised to become the first sovereign nation to issue a cryptocurrency that will be legal tender.

Not exact matches

But we set it in South America because Jim's scientific mind made him believe that a space elevator would work better near the equator.

Most RSLs are located near the planet's equator, and any ice in those locations would have melted long ago.

For example, the researchers found higher - than - average concentrations of water in lunar volcanic deposits near the Moon's equator, where background water in the soil is scarce.

For mammals, researchers say that the overhead sunlight near the equator favors species with darker backs and lighter fronts because the combination offers camouflage in the shadowy rain forest.

Gubbins noticed that around 1770, an excursion — a small, localized reversal in the magnetic field — bloomed near the equator and began migrating south.

University of Pittsburgh biologists Matthew Koski and Tia - Lynn Ashman recently looked at 34 different populations of silverweed cinquefoil, a widespread plant native in temperate zones on both sides of the equator, and found that its flowers were darker near the tropics.

The map reveals that tropical rainforests near the equator are actively sucking up carbon, while the Corn Belt in the eastern United States, near the end of its growing season, is also a sink.

But these low - oxygen waters near the equator are expanding, because the water in the polar regions is not as cold and is not absorbing as much oxygen as it used to be.

Apollo Missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 landed near the equator of the moon in part because that area was easy to land and relatively obstacle free.

This west - to - east flow of air in the Northern hemisphere is maintained by the gradient of heat between the cool Arctic and warmer areas near the equator.

On our star, the Sun, the sunspots are seen in a belt around the equator, but now scientists have observed a large, distant star where sunspots are located near the poles.

The museum was built in 1889 with sandstone from Hermand Quarry, West Lothian — which in Carboniferous times was near the equator and covered in tropical swamp.

However, a storm called Typhoon Vamei violated that edict in December 2001, arising just 150 kilometers north of the equator in the South China Sea, near Singapore.

If we ever attempt to change the climate of Mars, the trees of Pico de Orizaba can tell us how much we'd have to warm Mars in order to have trees growing near its equator.»

In their new study, the BARREL researchers» major objective was to obtain simultaneous measurements of the scattered particles and of ionoized gas called plasma out in space near Earth's equatoIn their new study, the BARREL researchers» major objective was to obtain simultaneous measurements of the scattered particles and of ionoized gas called plasma out in space near Earth's equatoin space near Earth's equator.

His biggest concerns fall in areas near the equator, such as the Congo Basin, West Africa, and the rich tropical savannahs.

«Our map shows clearly the geographic trend in Africa of primate faces getting darker nearer to the equator and lighter as we move farther away from the equator,» Lynch Alfaro said.

For instance, UV radiation amounts to a mere 7 % of solar energy, but its variation produces changes in the stratosphere near the Equator, all the way to the polar regions, which govern climate.

When the sun is at its most intense, ozone in the stratosphere absorbs more ultraviolet energy, making areas near the equator warmer than usual.

Eventually, it makes its way back to the surface as the ocean's bottom water circulates and rises anew near the equator (although carbon buried in sediment might stay buried longer).

These sediments, collected in modern day Iran, were deposited 252 - 246 million years ago in a relatively shallow tropical ocean near the equator.

Regions at the planet's equator seem once to have been near a pole; possibly the entire lithosphere has shifted in relation to the axis of spin.

«Now we finally have information about what kinds of animals were present in areas farther to the south, and their similarities and differences to the animals living near the equator.»

In normal, non-El Niño conditions, Pacific trade winds near the equator blow from east to west, moving warm surface water with them.

But the authors of the new study — published today in the journal Nature — say the relatively mild warming could have outsized impacts on cold - blooded species that live near the equator.

RSL are mostly found on steep rocky slopes in dark regions of Mars, such as the southern mid-latitudes, Valles Marineris near the equator, and in Acidalia Planitia on the northern plains.

Hunter - gatherers in a northern climate may have an almost exclusively animal - based diet, while hunter - gatherers near the equator might rely heavily on plant - based resources.

Sunsets occur more quickly near the equator than at higher latitudes, so the green flash is a shorter phenomenon in the tropics.

INO's position near the equator will also allow it to see neutrinos that originate in the sun and pass through Earth's core.

«Until Juno's arrival, our understanding of Jupiter's atmosphere was based on what we can see from the side, near the equator,» says Steven M. Levin, a Juno project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in an email.

Images of Neptune taken during twilight observing revealed an extremely large bright storm system near Neptune's equator (labeled «cloud complex» in the upper figure), a region where astronomers have never seen a bright cloud.

Scientists declare the development of an El Niño when they observe a temperature increase of at least 0.4 degree Celsius (0.72 degree Fahrenheit) for five months in a row in the eastern Pacific near the equator.

Hadley circulation is the main mechanism for moving the surplus of energy at near the equator to high latitudes and plays a key role in the general circulation of the atmosphere.

Most of the radio radiation is in or near the galactic equator.

That's a question also asked about coral, which usually forms reefs in warm, shallow waters near the equator.

The Mystery of the Moving Magnetic Field September 25, 2013 In the 18th century, navigators and scientists noticed that near the equator, the earth's magnetic field is shifting in a westerly directioIn the 18th century, navigators and scientists noticed that near the equator, the earth's magnetic field is shifting in a westerly directioin a westerly direction.

Firstly, the Martian sand dunes show evidence that water may have been active near Mars» equator — potentially in the not - too - distant past.

A new model attempts to explain the higher violent crime rates seen in parts of the world near the equator with hotter climates.

On land, temperatures increased by ~ 5 °C in the middle latitudes and by ~ 3 °C near the equator.

Global models for the 21st century find an increased variability of precipitation minus evaporation [P - E] in most of the world, especially near the equator and at high latitudes [125].