Sentences with phrase «water ice transforms»

In the absence of an external atmospheric pressure, the warming of water ice transforms it into directly into gas phase rather than liquid.

Not exact matches

The new system could potentially supply the power human crews on the Martian surface would need to energize habitats and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel, NASA said.

Instead of using plain water ice cubes, these peach ice cubes will transform your favorite iced tea into a delicious summer sun - kissed drink...

Water heats more slowly than land, creating pressure differences that drive high - speed winds; fast - burning fires spawn flame - breathing vortices; the pressure waves of a plane on takeoff transform water intoWater heats more slowly than land, creating pressure differences that drive high - speed winds; fast - burning fires spawn flame - breathing vortices; the pressure waves of a plane on takeoff transform water intowater into ice.

Unleash a bit of it, and suddenly all water on Earth transforms to ice - nine and freezes solid.

Instead, they shrink when sunlight hits the surface and transforms ice into water vapor, a process called sublimation.

This process of transforming the fluffy snow into hard ice is physical and both the thickness and the movement of the water molecules are dependent on the temperature.

The Arctic has transformed over the last five years into a region that's warmer and greener, with larger patches of open water as sea ice recedes.

Just like normal water, Eddy can transform into ice or steam.

Perhaps all of this newly freed up ice - cold water at the poles is temporarily acting as a negative feedback, but as it absorbs more of the solar radiation, over time, it will transform into what we rightly think: a predominately positive feedback system, rapidly intensifying the warming.

Global mass balance data are transformed to sea - level equivalent by first multiplying the ice thickness (meters) lost to melting by the density of ice (about 900 kilograms per cubic meter), to obtain a water equivalent thickness, and then multiplying by the surface area of these «small» glaciers (about 760,000 square kilometers).