Sentences with phrase «short winter days»

These buildings still produce greenhouse gases because on cloudy (or non-windy) days, at night when the sun isn't shining, and on short winter days, conventional grid power is still the main energy source.

This is the most extreme conditions we face - short winter days, cold nights, and my direct gain, low cost (< $ 10 sq») passive solar home stays comfortable enough, and I now know that I could of done better 25 years ago when I built it.

Using an Arduino (an open - source electronics prototyping platform), gardeners have managed to set up an automated watering and temperature system, with sensors that turn on the systems only when needed, and developed a Guardino (now Growerbot) that can turn on plant lighting during short winter days, monitor temperatures, and water the plants when needed.

How will it work on short winter days?

Winter weddings are notorious for being hard to photograph, the short winter days mean less daylight and less light in general.

Low levels of vitamin D are also linked to seasonal affective disorder or SAD, where people get down in the dumps in the dark, short winter days because of lack of sunlight.

As your body is exposed to fewer hours of sunlight during shorter winter days, the pineal gland in the brain produces more melatonin which makes you feel sleepy.

At the shortest winter day (winter solstice), no sunlight reaches latitudes higher than this.

Not exact matches

Once the good ol' winter months starting approaching, the pagans in Greco - Roman times feared that the days were getting shorter because the sun god was mad at them.

The Jewish festivals of Passover and Unleavened Bread, which later became the Christian Easter, originated as early spring festivals celebrating the resurrection of nature to new life after the death of winter.13 The Feast of Pentecost began as the early harvest festival, the Jewish Feast of Booths as the vintage festival, Christmas as a New Year festival to mark the passing of the shortest day and the return of the sun.

In the winter this happens on either December 21 or 22, when the sun is shining directly over the Tropic of Capricorn and marks the longest night and shortest day of the year.

Especially in winter when the days are so short and cold, natural light has become a solace that I gravitate towards.

They'll keep for weeks in the fridge, and if you're short on fridge space towards your hosting days, can be kept on the porch — one of the perks of a Canadian winter!

Winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

It literally happened overnight, and we went from wearing short sleeves on Halloween night, to wrapping ourselves in our warmest winter clothes the next day.

I was just wearing shorts on my run a few days ago and yesterday I was bundled up wearing winter running gear with two layers of gloves.

Every bite is sure to make you feel cheerier on a short winter's day.

It'll throw out a few of those luxuriously warm days in a row, which cause collective memory loss about the fact that it's still winter, and you'll suddenly see a few dazed people out on the street wearing shorts.

Winter's shorter, dark days, and cold weather affects many of us living in the Northern Hemisphere to some degree.

Long chilly nights and short days of winter can mean a lack of fashion excitement.

It is also not safe to travel late as winter is crippling in and the days are getting shorter, but I could simply not miss this game.

When the days get shorter and the weather gets worse, turn to the coach who can grind out results over the congested winter months.

Seasonal Changes: As spring and fall fade into winter, the onset of shorter days and the decrease of available sunlight can increase depression, leading to a spike in sundowner symptoms in many elderly patients.

December 21: Light up the night with a Winter Solstice Stroll and Celebration, including a candelit walk through the woods and presented passages from the story The Shortest Day (Andover, North Andover)

At this time of the year all their fashions are for winter (long pants, long sleeve shirts and jackets) which is great however, we live in South Florida and gets cool only a few short days of the year.

Seems like just a few short weeks ago that we were placing wagers around the office about if the historic Boston Winter of 2015 snowpack would recede by Mother's Day or the Fourth of July.

I dropped off my big ole winter jacket and in just four short days and $ 100 later, it was ready for pick up.

The easy view plus baby mirror has a large clear mirror and also has a remote controlled light with gradual illumination and diming to prevent startling baby, enables you to see baby in the dark, ideal for the shorter days during the winter.

Join us as we head to Discovery Woods to celebrate the Winter Solstice and paint some winter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of theWinter Solstice and paint some winter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of thewinter landscapes inspired by the shortest day of the year.

Other kids get up for school at 7:20 a.m., typical school day prep, get irritated I have to remind them to brush their teeth again, get irritated the 7 - year - old still doesn't understand she can't wear shorts in winter, get them out the door, take care of the dogs, and wait for the baby to wake up (assuming she didn't wake up at the incessant nagging to brush teeth, or dogs running through the house excited to go outside, of course).

Winter is a beautiful time of year with not only the holidays approaching but also the cool crisp beauty of the short days and the warmth and familiarity of a strong fire or a warm house.

That guy who wears shorts a little too early on the first warm day after a long winter when it's only like, 58 degrees.

For those already dealing with depression and poor mental health the winter months can be a miserable time as the days become shorter, the cold and damp sets in and the festive season creates added pressure to be upbeat and socialise more.

The days were becoming rapidly shorter as winter approached, and I sat back and imagined the Arctic Ocean, just outside the clinic windows, under a sheet of ice in just a few months.

After this day the trails grow shorter and climb lower in the sky, revealing the approach of winter.

Sunrise is still an hour away on this short winter's day, but mike Robinson is already hard at work in the basement of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

For instance, Siberian hamsters do little to fight an infection if the lights above their lab cage mimic the short days and long nights of winter.

At higher latitudes, the long summer days naturally deprive animals of sleep, but they use their time awake to eat more food to get through the short days of winter when food is scarcer.

But now researchers have tweaked the DNA of an eggplant plant so that it makes perfect fruit even during the short, and relatively chilly days of a Florida winter.

Now just a few weeks away from the height of the Martian winter, Squyres and his team are managing a new challenge: Maintaining the solar - powered rovers in working order as the days grow shorter and sunlight becomes scarce.

This explains why we often feel more tired or groggy in the fall and winter months, when days are shorter and there are fewer hours of sunlight.

As the days get shorter and monarchs make their way to the forested groves along the California coast to settle in for the winter, volunteers for the Xerces Society Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count are preparing to head out to observe...

Each planet has two in the course of its orbit; when a planet's northern hemisphere has its summer solstice, when its day is longest, the southern has its winter solstice, when its day is shortest.

At the same time, we are hovering around the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, an occasion when the days are the shortest and the nights the longest.

Some people report increases around Daylight Saving Time changes (in the spring and the fall), or around the summer and winter solstices — the longest and shortest days of the year.

Between the snow and ice, and shorter, darker days, winter is enough to tank your motivation to exercise.

The cold, short days of winter are hardly the optimum time to advocate making «getting outdoors» a priority in your 2018 wellness routine.

Let's face it: Unless you're a ski bum, winter's frigid temps and shorter days can really bring on the blues.

For some, the shorter days of winter can cause fatigue, depression, over-sleeping, irritability and restlessness.

Winter's shorter days and colder temperatures make fitting in a run no easy taskâ $» not to mention how arduous it is to stomp through snow or tiptoe over a sheet of ice.