Sentences with phrase «ocean floor which»

While investigating a shipwreck, government scientists uncovered two «giant flowers» on the ocean floor which in fact turned out to be asphalt volcanoes, reports reveal.

This not so «secret» surf spot located on the Bukit Peninsula is aptly named Green Bowl due to its bowl shaped ocean floor which is visible during low tide.

«This provided a slow trickle of food for organisms living near the ocean floor which enabled them to survive the mass extinction, answering one of the outstanding questions that still remained regarding this period of history.

Not exact matches

A newly discovered reservoir of rare earths, which are needed for high - tech, automotive and renewable energy applications, may remain on the ocean floor for some time

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The ship is equipped with a SeaBeam system, which bounces a sonar signal off the ocean floor while tracing a back - and - forth swath over the area like a lawnmower.

Rather than spreading out over the ocean floor, these cone - shaped creatures lived in crowded colonies, which hid their vulnerable body parts from predators — an ecological dynamic that occurs in modern reefs.

Waves propagating with different wavelengths can cause wave «focusing,» in which the shape and size of obstacles and irregularities on the ocean floor cause the energy to compress at the front of the wave towards the shoreline.

«These new ocean bottom data, which are really coming out of technological advances in the instrumentation community, will give us new abilities to see through the ocean floor,» Eilon said.

The Arctic ocean floor hosts vast amounts of methane trapped as hydrates, which are ice - like, solid mixtures of gas and water.These hydrates are stable under high pressure and cold temperatures.

But the vents, which are rich in energy sources for microbes, are poor proxies for most ocean floor sediments, where scarce nutrients could mean a lower thermal limit.

Finding that limit — the goal of the 62 - day T - Limit campaign, part of the International Ocean Discovery Program — could guide estimates of the abundance and diversity of ocean floor microbes, which play large roles in biogeochemical cyOcean Discovery Program — could guide estimates of the abundance and diversity of ocean floor microbes, which play large roles in biogeochemical cyocean floor microbes, which play large roles in biogeochemical cycles.

The newfound population of snailfish, which feed on tiny shrimp that scavenge detritus on the ocean floor, are believed to be the deepest living fish ever recorded.

«They haven't been found before now because the sonar on the previous Marine National Facility (MNF) research vessel, Southern Surveyor, could only map the sea floor to 3,000 metres, which left half of Australia's ocean territory out of reach.»»

He discovered that the occurrence of deep ocean floor rocks, volcanic rocks and deformed rocks, which are currently found in the mountain ranges of New Guinea, point to the existence of a 4000 km wide subduction zone.

If toxic algae settle to the ocean floor, they also can get eaten by bottom - dwelling animals like crabs, which then become unsafe to eat.

The DONET system (of which there are now two) is a series of linked pressure sensors installed on the ocean floor in the Nankai Trough, an area that has been hit by repeated dangerous earthquakes, JAMSTEC's Nakamura said.

Sprinkle the sea with OceanCubes The OceanCube, which is about double the size of an air conditioning radiator, is encased with plastic and is connected to steel - armored fiber optic cables snaking along the ocean floor.

But in a paper published today in Science Advances, paleontologists reveal what was really going on — that «beak» is actually part of a hammerhead - shaped jaw apparatus, which it used to feed on plants on the ocean floor.

With one he is hoping to get in on the ground floor of the old ocean - bottom manganese - nodule business, version 2.0, which he thinks is poised to take off in a decade or so.

In a previous study she showed that marine snow can reach depths of several hundred meters within a few days, which contradicted previous theories suggesting that it might dissipate and dissolve long before reaching the ocean floor.

The island, which had detached itself from the ice shelf on Ellesmore Island in the Canadian arctic archipelago, was used as a laboratory for seismic studies of the Arctic Ocean floor, as well as charting currents, pollution, winds and ice structure.

Many researchers believe iron - metabolizing microbes might have turned plentiful dissolved iron into minerals, which then settled out of seawater and deposited along the ocean floor.

Blanket octopuses are pelagic, never touching the sea floor, Norman explains, which makes it hard for males to find females in the open ocean.

Water pressure and thermal shock are intense as oil from the reservoir bubbles up into the well at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, only to hit near - freezing temperatures at the ocean floor, which can cause it to coagulate in the pipes.

So Wolfe and the PLUME team deployed an array of 70 retrievable seismometers on the ocean floor, which no major research group had ever done before.

Not only can they hide from mackerel amongst the jellies» stinger - covered tentacles when they rise from the seafloor to feed and digest at night, they can also survive for hours within the ocean floor's low - or no - oxygen muds, which are pervaded by poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas — an inhospitable place lacking any other vertebrate species.

In 2015, Thijs Ettema and colleagues published a breakthrough study in which genomic data was described of «Loki», an archaeon living in the ocean floor that represented the closest living micro-organism of complex cellular life.

Van Nieuwenhuise noted that today's warming oceans could also cause hydrates on the ocean floor to release methane, which may exacerbate climate change.

Sections of its icy shell slide beneath each other in a similar way to Earth's continents and ocean floors — which could provide nutrients to any life that might live under the ice.

Since the ocean floor is in contact with rock like Earth's oceans, there would be minerals which could be used as nutrients by any putative life forms.

«These results will have wider reaching implications, such as how we map the circulation of the world's oceans in the past, which are affected by how quickly the sea floor is moving up and down and blocking the path of water currents,» said Hoggard.

Biologists were surprised to discover that the ecosystems found on the ocean floor along these mid-ocean ridges, consisting of complex organisms like tube worms, clams, and crabs, were dependent for their food on thermophilic chemosynthetic bacteria, which produced organic compounds using the oxidation of inorganic molecules as an energy source, instead of sunlight.

As a result, the PT theory, which primarily attempts to explain features on the ocean floor, was developed in the blind, without the data needed to formulate it or test it.

Scientists also know that the seals love to hang out on fast ice, which steadfastly clings to the continent or in some cases, the ocean floor.

Uneaten feed and fish waste cover the ocean floor beneath these farms, which are a breeding ground for bacteria that consume oxygen vital to shellfish and other bottom - dwelling sea creatures.

He continued to drive very carefully throughout town, that is until he got to his driveway, at which point he decided to seemingly «floor it» and I saw the lathe wavering back and forth like a buoy out on the ocean.

For two hundred years, fleets of treasure galleons stuffed with silver and gold and emeralds had plied the Caribbean Sea, crisscrossed it every which way, from Key West down to Cartagena, from the Yucatán over to the Windward Islands, and every so often, one of those unpredictable West Indian cyclones would come spinning across the Caribbean and slam half the fleet onto shallow reefs, which ripped open the hulls and spewed that treasure all over the ocean floor.

Consider which you'd prefer; open air and walking out to the beach or a better view of the ocean when you ask for a high / low floor room.

We especially appreciated the heated floors, which can be soothing after a day of ocean spray.

Fundy, in fact, has the world's highest tides and at Hopewell Rocks, which also has a visitor centre to explain the phenomenon, you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide and gaze up at the extraordinary shapes sculpted over the millennia by the rise and fall of billions of tonnes of water.

It offers a Spacious Great Room with Imported Italian Honed Marble Floors, Wall - to - Wall, Floor - to - Ceiling Ocean Views, Two Very Private and Spacious, Luxurious Master Bedroom Suites with Stunning Pillow Top Ocean Views, a State of the Art Kitchen with Stainless Steel Appliances, Granite Countertops, Custom Designed Island Inspired Furnishings, Two Lanais with a Private Lanai off the Main Floor Master, an abundance of Natural Sunlight, Refreshing Tropical Breezes and Breathtaking Ocean Views which will make your stay in our Villa THE Experience of a Lifetime.

Large, floor - to - ceiling glass doors which face the ocean can be opened to let in the refreshing ocean breeze, or if you prefer, there are ceiling fans and air conditioning.

Surrounded by twinkling lights and flowers, the Stonehouse serves guests year - round on the deck, which has ocean views, a wood - burning fireplace, and heated stone flooring.

Just beyond these colorful coral gardens, the sea floor drops steeply into a trench known as the Tongue of the Ocean, which plunges to depths of more than 6,000 feet and is home to marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, and other large fish species.

Located at the end of the sixth floor, commanding an impressive ocean view, this elegant, spacious suite features a four - poster bed, butler pantry, a formal dining room, a baby grand piano, DVD and CD players, distinct marble bathroom including a Jacuzzi tub with large separate shower, abundant closet space, and handsome teak lanai furniture from which to watch the golden Kohala sunset.

Travis took us through a daily comprehensive on - sand training that included such touchpoints as how to walk in the ocean (you drag your feet forward along the ocean floor - not up and down steps, which could have you stepping on and harming marine life), knowing the parts of the surfboard, how waves are formed, the importance of tides and reading the ocean, ocean surfing safety, and, of course, surfing technique.

The upper floor is entirely dedicated to the master bedroom which has an amazing 360 ° view of the ocean and rainforest.The other 2 bedrooms are on the first level, each has full bath and private terrace.

The open staircase leads to the second floor which provides the master bedroom suite and two guest rooms both with ocean views and walk in closes.

Kaleialoha 410 is on the top floor of this four story complex, which is just a few steps from the ocean.