Sentences with phrase «sea during the storm»

A Church of Scotland minister has thanked the people who saved his life after his kayak capsized at sea during a storm.

We can be proactive, and not just victims of circumstance, being tossed around on the sea during the storm of market disruptions and regulatory experimentation.

Not exact matches

Container loads can shift during heavy seas and storms.

It went through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea during Desert Storm.

The NHC said Irma ranked as one of the five most powerful Atlantic hurricanes during the past 80 years and the strongest Atlantic basin storm ever outside the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

Another such occurrence is on the sea of Galilee, in the fourth watch of the night, during a storm.

Not all flooded during the 2012 storm, but climate change in the form of rising sea levels is increasing the risk of future damage, and higher flood insurance bills.

The Museum of Modern Art's current exhibition «Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront» features ideas on how to stop lower Manhattan and other low - lying parts of New York City from going under when the sea surges during a big storm.

«You amplify the effect of sea - level rise during times of storms and spring tides,» Eberli said.

Extreme sea levels are the maximum levels of the sea that occur during a major storm and produce massive flooding.

Meteorological data, which only date back 35 years, show the low pressure system has strengthened during that time, leading to more storms swirling around the Amundsen Sea and potentially greater snow accumulation, according to the paper.

Severe coastal flooding during storms in January and March of this year jolted Massachusetts residents and officials into an unwelcome awareness of just how vulnerable we are to rising sea levels.

The more the seas climb, the more high tides inundate areas that previously flooded only during big storms.

Rising sea levels will, over time, inundate low - lying property and increase the amount of flooding that occurs during coastal storms.

While the record 13.9 foot storm tide in New York Harbor during Superstorm Sandy was primarily due to the coincidence of the strongest winds with high tide, sea - level rise driven by historical climate change added more than one foot to that total.

The premise is simple: a sailor gets washed ashore on a deserted island during a storm at sea.

The difference here is that you pay very close attention to the direction of the wind, which will determine during storms whether or not there will be overwash from the ocean tides and windblown seas.

He had worn them during the whole journey back across the North Sea, through the storms and mists that separated Ireland from home.

In addition to being home to many types of sea life and a source of revenue, coral reefs play a vital part in protecting nearby coastlines from erosion and serve as a natural barrier against storm surge during hurricanes.

TURNER»S MODERN AND ANCIENT PORTS: PASSAGES THROUGH TIME Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) is well - known for his storm - tossed seas, but he also painted ports during Britain's heyday as an imperial superpower, as evidenced by 35 paintings in this show.

The wave crests may resemble the traces of a ship firmly scudding across the high seas, or they may look like treacherously choppy water during a storm.

In response, global sea level rises, increasing the threat of coastal inundation during storms.

According to Friends of the Earth, «The bunker fuel spills by the Hanjin container ship that hit a bridge in San Francisco Bay on Nov. 7 and the Russian oil tanker that broke in half during a storm in the Black Sea on Nov. 11 call attention to the harm caused by bunker fuel when it is spilled.

The resulting weaker density stratification allowed more vertical mixing of the water column during storms in late September and early October, leading to the observed warming of the near - bottom layer in the still ice - free Laptev Sea... Warmer water temperatures near the seabed may also impact the stability of the shelf's submarine permafrost.»

Once the dominant reef builder of the Caribbean Sea, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) can be found as far north as Florida and as far south as Venezuela.2 It typically lives on the side of the reef facing the open ocean, thereby taking the brunt of waves kicked up during storms and protecting communities on the nearby shoreline.

The year 2007 was a «perfect storm» of atmospheric conditions for sea ice loss during all of the summer (Zhang et al. 2008, and others).

Based on data from past climate changes, when sea level rose to +5 — 9 m, including the occurrence of extreme storms — during a time when temperatures were less than 1 ◦ C warmer than today, experts warn of similar consequences in coming decades.

Based on data from past climate changes, when sea level rose to +5 — 9 m, including the occurrence of extreme storms — during a time when temperatures were less than 1 ◦ C warmer than today, experts warn of similar...

Sea - surface temperatures, which drive the big tropical storms, have been high, and during the past few years have seemed to correlate with increased coldness aloft.

Rising sea levels will, over time, inundate low - lying property and increase the amount of flooding that occurs during coastal storms.

This water is met by Greenland Sea Deep Water, which forms during the passage of winter storms.

«In the North Atlantic region, where tropical cyclone records are longer and generally of better quality than elsewhere, power dissipation by tropical cyclones is highly correlated with sea surface temperature during hurricane season in the regions where storms typically develop»

The greater Pan-Arctic winter was mostly cloudier, but without a great deal of precipitation in the CAA Arctic Basin area, this made the sea ice even thicker during wind storms.

Unlike 2007, which had a strong unusual wind pattern during all the summer months that contributed to major sea ice loss, summer 2012 meteorology was generally unremarkable, except for a strong storm in early August that contributed to sea ice breakup.

Coastal erosion is influenced by many factors; sea level, currents, winds and waves (especially during storms, which add energy to these effects).

[14] Aided by sea level rise, Hurricane Matthew set several storm tide records during its approach to the eastern sea board.

Rising sea levels intensify coastal flooding and storm surge, and thus exacerbate threats to public safety during storms.

According to the recent report out in Foreign Policy, and according to other eyewitness accounts and news reports coming in from coastal West Africa during recent years, sea level rise and increasing erosion due to powerful storms continue to produce worsening impacts for the region.

«Neumann and Hearty (1996) considered the transition from warmer - than - present «greenhouse» conditions during sub-stage 5e to mid-glacial «icehouse» conditions of 5d to be a climatic «madhouse» in the Bahamas on the basis of geologic evidence of rapid sea - level changes, dune building, and intense storms at that time.»

Sea level rise due to climate change would leave lower Manhattan dangerously exposed to flood surges during major storms, the report, which looks at the impact of climate change across the entire state of New York, warns.

Operational units of FMI apply Arctic Space Centre's data and products for supporting sea ice navigation in the Baltic, air control e.g. in cases of volcanic eruptions, flood monitoring in spring time, and space weather services during solar storms.

«If we cause large sea - level rise, that dominates future risks, but if we could prevent sea - level rise and just have the storm surge to worry about, our projections show little change in coastal risk from today during most years,» said Michael Mann, distinguished professor of meteorology and atmospheric science and director of Penn State's Earth System Science Centre, and one of the authors.

The plan sets out many options to protect against storm surge, sea level rise and intense rainfall like that which swamped Houston during Hurricane Harvey.

It includes inter alia information on global temperatures during 2007, regional temperatures anomalies, droughts, storms and flooding, cyclones, and Artic sea ice.

For example, Hurricane Sandy brought a record storm tide to New York City in October 2013, flooding more areas than otherwise would have been inundated, since the sea level in lower Manhattan had climbed by about a foot during the 20th century.

The Dutch Ministry of Transport uses the figure 60 % (below high water level during storms), while others use 30 % (below mean sea level).

Fogs in places where these were never heard of during summer time, drought, salinity intrusion far from the sea, floods including flash flood, and cyclone and storm surges as major problems they are facing in different parts of the country.

Less sea ice cover and a shorter ice season allows wind and wave action to attack the previously ice - protected coastline, especially during the autumn storm season.

If your partner needs a shining beacon of light to guide their way during a rough storm, stand by him or her while they navigate through the dark seas.