Sentences with phrase «set near the ocean»

This home is set near the ocean.

The swimming pool is set near the ocean, making it a convenient Mai Tai sunset spot.

Not exact matches

In fact, from each ocean view room balcony hotel guests can observe the near constant clutch of surfers hanging ten — a quintessentially Californian vista, especially as they are silhouetted at dusk against the orange, red and otherwise polychromatic backdrop of the setting sun.

The Pew Environment Group's Global Ocean Legacy program has set its sights on two further massive protection areas in the near future: they hope to see New Zealand approve a 630,000 square km area in the Kermadec Islands later this year, and Australia protect 900,000 square km in the Coral Sea in 2012.

A study described here today at the American Geophysical Union's biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting shows that RNA's chemical building blocks fall apart within days to years at temperatures near boiling — a finding that poses problems for some origin of life theories, especially ones picturing that life arose in scalding settings such as deep - sea hydrothermal vents.

To study the movement of vent products, the researchers set up sediment traps and current meters near the hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge located about 800 kilometers off the southern coast of Mexico and a mile and a half below sea level.

In some parts of the Arctic Ocean, the shallow regions near continents may be one of the settings where methane hydrates are breaking down now due to warming processes over the past 15,000 years.

Insiders say the most vulnerable are the National Accelerator Centre near Cape - town, home to a number of particle accelerators, including a powerful cyclotron used for medical, biological and physical research; Mossgas, the multi-billion rand project set up to beat oil sanctions by pumping natural gas ashore from beneath the Indian Ocean; and the Koeberg nuclear power plant at Melkbosstrand.

When the Loop Current interacts with the shelf slope near the Dry Tortugas it can set the entire shelf in motion, bringing new nutrients onto the shelf from the deeper ocean.

With support from Senator Maria Cantwell (D - WA), ocean acidification sensors were set up in 2010 near Washington's hatcheries.

Such are the questions tackled here during a trip to hominid settings in Europe and Africa, followed by an over-the-pole flight that looks down on the probable origins of the abrupt climate changes: great whirlpools in the North Atlantic Ocean near Greenland.

However, comparison of the global, annual mean time series of near - surface temperature (approximately 0 to 5 m depth) from this analysis and the corresponding SST series based on a subset of the International Comprehensive Ocean - Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) database (approximately 134 million SST observations; Smith and Reynolds, 2003 and additional data) shows a high correlation (r = 0.96) for the period 1955 to 2005.

The first set was in the Johannesburg - Pretoria area, and the following weekend it was near Durban on the Indian Ocean coast.

Designed with elegance and comfort, this Kauai vacation home near Queens Bath has ocean views from almost every room and offers the perfect setting for the Kauai vacation of a lifetime.

Most of the wineries are set back from the ocean, near Highway 227, a road that meets up with 101 on each end.

The Landings is conveniently located near the main resort and offers a magnificent tropical setting complete with ocean views, warm breezes, and palm trees overhead.

Wake up very early and see the spectacular sunrise rise over the ocean from the east and then be back on the beach near sunset to witness the end of another tropical day in paradise as the sun sets over the islands and ocean to the west.

Set on a hill overlooking the ocean near Fanari, the villa has gorgeous views and a location close to several famed beaches.

The land here is a few hundred meters above sea level so it attracts a very different set of birds than those that are found near the ocean.

Set near beautiful Cascade Head on the Pacific Ocean, the Lighthouse serves classic pub fare in a seaside setting, complete with an onsite brewery (in fact, we were the first brewpub to open on the Oregon coast!).

A World Heritage Site, the Blue Hole is located near the center of Lighthouse Reef and takes up over 300 meters of the ocean and is set in a ring of corals that measure 1000 feet across and 412 feet deep.

Rent Villa Axel Rocks two bedrooms or three bedrooms This luxury villa is located in the heart of Gustavia, set to enjoy the sun setting over the ocean, near world class beaches, boutiques and restaurants, Villa Axel Rocks is just the perfect home away from your home in St. Barths.

Villa Avalon sets near plenty of tourist spots for dining and entertaining as well as the well - positioned balconies and verandas that guests may enjoy the panoramic views, tropical breezes as well as the rhythmic sounds of the ocean waves.

But before you read on, have a quick look at this short time - lapse video of sea ice and weather conditions in the central Arctic Ocean from early July through August 8, recorded by one of the two autonomous cameras set on the sea ice near the North Pole each spring by a research team from the University of Washington (the same folks I accompanied in 2003).

The following video gives you a fascinating view of one patch of sea ice through 90 days, provided by a webcam left behind by researchers who annually set up camp near the North Pole to check ocean and ice conditions up close.

Phytoplankton in the deep oceans is in decline according to NASA, although just now this is being «off - set» by algae blooms near the coast, probably linked to agriculture - run - offs — both developments being disastrous for the marine food chain.

Near - global ocean temperature data sets made available in recent years allow a direct calculation of thermal expansion.

However, comparison of the global, annual mean time series of near - surface temperature (approximately 0 to 5 m depth) from this analysis and the corresponding SST series based on a subset of the International Comprehensive Ocean - Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) database (approximately 134 million SST observations; Smith and Reynolds, 2003 and additional data) shows a high correlation (r = 0.96) for the period 1955 to 2005.

«We assessed contributions to conditions near the UK from various possible remote forcing regions, using sets of experiments with state - of - the - art atmosphere / ocean models.

These models predicted that the Northern Hemisphere Polar region would warm fastest and first, that the Southern Ocean would draw a greater portion of atmospheric heat into the ocean system, and that land ice melt near Greenland and West Antarctica would generate cold, fresh water flows into the nearby ocean zones and set off localized cooOcean would draw a greater portion of atmospheric heat into the ocean system, and that land ice melt near Greenland and West Antarctica would generate cold, fresh water flows into the nearby ocean zones and set off localized cooocean system, and that land ice melt near Greenland and West Antarctica would generate cold, fresh water flows into the nearby ocean zones and set off localized cooocean zones and set off localized cooling.

In truth, even if Christmas does bring warmth, it won't matter a whit, and not because the true measurements — based on comprehensive satellite readings rather than from a scattering of thermometers on land and ocean buoys — show 2014 to be nowhere near setting records.

Such are the questions tackled here during a trip to hominid settings in Europe and Africa, followed by an over-the-pole flight that looks down on the probable origins of the abrupt climate changes: great whirlpools in the North Atlantic Ocean near Greenland.