Ringed by coral reefs and pristine azure waters, the three islands that comprise the Cayman Islands are a marine paradise in the western Caribbean.
The island is almost completely
ringed by coral reefs and lagoons, making it a fantastic destination for scuba diving and snorkelling.
Just off the Dominican Republic's south coast, near La Romana, small Catalina Island is
ringed by coral reefs and white - sand beaches.
Ringed by coral and the shimmering South Pacific, it's a true island heaven.
The Islands of Tahiti are either volcanic peaks
ringed by coral reefs, or low - lying atolls made up of coral reefs.
Not exact matches
Among the delights of a getaway to the Viceroy Riviera Maya are refined Mexican cuisine accented with international influences at La Marea, Mexican - Mediterranean dishes cooked on wood - burning grills at the seaside
Coral Grill, a palm -
ringed lagoon pool, fitness center, day beds at the beach, and a pier where guests enjoy massages, romantic dinners and are conveniently picked up
by boat for snorkeling, diving and other excursions.
In the past decade, paleoclimatologists have reconstructed a record of climate change over the last millennium
by consulting historical documents and examining indicators of temperature change like tree
rings, as well as oxygen isotopes in ice cores and
coral skeletons.
This green gem lies four miles offshore and is
ringed by white sand beaches set within
coral - covered slopes and walls.
Protected
by several marine sanctuaries, these
coral island
rings have spectacular visibility and fantastic fish life.
The top edge of the Great Blue Hole is nearly 1,000 feet across and is
ringed by fringing
coral that makes for an excellent snorkeling adventure.
The island is
ringed by incredible
coral reefs, so the snorkeling and SCUBA diving are excellent.
The resort is
ringed by a natural
coral reef, making bathing a relaxing and safe experience
It is a land where
coral reefs swarm with rainbow - hued fish, postcard - perfect islands are
ringed by white sand beaches, and Jungle Rivers flow from forest - clad mountains that hide mysterious caves and the stone temples of lost civilizations.
The resort has only 75 villas nestled on a lush, tropical island set in the shimmering waters of a shallow lagoon,
ringed by a reef vibrant with colours, fish, turtles, rays and
corals.
Besides those, Mushroom
Coral and
Ringed Pipefish, Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp, Egg Shell Shrimp and nudibranchs were pointed out
by Hery and Jemy, our divemasters.
A private island retreat
ringed by a white - sand beach and
coral reefs in the Philippine's Sulu Sea
The graph resulted from research
by climatologists Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes that used multiple proxies, including tree
rings,
coral, ice cores, sediments, and historical records.
Mann's graphic represented a reconstruction of past temperatures, not from thermometers or satellites, but
by analysing data from proxies, such as tree -
ring width,
corals, and ice cores.
Well, it leaves me with dozens of other proxy reconstructions, some
by the same team or involving some of its members, some
by completely different people, some using tree
rings, some using
corals, some using stalagmites, some using borehole measurements — all supporting the same general conclusion.
[That finding holds that there was no plagiarism in Wegman Report background material derived from Raymond Bradley's Paleoclimatolgy; readers may judge side -
by - side comparisons of the passages on tree -
rings and ice core and
coral proxies for themselves].
(My most recent side -
by - side comparisons for tree -
rings, and for ice cores and
corals feature more detailed highlighting and comparison).
But at least they're not effected
by biological response (which tree
rings,
corals, pollens, et.
Having now looked at boreholes (several hundred profiles from around the world), Tree
rings and
corals (ditto) the inescapable conclusion must be that you can prove whatever you want
by selecting an appropriate number of profiles.
Using climate records culled from tree
rings, glacial - ice layers and
coral - growth layers, the three professors — whose research was funded in part
by the federal government — determined in 1998 that temperatures have skyrocketed in the past century compared with the 500 years preceding it.
While there are other determinants stomata are only weakly affected (pdf)
by water stress or typical variations of irradiance, and so they do not suffer «all the problems» of such proxies as tree
rings,
corals, or spleothems.
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