Sentences with phrase «preserve environmental information»

The dripwater contains minerals, which can gradually accumulate to form icicle - like rocky structures that preserve environmental information from the water within its growth layers.

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The environmental assessment provided some base case information for potential expansion of the Nature Preserve.

Due to the way stalagmites and stalactites grow, the layers in the middle of these structures preserve older environmental information, while those closer to the surface hold clues to the more recent past.

NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of climate and historical weather data and iInformation (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of climate and historical weather data and informationinformation.