Sentences with phrase «seas extend the reach»

And third, rising seas extend the reach of coastal floods.

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The trench extends farther below the sea surface than Mount Everest reaches into the sky.

The 12 — 21 cm higher sea level stand during the MWP is likely the highest sea level since the previous interglacial period 110,000 years ago, and was produced by an extended period of warming, allowing time for glaciers and thermal expansion to reach a climatic balance.

These authors postulated an extended Barents Sea Ice Sheet, the western part of the huge Eurasian Ice Sheet51, 55, that had reached the shelf edge causing polynya - like open - water conditions (triggered by strong katabatic winds) with phytoplankton and sea ice algae production, subglacial meltwater outflow and the deposition of suspended material on the slope at site PS2138 -Sea Ice Sheet, the western part of the huge Eurasian Ice Sheet51, 55, that had reached the shelf edge causing polynya - like open - water conditions (triggered by strong katabatic winds) with phytoplankton and sea ice algae production, subglacial meltwater outflow and the deposition of suspended material on the slope at site PS2138 -sea ice algae production, subglacial meltwater outflow and the deposition of suspended material on the slope at site PS2138 - 2.

Upon reaching the sea, a number of these large outlet glaciers extend into the water with a floating «ice tongue».