Sentences with phrase «of air currents»

The air inside a garden greenhouse is heated because it is enclosed, preventing the circulation of air currents that would carry away heat and cool the interior.

It was Francis who, with a colleague, proposed in 2012 that sea ice loss in the Arctic slows the polar jet stream, a band of air currents flowing above the northern and middle latitudes of Earth.

Juno's observations also show that at Jupiter's equator, the planet has a narrow, ammonia - rich plume, which resembles a bigger version of the air currents rising from Earth's equator to generate the trade winds.

Satellite images and atmospheric models such as these have helped Jaffe demonstrate how mercury and other emissions from China feed into a complex network of air currents that distribute pollutants across the globe.

In the broad expanse of the northern Pacific Ocean, there exists the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high - pressure system of air currents.

By simply opening the window, Smith has created a fresh, new landscape, a series of dramatic, desaturated images amplified through movement of air currents and rays of streaming light.

Tornadoes form as a consequence of the interaction of air currents, air moisture and solar radiation.

«Our lives are now lived in a state that could be called «stream of subconsciousness,» as we subliminally lurch from one unrelated (and usually unwanted) stimulus to the next like floating dust particles buffeted by the random forces of air currents.

Part of the reason dogs have an excellent sense of smell is the moist leathery surface of the nose determines the direction of air currents.

Sonic himself can spin dash up certain ramps, Tails can glide and make use of air currents to reach higher heights, Knuckles can scale certain walls and roofs, and Amy can climb and walk along beams as well as triple jump.

There's the world of the inside of the car, which could be social, but also ergonomic, to do with monitoring and controlling the vehicle, and also gaseous and physiological, to do with breathing and the exchanges of oxygen and nitrogen and carbon inside the car; outside the cocoon of the car there is a domain of air currents, eddies and swirls, of turbulences and currents which constitutes a separate system.

Highly reflective, the sheets are twisted, knotted and hung from the ceiling, where they turn and undulate with the slightest of air currents, like sinuous, flexible mirrors.

However, Calder soon abandoned the mechanical aspects of the works when he realised he could create moving sculptures simply using the dynamics of air currents instead.

They encourage the viewer to contemplate them in motion as they rotate according to the whims of air currents, an experience not unlike watching clouds go by.

So in the absence of air currents the insulation in the walls of your house slows the travel time for the heat that is moving to the colder outdoors (in the winter).

Such pollution increases cloud cover to cool the Earth's surface, reduces evaporation and, in turn, slows the momentum of air current bands that drive the global climate.

It resembles a deeper, wider version of the air currents that rise from Earth's equator and generate the trade winds.»

Emissions from China — and from the United States, and indeed from every industrial country — feed a network of air currents that, as equal - opportunity polluters, serve up toxic mercury around the world.

In the broad expanse of the northern Pacific Ocean, there exists the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high - pressure system of air currents.

Although his early works dealt with natural processes (such as water's thawing and condensation, or the movement of air currents), Haacke is best known as a pioneer of institutional critique.

Pacific: The flow of air currents that fuels Pacific trade winds and modulates the weather from South America to Southeast Asia may be weakening.