Sentences with phrase «relatively shallow»

We created a plan to have a wall of relatively shallow (17») cabinets across from the sink for LOTS of storage.

There are costs to that approach, of course, and most of them are borne by the client: the inability to reach your busy lawyer when you need her, the time and cost required for your lawyer to refocus on your situation, the heightened potential for disqualifying conflicts of interest, and the lawyer's relatively shallow appreciation of all your needs and circumstances.

The key weaknesses include «reliance on relatively shallow, vague or narrow conceptions of competence» and «too great a reliance» on initial qualification as a foundation for continuing competence.

This is still very early science, and we have some estimates of what may happen to those from modelling studies, from looking at the way in which the heating of the very upper layers of the Arctic Ocean is transferred down through the depth of the ocean - even in these relatively shallow Arctic shelf regions - and then into the sediments that would allow the methane hydrates to destabilise.

For example, the argument that follows very substantially from the extent of continental shelf that there is within the Arctic Basin and, therefore, the particular relationship that warming on that relatively shallow sea has on trapped methane - for example, the emergence of methane plumes in that continental shelf, apparently in quite an anomalous way - leading possibly to the idea that there may be either tipping points there or catastrophic feedback mechanisms there, which could then have other effects on things, such as more stabilised caps like the Greenland ice cap and so on.

Making those elements «disappear» yet integrating them in the relatively shallow tabletop proved to be challenging, but the result was worth the effort.

In the most peril are the largest species of rays and sharks, especially those living in relatively shallow water that is accessible to fisheries.

This attribute allows for the initial development of offshore wind in relatively shallow waters followed by a transition to deeper waters further for shore as the technology is advanced.»

Roots can grow deep in the ground — sometimes growing as deep as the tree is high — although most roots stay in the relatively shallow — but nutrient rich — surface soil.

The result is very large areas of relatively shallow water, visible as the light blue area in Figure 3 and the turquoise in Figure 4.

With solar pond one has relatively shallow water, and you can dark mud on bottom of pond.

The computer simulations of changing conditions in vulnerable regions later this century − in a blazing landscape fed by a river delta flowing through steamy marshland, and enfolding a calm, relatively shallow 1,000 km lagoon of evaporating seawater − have delivered a stark conclusion.

By some measurements, turbines located in the relatively shallow waters of the Continental Shelf could provide enough electricity to power every city along the eastern seaboard.

The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is looking to sell more offshore wind development zones facing Massachusetts later this year, and zones facing New York by the end of 2019 — two of the most enticing areas in the whole of the Americas for offshore wind given their proximity to major cities like New York and Boston, and their relatively shallow water depths.

The basalts on land are relatively shallow, but those at sea are covered not only by water, but hundreds or thousands of feet of sediment, and appear to extend far below the seabed.

The quakes in OK are relatively shallow as far as quakes go, with most occurrences at less than 11 Km deep.

The observations of the oceans are relatively new and they're relatively shallow still, so I think, again, the time's right to really make progress there.

''... worked with two sediment cores they extracted from the seabed of the eastern Norwegian Sea, developing a 1000 - year proxy temperature record «based on measurements of δ18O in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, a planktonic foraminifer that calcifies at relatively shallow depths within the Atlantic waters of the eastern Norwegian Sea during late summer,» which they compared with the temporal histories of various proxies of concomitant solar activity... This work revealed, as the seven scientists describe it, that «the lowest isotope values (highest temperatures) of the last millennium are seen ~ 1100 - 1300 A.D., during the Medieval Climate Anomaly, and again after ~ 1950 A.D.» In between these two warm intervals, of course, were the colder temperatures of the Little Ice Age, when oscillatory thermal minima occurred at the times of the Dalton, Maunder, Sporer and Wolf solar minima, such that the δ18O proxy record of near - surface water temperature was found to be «robustly and near - synchronously correlated with various proxies of solar variability spanning the last millennium,» with decade - to century - scale temperature variability of 1 to 2 °C magnitude.»

Keith Minto says: «Interesting, Bob, as this region being relatively shallow with close island chains, would provide some resistance to flow compared to deeper water, restricting the volume entering the eastern Indian Ocean area...»

«Previous observations have pointed to large methane plumes being released from the seabed in the relatively shallow sea off the northern coast of Siberia, but the latest findings were made far away from land in the deep, open ocean where the surface is usually capped by ice.»

• The Mediterranean's relative warmth is sustained by relatively shallow Atlantic waters tidally cycling through the Straits of Gibraltar.

In the meantime, the administration is plunging ahead with its program for realizing the massive wind energy potential of the relatively shallow waters off the Atlantic coast (the Pacific coast also has potential, but its deeper waters pose technological challenges).

The coal deposits are relatively shallow and therefore cheap to mine, and will last for at least another 50 years.

Clathrate occurs in the Antarctic and particularly in the Arctic where it is abundant in the relatively shallow though very cold seabed of the vast continental shelves which almost encircle the Arctic Ocean.

Significant methane release can occur when on - shore permafrost is thawed by a warmer atmosphere (unlikely to occur in significance on less than a century timescale) and undersea clathrate at relatively shallow depths is melted by warming water.

Offshore electricity generation, mainly from wind, has increased rapidly in recent years, notably in the relatively shallow coastal waters of Europe's North Sea.

Scientists estimate that there are hundreds of millions of tonnes of methane gas locked away beneath the Arctic permafrost, which extends from the mainland into the seabed of the relatively shallow sea of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf.

Unlike the Atlantic Ocean, where offshore wind farms can be bolted into the seabed in relatively shallow water, the West Coast's continental shelf plunges quickly and steeply.

But this is restricted to a relatively shallow layer.

Though the oil is beneath relatively shallow waters owned by the state off Alaska's North Slope, the discovery signals that the geology there, potentially onshore in the northern portion of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska and in the offshore of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas holds considerable promise.

[5:19 p.m. Updated Below you can also read about new federal research concluding that strong hurricanes don't just pose a threat on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, but could threaten some of the thousands of miles of pipelines crisscrossing parts of the seabed in relatively shallow waters.]

Almost all of the northward flow is associated with the relatively shallow GS on the western side of basin.

[As gavin said in his answer to # 57 above «Almost all of the northward flow is associated with the relatively shallow GS on the western side of basin.»]

I would claim that the surface temperature — which is a comparatively easy thing to measure — is a relevant test of climate physics because a lot of the ocean response is indeed determined by the relatively shallow mixed layer.

The combination of puzzle elements is relatively shallow in Factotum 90 compared to many of its peers.

Since the Joy - Con Grip is a product of handheld compromise, its buttons are squashed together and its plastic handles are relatively shallow.

While the game generally has a bad reputation for its long development cycle and relatively shallow gameplay, Kirby Air Ride can absolutely rule a party.

The robot Toy - Con took the longest to build by far and has the most variety in terms of minigames you can play with it, but they are each relatively shallow experiences compared to how interesting it is to built the backpack, visor, and attachments for your limbs.

The problem with all of the features listed above is that they're all relatively shallow.

The depth of the beds vary from 35 - 80 feet, so that divers can choose to go deep or stay relatively shallow.

The topography of the site is very simple with a relatively shallow fringing reef, and an extensive plateau that ranges in depth from 14 - 26m.

Dive depths are relatively shallow, ranging from 25 to 80 feet, with some deeper sites around 180 feet.

A great site for a night dive in the relatively shallow water, with the big wrecks to navigate by.

The dive sites we choose are not only beautiful both above and below water, but also chosen with the beginner diver in mind, typically being sheltered from wind and waves and also relatively shallow for your first two dives.

Currents are seldom strong, visibility typically exceeds 80 feet (24 m) and site depths can be relatively shallow.

You'll see plenty of hard and soft corals in relatively shallow water (usually 5 - 20 feet), a variety of reef fish; harmless nurse sharks; often moray eels; and occasionally, spotted eagle rays.

Snorkelling is also used by fishermen to harvest lobster, conch and other marine products in relatively shallow areas of up to 50 feet of water depth where they can spot their traps or targets from the surface, and then free dive for retrieval.

The waters around Magnetic Island are warm (winter average 23C - summer average 28C) and relatively shallow; perfect for novices and relaxed pleasurable diving.

It is relatively shallow so is perfect for practicing learning to use a dry suit, fine tuning your buoyancy and learning to navigate.

Being relatively shallow it makes for a good snorkel too.