Sentences with phrase «underwater reach the surface»

But the market should look closer to normal, as more homeowners who had been stuck underwater reach the surface and more first - time buyers find their financial footing.

Not exact matches

At present rates, saline intrusion is now reaching agricultural terrains in central delta sectors — the coastal 20 to 40 km of delta surface will be underwater by the end of this century.

I believe that reaction takes much longer than bubbles require to reach the surface; the methane released in these bubble sites or in rapid events like underwater landslides) either dissolves in water or reaches the atmosphere in a matter of minutes, according to what was posted here earlier.

There has been quite a bit of worry about what happens when the methane hydrates on the Arctic shelf go blooie, but a factor not thought of by many is that since these hydrates are underwater, a fair amount of the methane will never reach the surface, but will first go into solution in the sea water, and later be oxidized to CO2, hydrogen carbonate and carbonate ions.

One possible explanation is that BP's use of chemical dispersants to break up the oil before it reaches the surface could reduce its buoyancy, keeping it in underwater.