Sentences with phrase «sea water currents»

They explain how, overall, Antarctic sea ice cover (frozen sea surface), for separate reasons involving wind changing in relation to the location of certain warming sea water currents, shows a slight upward trend, though it also shows significant melting in some areas.

Not exact matches

Enormous investments in desalination of sea water technology and systems are expected in the years ahead as current desalination techniques are very energy demanding leading to significant CO2 emissions.

Already Columbus believed he had located the general site where the earthly paradise would be found and imagined that fresh - water currents in the sea off the northern coast of South America actually flowed from it.8 With literal - minded doggedness others would seek El Dorado, the Seven Cities of Cibola, or the Fountain of Eternal Youth.

It's a powerful current of water moving away from shore, and can sweep even the strongest of swimmers out to sea.

The fall of the temperature of the sea water is sometimes a sign of the proximity of ice, although in regions where there is an intermixture of cold and warm currents going on, as at the junction of the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream, the temperature of the sea has been known to rise as the ice is approached.

He watched as the glassy, protected waters of the sound gave way to ripples and sparkling wavelets, hints of the interplay between wind and sea and the currents that course around the globe.

In addition to being home to penguins, seals and other iconic Antarctic wildlife, the Ross Sea is part of the greater Southern Ocean, which contains powerful currents that direct nutrient - rich water toward Earth's other oceans.

In an unusually severe storm nearby Miami Beach would be swept by a wall of water up to 16 feet above the current sea level.

The latest spike in sea lion strandings began before the current El Niño pattern took hold, and before the large expanse of warm water known as «the blob» began dominating West Coast Waters in 2014.

Current coatings to prevent fouling by marine organisms include toxic chemicals, and become ineffective after a short time because the additives in the coatings break down rapidly in sea water.

In short order the rovers found proof of past water on the planet, including minerals that can form only in the presence of water, and ripple patterns in fine - grained rocks shaped by sea currents.

The winch, pedaled by crew members and scientists, gradually deploys water - sampling equipment that delivers samples central to the mission: to characterize and understand the currents below the sea ice on which the scientists» tents rest.

In Ireland and the UK, current best practices recommend using sea water and cold packs, which is not the correct action for treating these jellyfish stings as it induces significant increases in venom delivery, while rinsing with vinegar or Sting No More ® Spray did not.

Stafford and colleagues will continue their long - term data collection to document the inter-seasonal and inter-annual presence of vocal marine mammals in the Bering Strait by integrating oceanographic drivers — sea ice, temperature, current speed and direction, and water mass properties — with acoustic detections.

Also, increase of melt water in the East Greenland Current may cause a weakening in the deep convection in the Nordic Seas.

This is an important finding because current estimates of biological activity in surface waters of the ocean rely on instruments aboard satellites that measure the color of the sea surface, which changes along with levels of chlorophyll - a, an assessment that will miss blooms of other organisms, such as bacteria.

Current estimates of sea - level rise by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change consider only the effect of melting ice sheets, thermal expansion and anthropogenic intervention in water storage on land.

Caroline Nolan, the aquarium's general manager, says that strong tidal currents in the narrows which connect the lough to the sea stir up nutrients and give the waters a rich marine life.

One outcome emphasised by experts is that if society continues on the current high emissions trajectory, cold water coral reefs, located in the deep sea, may be unsustainable and tropical coral reef erosion is likely to outpace reef building this century.

The ice formation and offshore winds produce strong currents in these shallow marginal seas, which stir up the sediment and carry the methane produced there into the water column.

This phenomenon, called von Kármán vortex shedding, affects any elongated structure caught in wind or water currents such as lampposts, high rises and the long vertical pipes used for drilling oil at sea.

The lower image, made at the outset of the current La Nia episode in March 1998 reveals cool water (yellow, blue) at the western margin of the Pacific and a depressed sea level.

Rising seas The current warming of the seas and the associated expansion of their waters account for about one - third of sea level rise around the world.

«As revealed by monthly snapshots of sea surface height from satellite imagery and other estimates, the Loop Current from late winter through summer 2012 was positioned to the west of the shelf slope in deeper water,» Weisberg explained.

«These results will have wider reaching implications, such as how we map the circulation of the world's oceans in the past, which are affected by how quickly the sea floor is moving up and down and blocking the path of water currents,» said Hoggard.

SEE ALSO Algal Blooms, Harmful; Algal Blooms in the Ocean; Carbon Dioxide in the Ocean and Atmosphere; El NiÑo and La NiÑA; Food from the Sea; Life in Extreme Water Environments; Human Health and the Ocean; Human Health and Water; Ocean Biogeochemistry; Ocean Currents; Plankton; Pollution by Invasive Species; Pollution of the Ocean by Sewage, Nutrients, AND Chemicals.

Currents in the deep ocean exist because of changes in the density of sea water occurring at the surface.

Melting sea ice will mean ocean currents can carry warmer water and nutrients into Arctic water, taking fish further north and potentially allowing them to mix between oceans.

We have discovered a fascinating property with our Ink after reading a paper from China that showed that an electrical current is produced when sea water is made to flow over Graphene.

This could be do to changes in ocean circulation, and warming waters reaching the grounding lines for ice shelves in Arctic and Antarctica, leading to non-linear increase in melting and sea level rise, impossible to avoid on our current path.

This isn't news to top climate scientists around the world (see Hadley Center: «Catastrophic» 5 — 7 °C warming by 2100 on current emissions path) or even to top climate scientists in this country (see US Geological Survey stunner: Sea - level rise in 2100 will likely «substantially exceed» IPCC projections, SW faces «permanent drying») and certainly not to people who follow the scientific literature, like Climate Progress readers (see Study: Water - vapor feedback is «strong and positive,» so we face «warming of several degrees Celsius»).

Small hairlike cells in the holes create currents of sea water bringing in small food particles.

St Kitts diving enjoys warm water, calm seas and no currents.

The process involves using a safe low - voltage current that is applied though the sea water.

«From Shore to Sea» Lecture Series View the monthly lectures that focus on the current research on the Channel Islands and surrounding waters.

Sargassum comes from the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and is normally kept at bay by water temperatures and currents.

For information on the technology about how the structures work, which is a very simple electrolysis process where steel bars when charged with a very two electrodes supplied with low voltage direct current cause minerals naturally present in sea water to build up faster than normal.More detailed information is on this link --[Click here]

Among the long list of must - do dive sites in the area are Canyons, where a trio of deep clefts in the wall allow divers to drop out of the way of the current and discover sandy alcoves that are home to octopus, scorpion fish and sea snakes, then return to blue water frequented by manta rays, thresher sharks and hammerhead sharks.

Mangrove snorkeling is an easy drift snorkel - just simply floating passively while using snorkeling gear and allowing the light currents to carry you across the sea water and explore a colorful underwater.

The mingling of cool, nutrient - rich waters from the north with warm currents from the south form a dynamic transition zone that is home to a myriad of sea life from microscopic plankton to blue whales.

The water temperature range between 80 - 90 F, visibility range between 40 - 100ft, soft easy currents and calm seas most of the year.

Fortunately, sea water temperatures in the San Juan Islands remain very steady, even during deep freezes, due to the strong currents mixing it up.

While warm waters do make conditions good for swimming, visitors are advised to be on their guard against strong currents that can draw even experienced swimmers out to sea.

The bottom or surface of the sea bed is constantly changing due to under water currents shifting and moving the sand around.

Dive guides will try to avoid diving certain sites experiencing current, but the sea is a changeable creature and you should be comfortable in the water in different conditions.

Two electrodes supplied with low voltage direct current are submerged in sea water.

The abundant waters off the coast of Cabo San Lucas — located at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, where the calm and warm waters of the Sea of Cortez mixes with the unfathomable cool currents of the Pacific Ocean — offer the ideal conditions for plenty of sport - fish species, including (among others) Rooster Fish, Mahi Mahi (known locally as Dorado), varieties of Tuna, Sharks, Jacks, Groupers, and Billfish such as Sailfish, Swordfish, Black Marlin, Blue Marlin and Striped Marlin.

It is fair to say that the Pacific Coast tends to attract more experienced scuba divers for whom the open sea, currents and choppy conditions, cooler water and rocky outcrops, are all part of the fun.

At this point, the currents will guide you to the Caribbean Sea, where you can head ashore and go for a walk on the beach or head further out into the waters via boat.

Chin's work often reflects on current events — this time around, his concerns include the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and rising sea levels brought on by climate change — while also seeking ways to bring art to a broader audience.