Sentences with phrase «of tundra»

The driver of the Tundra was also taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries.

In the case of the latter I doubt you could grown anything in the existing «soils» of the tundra.

Also even in those areas just south of the tundra there is in Canada a thing called the Canadian Shield and unless he knows of a way to grow crops on igneous rock that seems unlikely to happen.

Both of these contribute to the decline of tundra — each playing off one another — and with it the animals and communities that have adapted to live in these conditions.

Your example of the Tundra is a perfect example of a failure to interpret the market.

Some estimates say that by 2100 Alaska will be largely free of tundra — with woody plants and even boreal forest eventually taking over — and all tundra gone sometime in the next century.

On land, permafrost is overlain by a surface «active layer», which thaws during summer and forms part of the tundra ecosystem.

This shift is being marked by evergreen trees, which have increased their growth at the margins of the tundra while simultaneously dying off at the southern limits of the boreal forest in recent decades.

It was caused by frozen soils sitting above permafrost, which created enough pressure to «push» the methane out of the tundra.

It is an event «outside the realm of regular expectations» but one can't say «nothing in the past can convincingly point to its possibility» In my 2006 post, I argued that rapid polar warming and the potential for a melting of the tundra and massive release of methane was a black swan.

To avoid long response times in extreme climates, today's ice sheets are assigned surface properties of the tundra, thus allowing them to have a high albedo snow cover in cold climates but darker vegetation in warm climates.

For instance, the present Arctic with its wastes of tundra, glacier, and sea ice is a legacy of the geological accident of the Ice Age.

Permafrost thaw stands to have wide - ranging impacts, such as the draining and drying of the tundra, erosion of riverbanks and coastline, and destabilization of infrastructure (roads, airports, buildings, etc.).

And those bits of tundra that warm, thaw and become increasingly soggy will release ever greater quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas (GHG) more short - lived but also a far more potent heat trap than CO2.

Let «X» be: Undersea volcanism; Outgassing of the Tundra; Decay in the rainforests; Coal plants in China (see, that matches the increase — the rest of the world gets off scott free!)

An Inconvenient Truth — Biological Productivity of the Tundra Has Increased Since 1981, Perhaps Due to Warming.

You don't need to go into the details about carbon emissions or chemical processes or quantities of global ice loss or sea level elevations or ocean acidification or the potential feedback loop of tundra methane releases, although there is plenty of available information on all of them.

This rather common spatial pattern of tundra and forest communities across the ecotone is the result of long - term interactions between fire disturbance and climate (Payette & Gagnon 1985; Asselin & Payette 2006).

Now, as an important aside, it is quite doubtful one could actually stabilize at 750 ppm, since work by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Hadley Center suggest that carbon cycle feedbacks, like the defrosting of the tundra or the die - back of the Amazon rain forest, would release greenhouse gas emissions that would take the planet to much higher levels.

The tipping point most climate scientists I know worry about is the point at which we start to lose a substantial fraction of the tundra's carbon to the atmosphere — substantial being 0.1 % per year!

Sheath R, Havas M, Hellebust J, & Hutchinson T. (1982) Effects of long - term natural acidification on the algal communities of tundra ponds at the Smoking Hills, N.W.T., Canada.

One of the biggest concerns is that these sudden forests will decrease the albedo (literally «whiteness») of the tundra where snow cover bounces solar radiation back into the atmosphere creating a cooling effect.

Changes in a suite of ecological processes currently underway across the broader arctic region are consistent with Earth system model predictions of climate - induced geographic shifts in the range extent and functioning of the tundra and boreal forest biomes.

1) The reindeer pastures of the tundra zone in west Siberia have been characterized as moderately to heavily «overgrazed» for 5 to 6 decades, and accordingly the reindeer population has long been expected to crash.

Others show changes in the amount and types of tundra plants.

At any rate, Feng et al. say in a new «Climate Dynamics» study that «By the last decades of this century, only small, scattered patches of tundra are expected to remain along the mainland Arctic coast,» replaced by boreal woodland.

Conversion would be a slow process and I expect there would be resistance from many to remaking large areas of tundra as grassland, though increasing animal populations would be popular.

In a new study, a team led by researchers from the tree - ring lab at Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory has found that white spruce trees on the edge of the tundra in Alaska's far north have thrived in the past 100 years, and especially the last 50, in the face of sharp Arctic warming.

What you mainly see is a replacement of tundra by boreal forest, and that can be accounted for by the reduced Arctic sea ice.

From the windows in the cafeteria, we can see ptarmigan, white against the brown of the tundra.

While methane is short - lived, all it has to do is shift the global energy balance for a while, to trigger irreversible loss of tundra methane, loss of Arctic sea ice cover and more calthrate loss, then loss of ice sheets and everything else Hansen et al promise.

Winner of ICP's Young Photographer Infinity Award 2015 mines her Arctic Russian roots to photography unique communities of the tundra...

AJ: Yes, originally you use cube as a base for building your planet, but this time around you have the option of a tundra planet or a desert planet which is basically your difficulty settings his time around.

Once activated, head for the vault at the center of the tundra.

In the land of snow - capped peaks, endless expanses of tundra and natural wonders, you'll find one of the most beautifully distinct vacation spots you can imagine.

With a wilderness over twice the size of Yellowstone comprised of complex and abundant ecosystems, Katmai offers a wealth of ecological data for everything from the habits of brown bears to the adaptations of tundra plants.

Tails of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue is a nonprofit (501c3) volunteer organization, formed to help Siberian Huskies and Siberian Husky Mixes that have been abused, neglected, abandoned, or surrendered by their owners.

There was only one picture in the library and it was of the tundra.

We meet people making a very nice living manufacturing diamonds in Russian built pressure chambers (and we're not talking itty bitty industrial diamonds here but diamonds up to 5 carats), and travel to the far north of Canada where $ 1.2 billion of raw diamonds are pulled out of the tundra each year.

These opportunities to customize are framed by a variety of distinct trims that each over their own unique set of Tundra attributes to the list.

Depending on where you live or where you jobsites are located, the all - terrain capability of the Tundra will come in handy in both work and commuting situations.

Get behind the wheel of this Tundra SR5 today!

Since the 5.7 - liter makes 71 horsepower more than the 4.6 - liter and gets almost the same fuel mileage as the V6, the vast majority of Tundra buyers select the big engine, although the new 4.6 - liter V8 bests both the 4.0 - liter and 5.7 - liter in highway fuel economy.

Since the 5.7 - liter makes 71 horsepower more than the 4.6 - liter and gets almost the same fuel mileage as the V6, the vast majority of Tundra buyers select the big engine.

Since the 5.7 liter makes 71 horsepower more than the 4.6 liter and gets almost the same fuel mileage as the V6, the vast majority of Tundra buyers select the big engine.

The new 5.7 L engine is more powerful than what's offered by some of Tundra's competitors, with hauling and towing ability near the top of the class.

As an added bonus, all trim levels of the Tundra and Sequoia will now come with Toyota Safety Sense — Plus, a comprehensive active safety system that includes Pre-Collision System with automatic emergency braking; Lane Departure Alert; Automatic High Beams; Pre-Collision with Pedestrian Detection Function; and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control.

Toyota's research indicates three key buyers make up the bulk of the Tundra purchasers: family guys, «active boomers,» and skilled workers.

No, it didn't get busted out, but rather is rolled neatly into the rear bulkhead of the Tundra's CrewMax cab.

To make the most of this capacity it is necessary to go for the 5.7 - liter V - 8 engine that graces the top of the Tundra's spec sheet, a unit that can be relied on to produce 381 horsepower and 401 lb - ft of torque.