Sentences with phrase «on earth heats»

A nuclear explosion on Earth heats up and vaporises...

Not exact matches

If it wasn't for the heat shield, we could not have ICBM's as they rely on them to re-enter the earth's atmosphere... these do exist.

I vividly recall the heat, especially of the sandy earth on which one had to walk barefoot, the various smells, the dirt, and above all the number and variety of images of God.

Had our world not been of a spherical shape, had night and day not succeeded each other thanks to its rotation, life on the face of the earth exposed to heat would be extinct and in the portion left in the shade vegetation would not thrive.

It was just by «random chance» that the sun is the perfect distance from the earth so we don't get baked or frozen, that the moon is the right distance and size so the tides don't flood us, that the earth rotates so we are evenly heated, that water - which is absent on other planets and vital to our life - is present here, that there is a balance of living things to keep each other in check.

On top of all this, all electric power generation produces heat, and too much generation will raise the earth's temperature, possibly enough to cause partial melting of the polar ice caps and wreak havoc on the world's ecospherOn top of all this, all electric power generation produces heat, and too much generation will raise the earth's temperature, possibly enough to cause partial melting of the polar ice caps and wreak havoc on the world's ecospheron the world's ecosphere.

You can not be serious... if you are of the school of thought that God created the Earth, then you have to believe that he created the cycles that keep the Earth sustainable and able to provide life... storms move moisture and heat across the earths surface and stabilize our atmosphere, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions recycle the rock and minerals on the planet and make more usable land and add richness to soils.

Point 3 — There was division of waters, especially since you can not have liquid water on the surface of the earth without a sun to provide heat.

Point 4 — There was no vegetation on earth before there was a photon source to drove photosynthesis and a heat source.

The summer's unusual heat and abundance of hungry insects had promised an iffy tomato season anyway, but, needless to say, by the end of September, it was clear I would miss out on my yearly homegrown tomato activities: no weekends of steamy kitchen windows with boiling pots of canned sauce featuring my prized Cherokee Purples; no homemade, slow - simmered San Marzano tomato paste; no sheet pans lining the counters with roasted black cherry tomatoes (the best tomato flavor on this earth, ever).

Patented harvesting methods eliminate the need for industrial heat and spray treatments, rendering the most nutrient dense Acacia on earth.

They are among the hottest chiles on earth, measuring up to 100,000 Scoville Heat Units.

Pour the remaining Earth Balance on top of the squash and refrigerate until ready to heat and serve.

In a large frying pan, on medium heat, melt 1 tbsp Earth Balance with about 2 tbsp of olive oil and stir in the onions and mushrooms with a pinch of salt.

Cook onions, garlic and salt on a low heat, in Earth Balance Butter until browned - 30 minutes or longer (the longer you caramelize the onions, the richer the flavor and the salt is very important for drawing out the liquid of the onions) stir often.

-LRB-... The level of the most important heat - trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long - feared milestone, scientists reported Friday, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for millions of years.

In the last recorded year, 2,500 older Londoners died in London — one of the wealthiest cities on Earth — from being unable to heat their homes properly

On Earth, dust devils are relatively small features that form on open fields during the heat of the afternooOn Earth, dust devils are relatively small features that form on open fields during the heat of the afternooon open fields during the heat of the afternoon.

The space shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere due to missing heat shield tiles, killing all seven astronauts on board.

The anomaly is about a 10 billionth of the acceleration due to gravity on earth, so it's a 10 - billionth g of a g force, so it's a very, very small effect you're looking for and the kick you get, the rebound you get from light and heat coming off the spacecraft, is also very, very small.

Finally, all the climate models assume different amounts of energy stored on Earth that is transferred to the ocean depths, which act as an enormous heat sink.

For example, after objections by Saudi Arabia and China, the report dropped a sentence stating that the impact of human activity on the earth's heat budget exceeds that of the sun by fivefold.

Caldeira explained: «If a power plant is burning continuously, within 3 to 5 months, depending on the type of power plant, the CO2 from the power plant is doing more to heat the Earth than the fires in its boiler.

When a rock from space crashed to ground 38 million years ago, it briefly heated the impact zone to 2370 °C, the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth's crust

IF THE force of gravity were a few per cent weaker, it would not squeeze and heat the centre of the sun enough to ignite the nuclear reactions that generate the sunlight necessary for life on Earth.

Models used to project conditions on an Earth warmed by climate change especially need to consider how the ocean will move excess heat around, Legg said.

Geothermal stations create electricity by relying on liquid or vapor heated deep within the earth.

On some missions, such as NASA's Curiosity Mars rover (now deep into its third Earth year seeking signs of habitable conditions on the Red Planet), the excess heat from the MMRTG can also be used to keep spacecraft systems warm in cold environmentOn some missions, such as NASA's Curiosity Mars rover (now deep into its third Earth year seeking signs of habitable conditions on the Red Planet), the excess heat from the MMRTG can also be used to keep spacecraft systems warm in cold environmenton the Red Planet), the excess heat from the MMRTG can also be used to keep spacecraft systems warm in cold environments.

«The heat in the earth is there; you can bank on it,» says Steven Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary.

Ministers say that the latest findings from the Hadley Centre in Berkshire — in particular the prediction that, on a business - as - usual basis, the Earth will heat up by 0.2 °C per decade — provided a significant contribution to negotiations at the recent Berlin meeting.

The same is true when you use a mixer in the kitchen, or a drill, or turn on a fan — unless you're trying to beam radio signals to aliens, pretty much all of the energy you use will end up heating the Earth.

The molecular cages at the so - called Sudbury site might have been forged on Earth from the intense heat and pressure of the impact or in a common forest fire.

If it means sending microbes from Earth and having them persist and maybe grow, then, unfortunately, it's not unlikely that we've done that as well — possibly on Mars with the Phoenix spacecraft and almost certainly inside the Curiosity rover, which carries a heat source and was not fully baked the way Viking had been.

«Based on our models of mantle convection, the mantle may be removing as much as half of Earth's total convective heat budget from the core,» Rowley said.

Rising temperatures on earth — and the increasing frequency of heat waves in particular — cause lower agricultural yields.

On return to Earth, the astronauts will be protected by a heat shield that chars and burns — an older, more reliable technology than the shuttle's tiles.

As with the gravitational pull of a celestial body, the uneven solar heating on Earth's dayside distorts the spherical symmetry of the atmosphere, but in a more complex way.

In addition to the coronal heating mystery, IRIS will shed light on the processes that drive the solar wind, solar storms, ultraviolet radiation and other phenomena that can hinder electronic communications and negatively affect human health on Earth.

«This heating process is essentially insignificant on Earth,» says Ralph Lorenz at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, who was behind the simulations.

With heat, water and nutrients, subsurface Europa could resemble the deep - sea ocean vents on Earth that support vast ecosystems.

Sulphur particles in the stratosphere reflect sunlight and therefore act antagonistically to atmospheric greenhouse gases like CO2, which capture the heat of the sun on Earth.

While cyclones on Earth are fueled by the heat and moisture of the oceans, no such bodies of water exist on Saturn.

From capturing wind and wave energy off our shores to harnessing human energy from the floors of Grand Central Terminal or tapping heat under the earth's crust, there are exciting developments on the outer reaches of our imagination.

For now, no place on Earth exceeds the human threshold for heat tolerance, with the exception of a few caves like the Naica cave in Mexico.

Known as Kepler 452b, the world is estimated to be a bit on the hefty side, at five times the mass of Earth, but it is receiving just 10 % more heat and light than we do from its G - type star, just like our sun but 1.5 billion years older.

The dust — more accurately, crystallized silicates, the constituent material of rocks on Earth — needs a lot of heat to form, but comets are mostly frozen water.

Europa has a global ocean locked away beneath a crust of ice; deep below, the moon's internal heat might create hospitable conditions, akin to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the mid-Atlantic ridge and East Pacific Rise on Earth.

Here on Earth, the Aalto researchers» results will be invaluable for curtailing the production of heat and unwanted glitches in quantum computer components.

Dust devils form on Mars much like they do on Earth: The sun heats the terrain and low - lying air, which rises into the cooler air sitting on top.

Why it's still on the job: The craft is well insulated from both the sun's and Earth's heat, so the two camera channels that are still in commission stay cool enough to keep operating.