Sentences with phrase «of old trees»

Obviously if the intent of RCS is to remove the age - related bias from tree ring measurements, then this adjustment applied to the (presumably few) number of old trees in the 1978 - 1996 category is producing the opposite effect.

All the exceptionally well - qualified amateur dendrochronologists who regularly visit this site will no doubt have heard that a bunch of old trees have been given a shot of climatic growth hormone.

For me, the most convincing actual physical evidence (living in Switzerland) is carbon - dated remains of old trees found under receding glaciers at altitudes far above today's tree - line.

[Response: Fair enough, so here goes (a couple of allied quotes as well): 1) «In my opinion, the uniformly high age of the CRU12 relative to the Schweingruber population is suggestive of selection», 2) «It is highly possible and even probable that the CRU selection is derived from a prior selection of old trees», 3) «I do not believe that they constitute a complete population of recent cores.

McGowan's radicalism drew significantly from an episode in 1997 in Eugene, Ore., when city officials, aiming to avoid debate at a hearing, fast - forwarded the chainsawing of some old trees to make way for a parking lot.

Tranquility, luxury, exquisite sea views - these are the essence of Old Trees.

Spreads over the beautiful gardens with the shady of coconut groves and hundreds of old trees.

Tranquility, luxury, exquisite sea views - these are the essence of Old Trees Bay.

From the setting of Old Trees on Paynes Bay Beach, it's a short stroll to the famously postcard - perfect Sandy Lane Beach and a short drive to three other beaches.

Natural forests are not a continuous expanse of old trees.

Her canvases were precious possessions to her family: oil paintings of Degas» ballerinas, sketches of an old tree swing in the backyard, of still life and country life.

Just because Syracuse's water mains are no longer made of old tree trunks, doesn't mean the system isn't aging.

Clinging to its rocky soil are some of the oldest trees in the western United States — slow - growing whitebark pines, the oldest dating back more than a millennium.

This herb is obtained from the Maidenhead tree, which is one of the oldest trees on the planet.

That team of older men is cutting down a forest full of older trees to replace them with new young ones that can flourish in the years to come.

And like the roots of an old tree in an old forest, they are part of a much larger, healthy, interdependent ecosystem.

Nestled amongst some of the oldest trees in Adelaide, this stunning self - contained studio has been lovingly styled to reflect a French provincial

Duffy uses the gun to define, or even in some ways to defend his own existence in much the same way someone might carve their name into the trunk of an old tree.

This a Victorian notion — a pile of old tree roots, in this case sweet chestnuts, which are stacked up and held in place with steel rods.

Rising temperatures are causing some of the oldest trees on Earth to grow faster, new research suggests.

Because there will always be an «oldest tree», and overall a smaller number within the oldest age class, the curve estimate will be less robust toward the tail — but unless the behavior of the oldest trees is typically erratic this issue should be of minor importance.

The predominence of older trees late in the series is a problem for several reasons, including the lack of knowledge of the behaviour of young trees in response to the recent climate.

Your model could explain the general shape of the Yamal growth curve, the noise at the range of the older tree rings and what changing numbers of trees in the series can do to that noise, but for ease of comparison could you display tree ring width as has been done for Yamal?

Then we will not see the disturbing poor growth of younger trees and will be able to concentrate our attention on the vigorous growth of older trees.

You want us to publish the claim that climate change is killing lodgepole pines, but you've admitted elsewhere that poor forestry practices, monocultures and the suppression of fire, not just warmer weather, created an overabundance of the older trees those beetles love to eat, hence the population explosion.

[There are] fossils of unfathomable age, and fantastical trees such as Cedar of Lebanon, the Phoenix Palm, and the Methuselah tree, thought to be one of the oldest trees in the World at 4,847 years of age, as well as a railroad tie taken from the Panama Canal Railway, which claimed the lives of between 5,000 to 10,000 workers over its 50 year construction, and wood is salvaged from the remnants of the iconic Atlantic City boardwalk devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Behind the house, Lopez shakes the branches of an old tree as several yellow fruits fall to the ground.

Not exact matches

I suggested we move it for her comfort and the comfort of her guests to the beautiful area with a centuries old tree.

Catalogs of scooters and bicycles that would look perfect under the Christmas tree get sent to parents of six - year - old boys, right before the holidays.

In Brunswick, Georgia, large chunks of ice fell on commuters» cars from the old oak trees that frame the streets.

It's clear that today even the best language - parsing engines and related algorithms are no match for the old family connectivity trees built out of bright - colored Post-its tacked to the wall, or the white boards that we see every night on the tube in the police procedural shows like Law and Order.

No there is a mountain of evidence for evolution: geographic distribution, tree of life, simpler organisms are older, inheritance, DNA, etc. and no evidence for creationism — unless you've seen a woman created from the rib of a man.

That trees were created already decades old, with existing tree rings demonstrating their age; that dinosaur bones were placed in the Earth already millions of years old; canyons were created with layers of sedimentary rock AS IF they had been carved out by water over eons, etc..

The 82 year old from Ash Tree Close denies 14 counts of indecent assault on boys aged between eleven and 17 years old.

It is a depiction of an old spruce tree with the Northern...

My 7 year old daughter (non-christian) felt the same way going to her public school in Texas where all she would see in December were christmas trees and veiled holy symbols, at the exclusion of any other belief (or non-belief).

In 1832, Harvard professor Charles Follen introduced to America the four centuries - old German custom of bringing an evergreen tree into the home and decorating it to celebrate Christmas.

Silly old palm Sunday, X-mas, other Religious holidays that require the stripping or destruction of a tree or bush or fruit... what ever.

The greensward is more than a nice touch: Gilead in the Old Testament is a scenic grazing area (remembered in the Song of Songs for its goats), and its famous trees produced a highly prized medicinal balm, absurdly recalled in the Handmaid's longing for prohibited hand lotion.

One scene is set with a full moon hanging low over a grove of pine trees that's almost cut and pasted out of E.T. Where Stranger Things wanted to remind viewers of their childhoods (or of the media their parents and older siblings loved) Guardians 2 seems to want to compare itself to every piece of 1980s pop culture, and come out on top.

In the hills above this chestnut tree and in the woods behind my house lie dead trunks, decades old — some of them more than three - quarters of a century fallen.

On the modern road to Jericho, which runs around the bottom of the Mount of Olives, is the Roman Catholic church, with a small, reverently tended garden beside it containing some old, gnarled olive trees.

(Exodus 20:24 [marginal translation]-RRB- The Old Testament as a whole represents an era from which the cruder practices of animism had been elided, but all the more impressive are the obvious remnants of the original primitivism, such as holy trees.

Mainly, other Atheistic trees around this young atheistic sapling of a tree might be in the way and thusly the older trees diminishes the light needed for this Atheistic sapling's nourishment, The Atheistically young sapling of a tree tends to be needful of Light so this Atheistic sapling extends its» reach higher committing its» trunk to weaken.

I find burnt toast to be great for a hangover, which is obviously proof that the judeo - christian god does indeed exist and created everything in the universe thousands of years ago in perfect order, even though there are trees older than the universe...

Under the old covenant there was no holy spirit in man to help them obey but for believers today there is no excuse cause we have the empowering of the holy spirit to help us today to be obedient Revelation 22:14 (Bless are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city obedience is the key.

Or otherwise stay in your churches and keep your nonsense to yourself but don't insult the rest of us with your babbling about Adam and Eve (or Steve — who cares), some old dude and a boat or a guy who got nailed to a tree

«The creationist side use to stick to the 6000 year calculation based on ages of people recorded in the Bible until certain trees have been demonstrated to be over 10,000 years old by counting their growth rings.»

Chrismons emerged in 1957 when Frances Kipps Spencer, the daughter of a Lutheran minister, decorated her Lutheran church's Christmas tree with centuries - old monograms and Christograms that pointed to the person and work of Christ.

We're a colorful group, composed of members of the great right - wing conspiracy like me, old - time Southern Democrats, retired union stewards, tree huggers, school teachers, Jews, evangelicals, atheists, Catholics ¯ but we are united in our passion for simple, honest government, and that isn't a partisan issue.