Sentences with phrase «sea coast land»

The problem is the potential for localized, individual problems such as sea coast land loss, increased or decreased precipitation in some areas, and a laundry list of other things.

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Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said the missile was launched from Sain Ni, North Korea, and traveled about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan within 370 nautical kilometers (200 nautical miles) of Japan's coast.

Rising temperatures will warm the oceans and accelerate melting of land ice, affecting sea - levels along the California coast.

The United States canceled leave for army troops at Fort Bragg and mobilized thousands of others for land, sea, and air maneuvers off the coast of Nicaragua.

The analysis found that, of the nine military installations along the mid-Atlantic coast, four would likely lose 10 % or more of their land to sea - level rise by 2050.

If sea level rises more slowly and land sinks less, the structures would build up 1000 square kilometers off the present coast.

To see how acidification might affect one deepwater creature, marine biologist Taewon Kim and colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California, used a robot submarine to vacuum up some deep - sea hermit crabs (Pagurus tanneri) that live off the coast of California at depths of 900 meters.

Calera bubbles the flue gas from the Moss Landing power plant on the California coast through seawater to produce an aggregate from carbonate, the same mineral sea creatures use to build their shells, perhaps more familiar as chalk.

If all the ice in Greenland were to melt in coming decades (an unlikely scenario), it would raise sea levels by seven meters (more than 20 feet)-- enough to swamp New Orleans, Florida's coast, Bangladesh and the Netherlands, among other low - lying lands.

Gulf Coast Swamped — Human engineering efforts such as levees have reduced the ability of the wetlands of Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states to keep pace with subsiding land and rising sea levels, according to coastal scientist Robert Twilley of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

«Now we can measure the sea level both relative to the coast and relative to the centre of Earth, which means we can clearly tell the difference between changes in the water level and changes in the land,» says Johan Löfgren.

As one of most southerly - distributed seabirds, the Adà© lie is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast that except during spring when they come on land to breed, are highly reliant on the sea and its ice to hunt and live.

As sea level rise increases, we need to be smart about where and how we build land along Louisiana's coast.

More information on land uplift and the effects of sea level rise on the Finnish coast is available on the Climate Guide web site (see the link on the right side of this page).

It turns out that rescuing busty women is Ray's specialty, as he spends much of this film making his way up the California coast by air, land, and sea to save estranged wife Emma (Carla Gugino) and daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) from post-quake chaos.

Filmed on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, it looks like a land plucked from Lord of the Rings, only the fantastical creatures — lactating sea aliens (that Luke Skywalker drinks the milk of) and Porgs, those adorable - as - hell owl - ferret creatures from the trailer — confirm that you're in the Star Wars universe.

The study uses multiple data sources to identify the potential impact of sea level rise on land and transportation infrastructure along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to New York.

Shanghai is located on a delta of land on the country's eastern coast, where the Yangtze River empties into the East China Sea.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

By far, the best way to view the Na Pali Coast is by Helicopter because most of the areas are inaccessible by land or sea.

Haleakala National Park is best known for being the world's largest dormant volcano and, at over 10,000 feet above sea level, the tallest peak on Maui where you can watch a fantastic sunrise, view unique wildlife, and have an amazingly vivid stargazing experience; However, the park encompasses more than 30,000 acres of public land, stretching from the summit down to the coast where lush natural beauty, waterfalls, and rich Hawaiian culture await in an area called Kipahulu.

Atrapasueños has created 2 different tours, in order to include different landscapes: Option one, takes you to the mountains of Mal País in a private land, that connects its forest with Cabo Blanco National Park, with the benefit of being a couple of hundred meters above sea level, which will allow guests to see species of birds that are not on the coast.

Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve (SMR) is a marine protected area that lies onshore, about two miles (3 km) south of the town of Gualala and three and a half miles north of Sea Ranch in Sonoma County on California's north central coast.

Del Mar Landing SMR lies onshore, about two miles (3 km) south of the town of Gualala and three and a half miles north of Sea Ranch in Sonoma County on California's north central coast.

There is a sharp transition from the land to sea as opposed to that on a flat coast where the land descends gradually seawards.

The first words of the opening paragraph of the proclamation explained why the land warranted preservation, and read, «Whereas certain public islands lying off the coast of Southern California contain fossils of Pleistocene elephants and ancient trees, and furnish noteworthy examples of ancient volcanism, deposition, and active sea erosion, and have situated thereon various other objects of geological and scientific interest...»

Starting on the west coast, at Vancouver, you could leave land and take to the air on a thrilling sea plane ride that gives you sensational views of the whole, beautiful landscape.

Camphill Village, on the West Coast (well, not exactly, it's just down Klein Dassenberg Road from Atlantis so not far from the sea, on a beautiful, remote piece of land) is an eco village that holds a market on the first Sunday of every month, except January.

The villa is located in a unique and very beautiful area of Paphos on a large plot of land at Evangelos Florakis street, an area called Klatsopatika between Coral bay beach (Peyia Village) and Kissonerga Village in Paphos Cyprus, with views of the Mediterranean Sea and the coast below that really makes you feel free.

For divers who prefer to stay on land and conduct daily dive trips from a resort or hotel along the Red Sea coast, we recommend Hurghada as the best place to stay.

With more than 200 islands, cayes and atolls off the coast of Belize, visitors will find an endless supply of land and sea adventures.

Some say it resembles Bora Bora, but insiders know that Lord Howe Island, located 373 miles off the Australian coast (under two hours from Sydney or Brisbane), is a land - and - sea playground for hikers, birders, divers and anyone who fancies a vacation in a tropical playground few folks have heard of.

The island's eastern coast is the plain with the cape heading towards the main land where Ban Koh Muk is Located in between the sea.

Option one takes you to the mountains of Mal País in a private land, that connects its forest with Cabo Blanco National Park, with the benefit of being a couple of hundred meters above sea level, which will allow you to see species of birds that are not on the coast.

Welcome to Exmouth Cape Holiday Park, gateway to the Ningaloo Coast, a natural playground and sanctuary to some of the world's rarest sea and land creatures.

Explore Majorca's stunning west coast from the sea, and reach places that are inaccessible by land.

Named «Heaven's Point» for its incredible beauty and unique characteristics, this high land Peninsula stems out to the open Caribbean Sea and offers beautiful clear waters and spectacular views throughout its vast coast line.

Welcome to Exmouth Cape Holiday Park, gateway to the Ningaloo Coast, a natural playground and sanctuary to some of the world's rarest sea and land

Further up the West Coast even than Lamberts Bay and Elands Bay, Doringbaai lies just south of Strandfontein and Papendorp, deep in the heart of «gone fishing» land where time slows virtually to a crawl, and the sea and the sky become your daily...

Quietly secluded on Grand Cayman's northwest shore, yet a short drive from popular Seven Mile Beach, Cobalt Coast Resort and Suites offers luxurious accommodations and outstanding amenities on land to complement the beauty beneath the sea.

The ancient Pura Luhur Uluwatu temple, dedicated to the sprits of the sea, is perched on steep cliffs which have formed where the land ends at the South East coast of the Island.

The museum is located on the southern coast of England, along the constantly changing boundary between land and sea.

Enjoy the start of summer as the DMA travels to the coast in celebration of the exhibition Coastlines: Images of Land and Sea.

Though the glaciated surface flows down to the sea, much of the miles thick ice fills a vast central basin, the land beneath sloping downhill towards Greenland's center, much of which is over a kilometer below the elevation of the coast.

Isn't heat also compensated from the fact of still rizing sea levels (expanding ozean floods coast land)?

This ability enables the common guillemot to nest on land along the coast, fly up to 30 km out to sea, dive underwater, and flap its wings to swim and hunt for marine food.»

The Irish Sea first appearing (and has less animal species than mainland Britain because this happened before some had time to spread West) and with that the creation of the many islands, and later the creation of the North Sea and the separation from mainland Europe, and this followed by smaller disappearances of land around parts of the coast.

As this happens the land rises and sea level appears to drop along the Arctic coast, but land sinks and sea level appears to rise along the Gulf of Mexico.

What will the US southern and eastern coasts look like as the seas overtake low lying lands, the map below is sobering and yet is only a tiny glimpse of the overall calamity of biosphere collapse now faced by the human race.

Differential heating of patches of land gives rise to thermals and downdrafts, differential heating along the coast gives rise to sea breezes (OK, that one is a wind!)