Sentences with phrase «sea environment as»

In fact, he says, it appears they just «used the deep sea environment as a refuge.»

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Single - use plastic items, such as straws, stirrers, and plastic - stemmed cotton buds, have a significant impact on our environment, both on land and in our seas and rivers, when they are either littered or discarded incorrectly after use.

We are privileged to farm in a way that respects the estuary and the environment, and when we do simple things, such as reducing our impact on the lake bed allowing the sea grasses to regrow, it is actually good for the oysters and the health of this beautiful estuary.

During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.

And when they tire of climbing, kids can watch through glass windows as the sea otters joyously play in their own environment on one side, or witness beavers hard at work on the other.

Eric also makes gorgeous videos capturing the shifting light, as well as resin sculptures that interact with their environment, reflecting and transmitting light, just as the sky and the sea.

She sees it as the ultimate metallurgical success story, a structure whose combination of materials has allowed it to withstand more than 125 years of the harshest of environments: hot summers, cold winters, and the salt spray of the surrounding sea.

The newly enclosed sea succumbed to evaporation, its water level falling by thousands of meters, turning it into a desertlike environment pockmarked with shallow pools as salty as today's Dead Ssea succumbed to evaporation, its water level falling by thousands of meters, turning it into a desertlike environment pockmarked with shallow pools as salty as today's Dead SeaSea.

She now works in extreme environments such as the frigid Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Siberia, gauging the effect of underwater ambient noise on marine mammals.

Many marine biologists think of the world's biggest alga as the keystone species of its ecosystem, not only in terms of its structure — a huge forestlike environment under the sea — but also in terms of its tremendous productivity in supplying food for the near - shore ecosystem.

But the researchers suspect that the creatures» poop, as well as their mucus houses, could transfer microplastics from the water's surface to the depths of the sea (along with nutrients such as carbon that cycle through the environment).

The technique used by ChemCam, called laser - induced breakdown spectroscopy, has been used to assess composition of targets in other extreme environments, such as inside nuclear reactors and on the sea floor.

These environments, along with other forms of coastal ecosystems such as tidal marshes and sea grasses, have been given the name «blue carbon» to differentiate them from the «green» carbon of other forests, where carbon is absorbed above ground in trees.

A study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment notes that reflected light — off of buildings or roadways — can be as disruptive to animal behavior as the direct light that attracts sea turtle hatchlings to begin life in the wrong direction.

Linse expects to find something similar to ecosystems found in the deep sea — a dark, extremely food - sparse environment that spawns odd creatures such as carnivorous sponges and bivalves.

«As in the environment above the sea, we tend to think about movement in a horizontal dimension, across the breadth of the oceans, but at sea there are perhaps even greater habitat boundaries and gradients as species move vertically with deptAs in the environment above the sea, we tend to think about movement in a horizontal dimension, across the breadth of the oceans, but at sea there are perhaps even greater habitat boundaries and gradients as species move vertically with deptas species move vertically with depth.

Most octopuses can change their shape and texture to blend in with their environments, but the mimic octopus can go one step further: It impersonates other animals, such as jellyfish, sea snakes, and fish.

These fluxes could have a large influence in coastal environments, especially in areas with low availability of nutrients and in semiarid regions, such as the Mediterranean Sea,» explains Valentí Rodellas, UAB researcher who led the study as part of his PhD thesis.

«This work not only sheds new light on skeleton formation of animals, but also might inspire interdisciplinary studies in fields such as theoretical biology, bioengineering, robotics, and architectural engineering, utilizing mechanisms of self - constructing architectures that self - adjust to their environments, including remote environments such as the deep sea or space,» the researchers write.

Hawkings and his collaborators spent three months in 2012 and 2013 gathering water samples and measuring the flow of water from the 600 - square - kilometer (230 - square - mile) Leverett Glacier and the smaller, 36 - square - kilometer (14 - square - mile) Kiattuut Sermiat Glacier in Greenland as part of a Natural Environment Research Council - funded project to understand how much phosphorus, in various forms, was escaping from the ice sheet over time and draining into the sea.

Some coral populations in peripheral seas (or extreme environments such as tide pools) live today in environments that climate change projections expect for the tropical ocean in about a century.

«Later, the sea ice gradually expanded from the very high Arctic before reaching, for the first time, what we now see as the boundary of the winter ice around 2.6 million years ago,» says Jochen Knies, who is also attached to CAGE, the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate at the University of Tromsø, the Arctic University of Norway.

When river or sea - water is used for power plant cooling, it gets released back into the environment at a higher temperature, a problem known as thermal pollution, which can affect aquatic organisms.

These European reptiles inhabited warm, shallow seas of the continent, but «they were not as agile in this environment as today's sea turtles, who are able to cover very large distances and cross seas and even oceans,» the expert explains.

Interestingly, these new groups are found in various environments all over the world, and not only in the deep sea, as Loki.

«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.

Today, scientific monitoring of toxins and pollutants ensures the positive development of Germany's white - tailed sea eagle population, it also benefits the environment as a whole, including human health.

Archaea inhabit some of Earth's most extreme environments, such as this salt lake in Bolivia (Image courtesy of Ariel Amir / Havard SEAS)

There are also microbes that are known to live in incredibly harsh environments on Earth such as in deep - sea hydrothermal vents, acidic lakes and the hot springs of Yellowstone.

Melting glaciers have a ranging set of effects on the environment and ecosystems, from contributing to sea level rise, desalination of oceans and other less tangible effects on the world's jet streams as well as the ability to reflect sunlight.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding the IOI Centre in the Islamic Republic of Iran will help to promote effective and wise management of ocean and coastal resources, eradicate poverty in coastal areas, organise efficient protection of the marine environment as a common heritage of mankind and facilitate exchange of knowledge and information, enhance the national scientific capabilities and carry out training and educational efforts, focusing its activities on the Persian Gulf area and cooperates with IOI Caspian Sea.

Are you tempted to work in a unique environment where soils support habitats for wildlife such as sea lions, elephant seals, albatrosses, penguins, sooty shearwaters, white - chinned petrels, prions and rare and endemic passerines and wild flowers?

Abstract: As human pressure on the marine environment increases, safeguarding healthy and productive seas increasingly necessitates integrated, time - and cost - effective environmental monitoring.

But public awareness of the urgency of the climate challenge remains low even as journalists report more deeply about how global warming will alter our cities and environment and how we'll have to adapt to those changes as wildfires rage, ice sheets melt and seas rise.

Source: Lyman 2010 The reaction of the oceans to climate change are some of the most profound across the entire environment, including disruption of the ocean food chain through chemical changes caused by CO2, the ability of the sea to absorb CO2 being limited by temperature increases, (and the potential to expel sequestered CO2 back into the atmosphere as the water gets hotter), sea - level rise due to thermal expansion, and the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere.

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Levels take place in a few environments such as outside with blue skies and greenery, deep in the dark - blue underground, Bowser's various castles, and under the sea.

You will need to fight for survival while exploring the dark and claustrophobic environments both at sea and as the action moves to dry land.

The Academy is committed to reducing the unwanted sexual contact incident rate for Midshipmen, both on - campus and during sea year, and to fostering an environment where Midshipmen feel comfortable reporting sexual assault, sexual harassment and other instances of improper behavior, such as coercion, bullying and retaliation.

As wild and domestic felids are the only recognized hosts capable of shedding Toxoplasma oocysts into the environment, otter infection suggests land - to - sea pathogen transmission.

«Dublin Swift» is the only fast - craft on the Irish Sea taking you across in just 1 hour 49 minutes, «Ulysses» is a large cruise ferry boasting a 2 screen cinema, «Isle of Inishmore» offers stylish cabins in a relaxed environment, «Oscar Wilde» is regarded as the most luxurious ship to sail between Rosslare and France, while «Epsilon» was the latest addition to the fleet.

Color and shape of appendages are based on the sea dragon's food supply and environment, and also vary with other factors such as depth and geography.

A: As a hospital environment with sick and injured wild animals, Camp Sea Quest does not allow any direct contact with our patients for everyone's safety.

On our popular full day Coastal Explorer Tour see sights such as the Hillarys Marina, watch people surfing at Trigg Beach, relax at Cottesloe Beach, enjoy a barbecue lunch by the sea at Rockingham and watch dolphins in their natural environment in the beautiful city of Mandurah.

In the marine environment are found gray whales, harbor seals and California sea lions as well as a multitude of fish species and other marine organisms.

In its June 2012 publication, Scuba Diving magazine featured Patty Ramirez of Splash Dive Center as a Sea Hero recognizing the many efforts that the dive center has contributed to community building and awareness of the marine environment.

Driftwood Bay is known as one of the City's most prestigous sea view neighbourhoods embracing a healthy family environment.

The destination is seen as one of Asia's hottest beach destinations thanks to its flawless weather and stunning environment of mountains and sea.

As Killer whales, sea lions and bears are the top predators in their environment, the chances of seeing them are mostly a factor of how long you spend in their world and when you choose to come to Telegraph Cove.

In September National Park Service biologist Dan Richards shared some of the wonder that captured his interest in marine science as he discussed the dynamic intertidal zone, an extreme environment that bridges land and sea.