Sentences with phrase «oceanic areas»

An inverse type of flow develops in the summer as the continents heat more rapidly than their adjacent oceanic areas.

«Given Air New Zealand operates some of the longest flights in the world, and in oceanic areas where there has historically been poor quality satellite service, we have patiently worked with partners until comfortable that a service which meets the high expectations of our customers is available,» Luxon added.

Our model outputs suggest that seafloor POC flux will decline in most oceanic areas with exceptions off Peru, the northern coast of Chile, and the Southern and Arctic Oceans (Tables 2, 3; Figures 2, 3).

The plankton, in turn, attracts a vast array of marine life, providing feeding as well as spawning grounds for myriad pelagic species, including some that have migrated across wide oceanic areas.

The lower troposphere over these warmer oceanic areas tends to be a region of relative low pressure.

The weather systems move towards the equator to allow the polar air north of the jet streams to cover a larger oceanic area and thereby draw more heat from the oceans to replace any energy deficit.

Guest essay by Martin Hovland, Geophysiscist and Professor Emeritus, Center for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Norway The newly released satellite OCO2 - data indicates that there is CO2 input in tectonically active oceanic areas.

One hypothesis why CO2 has no significant effect on temperatures is that much of the Earth, particularly in the tropical oceanic areas which receive much of the energy from the sun are regulated by emerging climate phenomena, not CO2, and these are what primarily determine temperatures in these areas.

The weather may not be warmer where you live, but northern Eurasia and several oceanic areas are heating up.

That suggests we need to reassess the earthquake risk in some oceanic areas, says Meng.

«These are the oceanic areas where food is most abundant, and it's driven by high primary productivity at the base of the food chain — these areas are the savanna grasslands of the sea,» say co-authors and project originators Barbara Block of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station and Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

lower than average over only a few land and oceanic areas, including the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean, where La Niña conditions predominated.

below average over a few land and oceanic areas, including the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean, where La Niña conditions predominated.

Melting of snow and glaciers will lead to increased freshwater influx, changing the chemistry of those oceanic areas affected by the runoff.

They were lower than average over only a few land and oceanic areas, including the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean, where La Niña conditions prevailed early and late in the year, and some regions of Antarctica.