Sentences with phrase «polar desert»

Far north of the Arctic Circle, emerging explorer Jørn Hurum coaxes the secrets of evolution from a rocky polar desert with a treasure trove of fossils, including sea monsters of the Jurassic era.

Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have publicly released high - resolution maps of Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, a globally unique polar desert.

«Both areas are pristine polar deserts devoid of any vascular plants,» says Associate Professor Ferrari, of the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences.

«Both areas are pristine polar deserts devoid of any vascular plants,» explained Dr. Belinda Ferrari, a microbiologist at the University of New South - Wales, Sydney and senior study author, in a press release.

For instance, a 1997 vegetation study from the University of Wisconsin found that much of the Northwest was covered by polar desert or tundra while the Southwest was covered by extensive conifer and broadleaf forest.

Laser mapping project shows effects of physical changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys Maps can be compared to similar observations made 13 years ago to observe changes Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have publicly released high - resolution maps of Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, a globally unique polar desert.

Since it's in a polar desert where the average temperature is minus 3.46 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 19.7 degrees Celsius), precipitation can't explain the cascade, gushing through the Arctic permafrost at nearly 137 gallons per second.

In this polar desert, rainfall is unknown, and there is only 10 mm snow fall (water equivalent) per year.

Raelene Showery and Ericka Tarrant may know more about the polar desert of Antarctica than the U.S. desert they live in.

«The southward movement of rain bands made the margins of Antarctica less like a polar desert and more like present - day Iceland.»