Sentences with phrase «rapidly into equilibrium»

Not exact matches

So isn't rapidly extracting and burning all that concentrated form of carbon and turning it into dispersed carbon dioxide increasing the planet's entropy very quickly, thus taking us very quickly closer to thermodynamic equilibrium and ultimately the planet's death?

The standard assumption has been that, while heat is transferred rapidly into a relatively thin, well - mixed surface layer of the ocean (averaging about 70 m in depth), the transfer into the deeper waters is so slow that the atmospheric temperature reaches effective equilibrium with the mixed layer in a decade or so.

Also, the stability of the ice shelves is doubtful and without them the ice sheet would probably flow much more rapidly into the sea, finding a new equilibrium after losing a great deal of mass.

Of course there are interrelations — I understand that a lot of energy (& heat) goes into melting ice, and the area (water, air) remains cool up until all / most the ice is melted, then the water and air are «free» to rise rapidly in temp to their new equilibrium (according to whatever the particular GW forces are).

Arctic sea ice is declining rapidly, and some researchers predict that fresh meltwater will inhibit nutrient transport and limit biological activity, allowing the surface ocean to come into equilibrium with atmospheric CO2 and promoting acidification.