Sentences with phrase «sq km of»

I suppose the most prominent feature of that graph is the trend that shows over a million sq km of ice lost, mostly in the last 15 years.

«We have to take adequate measures for protecting 9,630 sq km of Sundarbans from the dire consequence of climate change,» said Kanti Ganguly, Sundarban's Development Minister.

That would be one for every 170,000 sq km of earth's surface, ie a little less than one per area the size of the state of Washington, with of course coverage worse over the oceans.

The HKKH is a 2000 km - long group of mountain ranges in Asia containing about 60 000 sq km of glaciers, glacierets and perennial surface ice in varying climatic conditions.

Estimate of heat released by additional 5 cm of precipitation over six million sq km of ice extent = 9 Estimate for additional 10 cm = 18

R. Gates: yep, no doubt the MacKenzie is delivering enough heat into the Beaufort; and the lower latitude Beaufort itself likely contains enough heat to melt the entire 2.2 M sq km of ice extent floes off.

Additional heat added to Arctic ocean due to current Arctic Amplification compared to prior normal: Based on my very rough estimate of average difference of 200w / sq meter over 2.0 million sq km of exposed Arctic ocean waters for 60 days = 20

1 it is less than 1m sq km of Sea Ice EXTENT so, suppose your best instrument is a satellite with a 25 sqkm footprint.

We lost 6,624 sq km, despite the fact that there is already nearly 100,000 sq km of pastureland under - utilised in the Amazon,» said Paulo Barreto, a researcher with NGO Imazon, which has a parallel deforestation monitoring that had already forecast the slowdown of the deforestation.

The REDD project, financed by Bank of America and co-managed by carbon trading firm Carbon Conservation and non-governmental organisation Flora and Fauna International, covers 7500 sq km of forest, mostly in the uplands.

The team predicts that the current plan would save 1313 sq km of upland forest by 2030, but 7913 sq km of forest (around 22 % of 2006 forest cover) would be lost across landscapes outside protected areas.

Implementing REDD across all remaining forest landscapes outside protected areas, on the other hand, would save 7824 sq km of forest, with «maximum benefit for orangutan conservation».

Satellite measurements revealed there was a minimum of 4.6 million sq km of Arctic ice last summer, well below the long - term average but above the record low in 2012 of 3.6 million sq km.

He repeatedly predicted that the Arctic would be «ice - free» by last summer, by which he meant it would have less than one million sq km of ice.

Scoping the challenge of 4Gt (C) / yr negative - emissions, 8 million sq km of willow would do the job but such land use is surely too high.

The game's landscape is reported to have geographically accurate environmental lighting based on longitude, latitude, date, and time, with over 250,000 sq km of terrain to explore.

With over 400 sq km of Lakes, Rivers and Beaches, it's a great destination for your next holiday.

It's also claims the world's most important ecosystems with over 96,000 sq km of the Amazon contained within its borders.

So far, 50 years of deforestation have converted around 1 million sq kms of Amazon tropical forests to agricultural lands, endangering biodiversity and ecosystem functions.

As the CEO of Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women's Council, which covers 350,000 sq kms of Central Australia, Andrea already had plenty on her plate.

Not exact matches

The quake was one of the strongest ever to hit the state and prompted its oil and gas regulator, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, to order 37 disposal wells shut in a 725 - square - mile (1,878 - sq - km) area around Pawnee.

It also asked the EPA to help shut disposal wells in a 211 square - mile (546.49 - sq - km) area of Osage County because the OCC lacked jurisdiction there.

Terraco also has up to a 2 % NSR on over 35 sq km's of early - stage exploration potential (the Moonlight Project) adjoining the Spring Valley Project on the north side (also owned by Waterton).

The SMP gold project covers a 238 sq km area in the Lupa Goldfield of southwest Tanzania and is adjacent to the New Luika gold mine, operated by Shanta Gold Limited.

The Omui mining right encompasses an area of roughly 2.98 sq km (298 hectares) and reportedly features a high - grade gold - silver vein.

The country of Switzerland currently has a population of 8.29 Million, an annual GDP of 670.79 Billion and land mass of 41.3 Thousand sq km, making it an active local and International property marketplace.

As part of the deal, the Lee family will buy Acton's Barkly Downs property, a 9200 sq km flagship holding that Acton bought in 2004 and had previously been held by Stanbroke Pastoral and King Ranch.

The row between Cabot and Scroggins became notorious in environmental and human rights circles after the company sought last year to ban the activist from an area of about 310 sq miles (803 sq km)-- or about half the entire county.

Now, just 20 km of ice is keeping the 5,000 sq km piece from floating away.

... or we could top out at 9billion, which would leave us with an average population density of 60 people per sq km.

It also increases the area where Mexican wolves raised in captivity can be released from 2986 sq km to 32,393 sq km — a range that extends from the Mexican border through much of Arizona and New Mexico.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Barack Obama will dramatically expand the Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, the White House said, an action that will ban commercial fishing from more than 582,500 sq miles (1.5 million sq km) of the Pacific Ocean.

The Quelccaya ice - cap, covering 17 square miles (44 sq km) in the Cordillera Oriental region of the Peruvian Andes, is the world's largest tropical ice mass.

According to the paper published in the journal Science Advances, the newly discovered 3,600 sq mile (9,300 sq km) coral reef system contains over 73 species of fish, 60 species of sponges, spiny lobsters and other forms of reef life.

Antarctic sea ice reached its summer minimum at the end of February, clocking in at 2.18 m sq km.

Geoff Beacon # 19: To answer your question, if you mean you expect the NSIDC to announce a September arctic sea ice minimum below, say 1M sq km, by 2015, I would bet against, but not a huge amount, because of uncertainty.

The eruptions were detected in the moon's southern hemisphere, with the brightest of the two, located at the Rarog Patera caldera, estimated to have created a 50 sq mile (130 sq km) lava flow measuring 10 m (30 ft) in depth.

Bordered by Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Belarus, Poland and Russia, Ukraine is the largest country in Europe (excluding the European area of Russia), having an area of 603,700 sq km.

Total area of the State is 139,5 thousand sq km.

The total area of the state is 86 thousand sq km.

The District of 100 Mile House covers more than 2,600 sq km in the central interior of B.C. and is located on Highway 97, the province's main arterial north - south route.

• Population: 11.4 million • Area: 164,150 sq km • Location: North Africa • Capital city: Tunis • Estimated number of working equines and camels: 652,000

The Gulf Islands National park is group of small parks part or all the way around some of islands and covers 36 square km (14 sq mi) and 15 islands as well as islets and reefs.

Covering an area larger than the United Kingdom, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system, made up of more than 2,900 coral reefs and 900 islands scattered over 344,400 sq km off the coast of Queensland in north - east Australia.

Denmark has a land area of approximately 43,000 sq km, most of which is easily accessible by road and as flat as an Alan Carr joke.

Part of Strathcona park, Forbidden Plateau is a scenic 250 sq km alpine plateau of open meadows and lush forest dotted with lakes and framed by majestic mountains.

The sheer diversity and density of game in one of the largest game parks (19 485 sq km) in Africa is difficult to beat.

Amboseli National Park covers 392 sq kms, Tortilis Camp is on the south western edge of the park, overlooking its own private wildlife conservancy.

The Kuna refuse to sell or lease any land to outside developers, and just a handful of locally - owned, rustic lodges are dotted throughout the 3,000 sq km making up Kuna Yala.

The Leizhou Peninsula is the third largest peninsula in China with an area of c. 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi) located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the west and the 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait to the south, separating the peninsula from Hainan Island.