Sentences with phrase «tropical ocean water»

All three have the same ingredients: warm tropical ocean water, atmospheric moisture, and light winds.

Earning income while you sip Mai Tais with warm tropical ocean water lapping at your toes.

Averaging about twelve feet long, they inhabit warm temperate and tropical ocean waters around the globe.

If even a very small fraction of the total energy stored in the latent heat of water vapor or from the heat of tropical ocean waters could be captured and converted into mechanical energy, we would be able to meet a large portion of our present and future energy needs.

There are a variety of factors that are known to make for quiet Atlantic hurricane seasons — particularly the occurrence of El Nino conditions (as occurred in 2002) in the Pacific Ocean, characterized by very warm tropical ocean waters.

Not exact matches

The ocean plays a critical role in climate and weather, serving as a massive reservoir of heat and water that influences tropical storms, El Nin?o, and climate change.

«Strong El Niño events cause large changes in Antarctic ice shelves: Oscillations of water temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean can induce rapid melting of Antarctic ice shelves.»

As the oceans have warmed and the climate has changed, hotspots are developing in regions where the currents that transport warm tropical waters towards the poles are strengthening.

A cool - water anomaly known as La Niña occupied the tropical Pacific Ocean throughout 2007 and early 2008.

Based on simulations using real weather data in the Atlantic Ocean, the work was focused specifically on the transport of water from the tropics of the Caribbean to the Iberian Peninsula in Spain, but it suggests a more general way to study the transport of tropical water vapor globally.

Just two decades ago, scientists discovered that colorful tropical reefs have ghostly counterparts in deep, cold waters throughout the world's oceans.

Coral reefs can't find a strong purchase in the eastern tropical Pacific thanks to more acidic waters — a potential precursor of what the ocean will be like under global warming

As of March 2013, surface waters of the tropical north Atlantic Ocean remained warmer than average, while Pacific Ocean temperatures declined from a peak in late fall.

Under normal conditions, the trade winds and ocean currents in the tropical Pacific travel from the Americas to Asia, maintaining a pool of very warm water and a related area of intense tropical rainfall around Indonesia.

These kinds of rays typically live in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.

The next step was see how those factors were influenced by ENSO; while El Niños and La Niñas are defined by how much warmer or colder than normal tropical Pacific ocean waters are, they trigger a cascade of reactions in the atmosphere that can alter weather patterns around the globe.

The science team obtained vital information about the physical characteristics within one large warm - water eddy, which likely originated from the North Brazil Current, and analyzed its potential influence on sub-surface ocean conditions during the passage of tropical cyclones.

El Niños arrive every 3 to 7 years when winds fail in the tropical Pacific, allowing warm water to pool in the eastern part of the ocean.

Tropical storms receive energy from their surrounding ocean waters.

El Niño has helped to boost temperatures this year, as it leads to warmer ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, as well as warmer surface temperatures in many other spots around the globe, including much of the northern half of the U.S..

«In that area, like on the eastern boundaries of other tropical oceans, nutrient - rich waters from deeper water layers are transported to the surface,» explains co-author Prof. Dr. Hermann Bange, also from GEOMAR.

For example, scientists have found that El Niño and La Niña, the periodic warming and cooling of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, are correlated with a higher probability of wet or dry conditions in different regions around the globe.

The Randall's pistol shrimp (Alpheus randalli), native to the shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and central Pacific oceans, is known as the candy cane shrimp for its red and white or transparent striped...

Collision of climate variants One, called the negative phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole, is an atmospheric circulation in the tropical Indian Ocean that transports water from west to east.

A new study shows how huge influxes of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean from icebergs calving off North America during the last ice age had an unexpected effect — they increased the production of methane in the tropical wetlands.

A pool of warm water (in red) is moving east in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

The clymene dolphin grows up to nearly seven feet in length and inhabits the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

El Niño, a periodic warming in the waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, will probably emerge in the coming months, according to a forecast issued yesterday by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

El Niño — a warming of tropical Pacific Ocean waters that changes weather patterns across the globe — causes forests to dry out as rainfall patterns shift, and the occasional unusually strong «super» El Niños, like the current one, have a bigger effect on CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

To take a peak at this microscopic life in its natural habitat, a team of scientists including Hans Røy, a microbiologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, traveled to the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean.

With the sun continuing to heat the ocean water at the tropical latitudes regardless of ice cap conditions up north, it would seem that the presence of an ice cap would result in a warmer ocean over the long term, with the converse also being true.

The National Weather Service outlooks, and most climate models, focus primarily on the connection between El Nino / La Nina (cycles of warmer and cooler water temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean) and weather in the continental U.S..

Though El Niño is defined by the warmer - than - normal ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, it is a phenomenon with a global reach.

During normal conditions, trade winds blow to the west across the tropical Pacific Ocean, piling up warm surface water in the western Pacific, and cold, deeper water rises up, or upwells, off the west coast of South America.

El Niño is most widely known for how it shifts the location of warm ocean waters, leading to cooler - than - normal waters in the western tropical Pacific but warmer - than - normal in the central and eastern parts of the basin.

Hurricanes and tropical cyclones become up to 50 percent more intense when passing over oceans inundated with fresh water

The Amazon plume, the area where fresh water from the river mixes with the salty Atlantic Ocean, creates gaps in the reef distribution along the tropical shelves, making it difficult for the corals to grow.

La Niña is the opposite end of the natural climate seesaw from El Niño; it is characterized by cooler - than - normal ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, while El Niño features warmer - than - normal.

While El Niño features warmer - than - normal ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific — much warmer in the case of this exceptional El Niño — La Niña features colder - than - normal waters in the same region.

Other hurricane - friendly climate factors this year include ENSO - neutral conditions (no El Niño or La Niña) in the Pacific Ocean, warmer than average waters in the tropical Atlantic, and a stronger - than - average West African monsoon.

Evaporation in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean left ocean waters there saltier and put fresh water vapor into the atmosphere.

In any year, temperatures around the world can be nudged up or down by short - term factors like volcanic eruptions or El Ninos, when warm water spreads over much of the tropical Pacific Ocean.

I just got back from Florida and what really made my trip (besides the gorgeous sunshine, ocean water and tropical heat), was this cute little dress that I took along.

I seem to have some weird affinity with water, oceans, rivers etc, and the look of a tropical beach with it's green palm trees, yellow sand and peaceful blue water is always relaxing to look at.

This luxury Port Douglas holiday house was designed to blend in with its tropical environment and the use of the five elements of wood fire metal earth and water give it that solid earthy feel as though it should really exist here in this environment up high in the trees overlooking the natural beauty of the ocean and the mountains that surround the home.

Sunsets never get tiring, especially in tropical destinations with turquoise ocean water as the foreground.

The pearl of the Indian Ocean, Mozambique boasts 2 500 km (1 550 miles) of pristine beachfront on the mainland, with a string of beautiful and idyllic tropical islands, glittering like jewels in the warm, azure waters of the Indian Ocean.

The Hotel Grand Chancellor Resort Palm Cove is located a short stroll from the turquoise waters of the Coral Ocean — an endless aquatic playground framed by tropical palms and endless views out to the Great Barrier Reef - a great destination for a family holiday.

Humpbacks live in all major oceans and are migratory, spending summers in cooler feed rich waters and mating and calving in warmer tropical and subtropical waters.

Often praised as Polo's most desirable unit, this prized penthouse stands unrivaled for its expansive ocean views, fine furnishings, tropical decor & sunny SW corner location overlooking the beach, fresh water pool and three other islands.