Sentences with phrase «over the reef before»

We are just hanging around this morning waiting for a little more water to fill in over the reef before we head off in search of some fun in the sun.

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Using the Great Barrier Reef as their study case, they estimated the evolution of the region over the last 14,000 years and showed that (1) high sediment loads from catchments erosion prevented coral growth during the early phase of sea level rise and favoured deep offshore sediment deposition; (2) how the fine balance between climate, sea level, and margin physiography enabled coral reefs to thrive under limited shelf sedimentation rates at 6,000 years before present; and, (3) how over the last 3,000 years, the decrease of accommodation space led to the lateral extension of coral reefs consistent with available observational data.

To understand why the long - spined urchins have not returned to the reef more than 30 years later, Scripps scientists Katie Cramer and Dick Norris analyzed the amount of fossilized urchin spines that accumulated in reef sediment layers over the past 3,000 years to paint a picture of life on the reef before it was altered from the disease outbreak and human activities such as fishing and pollution.

The floating rocks traveled more than 3,000 miles (5,000 km) over the next eight months, picking up more than 80 species of corals, anemones, barnacles, mollusks and crabs before ending up in the Great Barrier Reef and the coast of Australia, Bryan said.

Day 3: Experience the Sunrise over the Great Barrier Reef and Cooked Breakfast before your exclusive guided snorkel safari and glass bottom boat tour with your host.

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Your adventure concludes with an awesome scenic flight over five reef locations before arriving back to Cairns in ample time for evening activities.

Best before and after low tide and breaks over a shallow reef.

We explored the statues for about 25 minutes before heading over to the reef.

On the best days, Manzanillo offers a steep drop, fast wall over a shallow reef with maybe even a barrel before dying down in the channel.

You will then circle over Stingray City Sandbar and hear about its humble beginnings and its growth over the years, before traveling along the reef.

Your return flight takes you over the famous Endeavour Reef and the Low Isles before returning to Cairns.

Taking off from Cairns, your helicopter pilot will fly over the Great Barrier Reef before landing at the sandy islet with snorkels, flippers and a gourmet picnic for you to enjoy.

Depending on when you're here, you'll take off in a seaplane from Hamilton Island, soaring over the Whitsunday Islands and circling over Heart Reef for photos before landing on the water at a nearby coral lagoon.

Learn to adjust masks and clear snorkels without standing before you go out over shallow reef.

Many people even tourists in the Philippines view Puerto Princesa as the stop over before going to the reefs of corals and coves that can be seen in the other parts of Palawan.

Join the marine biologist for a glass - bottom boat tour over the colorful coral gardens before your first snorkeling opportunity for up - close views of the hundreds of varieties of coral growing on this section of reef.

Spend a day beachcombing, swimming and fishing before ending with a dramatic sunset over the mainland and a seafood dinner at Monte's Reef Resort.

Snorkel over fringing reef and swim with Green Sea Turtles, before learning all about them during a visit to the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.

Even if you've never snorkeled before, our knowledgeable local guides will help you explore the kaleidoscope of colors found in hard and soft corals, sponges, and over 500 species of fish and marine life.There are hundreds of snorkeling sites of varying depths along the Belize Barrier Reef.

Beaches, Reefs and Red Centre costs # 3499 and follows the Eastern Dream tour before heading over to the Northern Territory and the Kakadu National Park, down to Alice Springs, Kings Canyon and Uluru, and further south to Adelaide, Coober Pedy, along the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne, and finally through the majestic Blue Mountains back to Sydney.

«Before the industrial revolution, over 98 % of warm water coral reefs were surrounded by open ocean waters at least 3.5 times supersaturated with aragonite» says Cao.

Obama administration officials faced growing challenges over the unabated oil gusher on the Gulf of Mexico seabed on Tuesday as analysis of ocean currents appeared to raise the odds that Florida reefs and beaches could be tainted before the month is out.

Never before has it been possible for people from all over the world to access the latest information and collectively seek solutions to the challenges which face our planet, and not a moment too soon: the year 2015 was the hottest in human history, and the Great Barrier Reef is suffering the consequences of warming oceans right now.

My point is simply this: while creating a hydrosol is for all intents and purposes a straightforward engineering problem, applying it over a coral reef is something that, IMHO, requires quite a bit more thought and a lot more careful research before someone can say that the benefits outweigh the environmental and ecological costs.