Sentences with phrase «on sea bottom»
Now the researchers, who reported their work in Environmental Research Letters, plan to model further the current state of subsea permafrost over the entire area of the ESAS using their original multi-year data on sea bottom temperatures and some additional data.
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/
Protected by the sand on the sea bottom for 1,600 years, the mostly bronze objects include idols, lamps, and several clumps of coins.
Not exact matches
STEP 5 Sometimes the cable is left to sink to the ocean floor and rest on the sandy bottom, but for the best protection from ship anchors, fishing nets and shark attacks, a sea plow or remotely operated vehicle may be used to bury cable between 1.5 and 3 metres below the bottom.
Did you consider that things being transported in boats (like chariots or wheels) might be on the bottom of a sea because a boat sank or perhaps disposable things were thrown overboard to prevent a boat from sinking?
On the History Channel was the story of prehistoric creature at the bottom of the sea that could not have existed.
The Fossils Fossils don't form on lake bottoms today, nor are they found forming on the bottom of the sea.
Examples include the claim that air has weight, 26 the existence of valleys27 and vents28 on the bottom of the sea, ocean currents, 29 and the fact that winds blow in circular paths.30 These are remarkable claims that could not have been directly observed by a bunch on nomadic sheep herders.
As I wrote a while back, in talking about God, we are like an oyster on the bottom of the sea trying to philosophize about ballerina knees.
Leonardo da Vinci suppressed his plans for a submarine: «This I do not divulge on account of the evil nature of men who would practice assassinations at the bottom of the sea by breaking ships in their lowest parts and sinking them.»
It's going to sit on the bottom of a vast sea, and the odds of it EVER being found by human eyes are astronomically slim to the point of absurdity.
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Spicy Mexican Cheese Dip by 2 Cookin Mamas Salsa Verde by A Dish of Daily Life Skillet Sausage Dip by A Joyfully Mad Kitchen Sausage, Peppers + Onions Pigs in a Blanket by A Little Gathering Grilled Jalapeno Poppers by A Mind Full Mom Beer & Brats Bake by A Simpler Grace Black Bottom Maple Pecan Pie Bars by An Oregon Cottage Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings by And She Cooks Blackberry BBQ Sticky Wings by Around My Family Table Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread by Beer Girl Cooks Black Bean & Corn Salsa by Body Rebooted Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe by Bread Booze Bacon Smoky Jalapeno Poppers by Brunch - n - Bites Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos by Bucket List Tummy Chicken Spinach & Artichoke Dip French Bread by Cake «n Knife Cuban Sandwich Quesadillas by Casa de Crews Grilled Asparagus Spears by Celebrating Family Sweet and Salty Blueberry Popcorn by Club Narwhal Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Coffee Love Travel Sea Bass Skewers + Blackbeard Cocktails by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Dash of Herbs Easy chicken roll ups with cream cheese and veggies by Family Food on the Table Bottled Tailgate Cocktails by Feast + West The Best Tex - Mex Arrachera Fajitas by Foodal Loaded Guacamole by foodbyjonister Cincinnati Nachos by Foodtastic Mom Cajun Red Beans and Andouille Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms by For the Love of Food Grilled Shrimp Pizza by Glisten and Grace Mini Bell Pepper Nachos by Hello Little Home Slow Cooker Sweet Spicy Meatballs by Honey & Birch Loaded Tailgate Tots by Life's Ambrosia Ricotta & Fig Bites by Living Well Kitchen Nashville Hot Chicken Wings by Loaves & Dishes Cincinnati Chili Dip by Love & Flour -LCB- Slow Cooker -RCB- BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Love Bakes Good Cakes Tailgate Bloody Marys by Loves Food, Loves to Eat Sweet Korean Chicken Wings by Macheesmo Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots by Me and My Pink Mixer Crab Pretzels by Mom's Messy Miracles Hot Bacon Dip by Nik Snacks Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar by Off the Eaten Path Chowder Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers by Order in the Kitchen Baked Mac and Cheese Cups by Polka Dotted Blue Jay Texas Toothpicks with Buttermilk Ranch by See Aimee Cook Pretzel Turkey Meatballs (GF, DF, SF) by Shaws Simple Swaps Hearty Vegetable Chili by Simple and Savory Focaccia Pizza by Simplify, Live, Love Sweet Potato Skins Stuffed with BBQ Ranch Pulled Pork by Sustaining the Powers Bacon - Wrapped Cheeseburger Bites by The BakerMama Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad by The Creative Bite German Potato Skins by The Crumby Cupcake Old Bay Trail Mix by The Culinary Compass Meat Lover's Pizza Bites by The Life Jolie Raspberry Chipotle Black Bean Dip by The Mexitalian Grilled Asian Chicken Wings & Shishito Peppers by The Secret Ingredient Is Blackened Shrimp Tacos by The Speckled Palate Honeydew Melon Refresher by Two Places at Once Grilled Sauerkraut Stuffed Brats by West via Midwest Sausage Apple and Sage Hand Pies by What A Girl Eats
Spicy Mexican Cheese Dip by 2 Cookin Mamas Salsa Verde by A Dish of Daily Life Skillet Sausage Dip by A Joyfully Mad Kitchen Sausage, Peppers + Onions Pigs in a Blanket by A Little Gathering Grilled Jalapeno Poppers by A Mind Full Mom Beer & Brats Bake by A Simpler Grace Black Bottom Maple Pecan Pie Bars by An Oregon Cottage Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings by And She Cooks Blackberry BBQ Sticky Wings by Around My Family Table Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread by Beer Girl Cooks Black Bean & Corn Salsa by Body Rebooted Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe by Bread Booze Bacon Smoky Jalapeno Poppers by Brunch - n - Bites Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos by Bucket List Tummy Deconstructed Smoked Chicken Chile Relleno by Cafe Terra Chicken Spinach & Artichoke Dip French Bread by Cake «n Knife Cuban Sandwich Quesadillas by Casa de Crews Grilled Asparagus Spears by Celebrating Family Sweet and Salty Blueberry Popcorn by Club Narwhal Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Coffee Love Travel Sea Bass Skewers + Blackbeard Cocktails by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Dash of Herbs Easy chicken roll ups with cream cheese and veggies by Family Food on the Table Bottled Tailgate Cocktails by Feast + West The Best Tex - Mex Arrachera Fajitas by Foodal Loaded Guacamole by foodbyjonister Cincinnati Nachos by Foodtastic Mom Cajun Red Beans and Andouille Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms by For the Love of Food Grilled Shrimp Pizza by Glisten and Grace Mini Bell Pepper Nachos by Hello Little Home Slow Cooker Sweet Spicy Meatballs by Honey & Birch BBQ Chicken Wontons by Lauren's Kitchen Loaded Tailgate Tots by Life's Ambrosia Ricotta & Fig Bites by Living Well Kitchen Tailgate Tacos by Lizzy is Dizzy Nashville Hot Chicken Wings by Loaves & Dishes Cincinnati Chili Dip by Love & Flour -LCB- Slow Cooker -RCB- BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Love Bakes Good Cakes Tailgate Bloody Marys by Loves Food, Loves to Eat Sweet Korean Chicken Wings by Macheesmo Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots by Me and My Pink Mixer Beer Sangria by Mixplorology Crab Pretzels by Mom's Messy Miracles Hot Bacon Dip by Nik Snacks Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar by Off the Eaten Path Chowder Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers by Order in the Kitchen Old Fashioned Sweet by Peanut Blossom Baked Mac and Cheese Cups by Polka Dotted Blue Jay Texas Toothpicks with Buttermilk Ranch by See Aimee Cook Pretzel Turkey Meatballs (GF, DF, SF) by Shaws Simple Swaps Hearty Vegetable Chili by Simple and Savory Focaccia Pizza by Simplify, Live, Love Sweet Potato Skins Stuffed with BBQ Ranch Pulled Pork by Sustaining the Powers Bacon - Wrapped Cheeseburger Bites by The BakerMama Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad by The Creative Bite German Potato Skins by The Crumby Cupcake Old Bay Trail Mix by The Culinary Compass Meat Lover's Pizza Bites by The Life Jolie Raspberry Chipotle Black Bean Dip by The Mexitalian Grilled Asian Chicken Wings & Shishito Peppers by The Secret Ingredient Is Blackened Shrimp Tacos by The Speckled Palate Honeydew Melon Refresher by Two Places at Once Grilled Sauerkraut Stuffed Brats by West via Midwest Sausage Apple and Sage Hand Pies by What A Girl Eats
Simply make the best chocolate chip cookie dough, spread half at the bottom of an 8» x 8 ′ baking pan, pour lots of caramel on, sprinkle with some sea salt and top with the rest of the cookie dough.
Spicy Mexican Cheese Dip by 2 Cookin Mamas Salsa Verde by A Dish of Daily Life Skillet Sausage Dip by A Joyfully Mad Kitchen Sausage, Peppers + Onions Pigs in a Blanket by A Little Gathering Grilled Jalapeno Poppers by A Mind Full Mom Beer & Brats Bake by A Simpler Grace Black Bottom Maple Pecan Pie Bars by An Oregon Cottage Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings by And She Cooks Blackberry BBQ Sticky Wings by Around My Family Table Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread by Beer Girl Cooks Black Bean & Corn Salsa by Body Rebooted Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe by Bread Booze Bacon Smoky Jalapeno Poppers by Brunch - n - Bites Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos by Bucket List Tummy Chicken Spinach & Artichoke Dip French Bread by Cake «n Knife Cuban Sandwich Quesadillas by Casa de Crews Grilled Asparagus Spears by Celebrating Family Sweet and Salty Blueberry Popcorn by Club Narwhal Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Coffee Love Travel Sea Bass Skewers + Blackbeard Cocktails by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Dash of Herbs Easy chicken roll ups with cream cheese and veggies by Family Food on the Table Bottled Tailgate Cocktails by Feast + West The Best Tex - Mex Arrachera Fajitas by Foodal Loaded Guacamole by foodbyjonister Cincinnati Nachos by Foodtastic Mom Cajun Red Beans and Andouille Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms by For the Love of Food Grilled Shrimp Pizza by Glisten and Grace Mini Bell Pepper Nachos by Hello Little Home Slow Cooker Sweet Spicy Meatballs by Honey & Birch BBQ Chicken Wontons by Lauren's Kitchen Loaded Tailgate Tots by Life's Ambrosia Ricotta & Fig Bites by Living Well Kitchen Tailgate Tacos by Lizzy is Dizzy Nashville Hot Chicken Wings by Loaves & Dishes Cincinnati Chili Dip by Love & Flour -LCB- Slow Cooker -RCB- BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Love Bakes Good Cakes Tailgate Bloody Marys by Loves Food, Loves to Eat Sweet Korean Chicken Wings by Macheesmo Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots by Me and My Pink Mixer Beer Sangria by Mixplorology Crab Pretzels by Mom's Messy Miracles Hot Bacon Dip by Nik Snacks Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar by Off the Eaten Path Chowder Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers by Order in the Kitchen Old Fashioned Sweet by Peanut Blossom Baked Mac and Cheese Cups by Polka Dotted Blue Jay Texas Toothpicks with Buttermilk Ranch by See Aimee Cook Pretzel Turkey Meatballs (GF, DF, SF) by Shaws Simple Swaps Focaccia Pizza by Simplify, Live, Love Sweet Potato Skins Stuffed with BBQ Ranch Pulled Pork by Sustaining the Powers Bacon - Wrapped Cheeseburger Bites by The BakerMama Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad by The Creative Bite German Potato Skins by The Crumby Cupcake Old Bay Trail Mix by The Culinary Compass Meat Lover's Pizza Bites by The Life Jolie Raspberry Chipotle Black Bean Dip by The Mexitalian Grilled Asian Chicken Wings & Shishito Peppers by The Secret Ingredient Is Blackened Shrimp Tacos by The Speckled Palate Grilled Sauerkraut Stuffed Brats by West via Midwest Sausage Apple and Sage Hand Pies by What A Girl Eats
Spicy Mexican Cheese Dip by 2 Cookin Mamas Salsa Verde by A Dish of Daily Life Slow Cooker Sausage Corn Dip by A Joyfully Mad Kitchen Sausage, Peppers + Onions Pigs in a Blanket by A Little Gathering Grilled Jalapeno Poppers by A Mind Full Mom Beer & Brats Bake by A Simpler Grace Black Bottom Maple Pecan Pie Bars by An Oregon Cottage Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings by And She Cooks Blackberry BBQ Sticky Wings by Around My Family Table Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread by Beer Girl Cooks Black Bean & Corn Salsa by Body Rebooted Roasted Garlic BBQ Chicken Wings Recipe by Bread Booze Bacon Smoky Jalapeno Poppers by Brunch - n - Bites Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos by Bucket List Tummy Deconstructed Smoked Chicken Chile Relleno by Cafe Terra Chicken Spinach & Artichoke Dip French Bread by Cake «n Knife Cuban Sandwich Quesadillas by Casa de Crews Grilled Asparagus Spears by Celebrating Family Sweet and Salty Blueberry Popcorn by Club Narwhal Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Coffee Love Travel Sea Bass Skewers + Blackbeard Cocktails by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Buffalo Chicken Poppers by Dash of Herbs Easy Chicken Roll Ups with Cream Cheese and Veggies by Family Food on the Table Bottled Tailgate Cocktails by Feast + West Smoked Brisket Texas Style by Foodal Loaded Guacamole by foodbyjonister Cincinnati Nachos by Foodtastic Mom Cajun Red Beans and Andouille Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms by For the Love of Food Grilled Shrimp Pizza by Glisten and Grace Mini Bell Pepper Nachos by Hello Little Home Slow Cooker Sweet Spicy Meatballs by Honey & Birch BBQ Chicken Wontons by Lauren's Kitchen Loaded Tailgate Tots by Life's Ambrosia Ricotta & Fig Bites by Living Well Kitchen Tailgate Tacos by Lizzy is Dizzy Nashville Hot Chicken Wings by Loaves & Dishes Cincinnati Chili Dip by Love & Flour -LCB- Slow Cooker -RCB- BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Love Bakes Good Cakes Tailgate Bloody Marys by Loves Food, Loves to Eat Sweet Korean Chicken Wings by Macheesmo Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots by Me and My Pink Mixer Beer Sangria by Mixplorology Crab Pretzels by Mom's Messy Miracles Hot Bacon Dip by Nik Snacks Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar by Off the Eaten Path Chowder Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers by Order in the Kitchen Old Fashioned Sweet by Peanut Blossom Baked Mac and Cheese Cups by Polka Dotted Blue Jay Texas Toothpicks with Buttermilk Ranch by See Aimee Cook Pretzel Turkey Meatballs (GF, DF, SF) by Shaws Simple Swaps Hearty Vegetable Chili by Simple and Savory Focaccia Pizza by Simplify, Live, Love Sweet Potato Skins Stuffed with BBQ Ranch Pulled Pork by Sustaining the Powers Bacon - Wrapped Cheeseburger Bites by The BakerMama Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad by The Creative Bite German Potato Skins by The Crumby Cupcake Old Bay Trail Mix by The Culinary Compass Meat Lover's Pizza Bites by The Life Jolie Raspberry Chipotle Black Bean Dip by The Mexitalian Grilled Asian Chicken Wings & Shishito Peppers by The Secret Ingredient Is Blackened Shrimp Tacos by The Speckled Palate Honeydew Melon Refresher by Two Places at Once Grilled Sauerkraut Stuffed Brats by West via Midwest Sausage Apple and Sage Hand Pies by What A Girl Eats
Larger salt crystals form on the bottoms of the evaporation ponds, while finer sea salt crystals, known as fleur de sel, form on the surface and are scraped off quickly to preserve their fine texture.
Metal Monkey's pineapple - filled Bikini Bottom takes gose on a tropical jaunt, while Blue Point's Beach Plum Gose swims into uncharted waters with the additions of seaweed and Long Island — harvested sea salt.
Leeward of the breaking seas, at five separate points on Banner Reef, the usual brown and mustard colors of the coralline ledge give way to a bright, cold blue, where the bottom drops away to a depth of 20 or 30 feet.
Right now, coqelin confident is on bottom deep sea.
BP is spilling half of it on the bottom of the sea And Andrew's got the rest of it in the tank of his RV!
Most recently, it helped researchers map the bottom of the major seas and lakes on Titan, thanks to a new method for analyzing the venerable probe's data.
The impact aftermath killed most life on Earth, but the crater itself (bottom)-- shown with a central peak — remained hot long after the blast, perhaps creating a hydrothermal system similar to deep - sea vents.
In turn, giant kelp positively affected the sessile invertebrates — sponges and sea squirts — that live on the bottom but can often be outcompeted for space by algae.»
The first devices for measuring underwater noise have been anchored this week to the bottom of the Baltic Sea on the coast of Finland.
Later in the spring, Widmer tells me, «we would expect the sea lions to be ripping the top and bottom fins off the molas and throwing them around like Frisbees, skipping them on the surface.
The species, native to the Caspian and Black Sea basins, was well known on that side of the Atlantic for its ability to fuse to any hard surface, growing in wickedly sharp clusters that can bloody boaters» hands and swimmers» feet, plug pipes, foul boat bottoms and suck the plankton — the life — out of the waters they invade.
Most lay widely scattered on the bottom of the sea.
In a paper in the current issue of Geology, Mark Sephton of Imperial College London and his colleagues reveal that sedimentary rocks from that period — when they were on the bottom of a shallow sea — contain a pulse, or unusually elevated levels of organic material from soil and plants.
Brandt led a small army of scientists on three expeditions to the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, where they collected bottom - dwelling organisms at 40 different locations, some in waters nearly four miles deep.
The first sea - floor lab to test the effects of CO2 (top) on deep - sea animals didn't kill these caged eelpouts and an octopus, but sea urchins died and their spines dissolved (bottom, before and after
Perhaps, says Hayward, bryozoan larvae feed on algae that grow on the underside of sea ice; then they might accidentally surface when the ice breaks up in summer, before sinking to the bottom for good.
According to Archer and Jacobson's bottom - up estimates, which unlike Kleidon's are based on actual measurements of wind speeds, there is 1700 TW of wind power at an altitude of 100 metres over land and sea.
Some of the ships rocked on the crests of the waves; the other ships watched in the troughs as the sea parted, exposing the sands on the bottom as they whirled in the furious winds.»
When it died, it sank to the bottom of the sea floor with its skeleton falling apart and becoming a hub for coral and other organisms to grow on.
During a trawl for sea creatures on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean last month, scientists on the RV Helmer Hansson in Rijpfjorden on the island of Spitsbergen, Norway, retrieved a 7 - meter - long log infested with living shipworms on the sea floor under 250 meters of water.
It was thought that the water quickly flowed between ice and rock and out to sea, with little impact on the bottom ice layers.
The resultant clay then washes down to the sea and settles on the bottom, where the clay's chemical properties actively attract organic carbon and then absorb it, much like kitty litter.
The ecosystem may be nourished at least in part by microbes that feed on organic goo in the subglacial mud — the remains of ancient plankton that died and sank to the bottom millions of years ago, when the world was warmer and this place was a sunlit sea.
A study published in July reveals that surface weather conditions have a dramatic impact on creatures that live at the bottom of the sea.
Hundreds of studies on bottom trawl impacts, including those on soft sediment habitats, have shown that trawling can remove or damage structure - forming organisms, alter the composition of communities living in the sea bed (infauna) and reduce their productivity.
«This action is a complete turning point in potential protection of deep - sea bottom communities,» says marine biologist Les Watling of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu: «One can hope that this will lead to a global ban of bottom trawling in the deep sea, but I can't say I am optimistic on that point.
The proposal would phase out licenses for deep - sea trawling 2 years after the regulation is approved, require strict quotas for deep - sea species that lack solid scientific data on the size of populations, and require impact assessments for opening new areas to deep - sea bottom fishing.
Because so much water was stored on land as ice sheets, sea levels were likely 120 meters lower than today, exposing the bottom of what is now the English Channel.
They feed on the bottom of the food chain — on single - celled plankton, which larger fish can not eat — and then they become prey for all sorts of upper - level predators like tuna, sea bass and halibut as well as seabirds and marine mammals.
But the large volumes of data on Arctic sea and land ice that IceBridge has collected during its nine years of operations there have also enabled scientific discoveries ranging from the first map showing what parts of the bottom of the massive Greenland Ice Sheet are thawed to improvements in snowfall accumulation models for all of Greenland.
And scientists now know that the underwater topography — the hills, slopes and crevices at the bottom of the ocean, where the ice meets the sea — is a critical influence on just how much ice actually touches the water.
But when you're working deep, on the bottom of the sea, nothing is ever easy, and there's no such thing as routine.
Since so much of the ice sheet is grounded underwater, rising sea levels may have the effect of lifting the sheets, allowing more - and increasingly warmer - water underneath it, leading to further bottom melting, more ice shelf disintegration, accelerated glacial flow, and further sea level rise, and so on and on, another vicious cycle.
Brussels — Greenpeace has criticised the outcome of today's vote in the European Parliament on deep - sea fishing as inadequate to protect fragile deep - sea ecosystems from the destructive impacts of bottom trawling and deep - sea gillnetting.