Sentences with phrase «water near shore»

Steps away from Black Rock, the water near shore was calm and good for snorkeling.

On Earth, about a million bacteria are found in a cubic centimeter of ocean water near shore.

The puddle ducks are in the patches of open water near shore, the mergansers farther out, and the gulls stand in a great white crescent on the ice in the center of the reservoir, folding and unfolding their wings.

Conch shells are usually found in shallow waters near the shore.

And those same colorful coral formations extend upward into shallow waters near the shore, allowing snorkelers to experience the full diversity and splendor of this unique underwater environment.

Ocean waters near shore do not show depleted iron levels due to the interaction of the ocean with land, and water runoff that contains iron.

Not exact matches

You seem to think that a fish decides to live on land and so grows lungs — no, it's a gradual adaption, either it lived near the shore and could tolerate a short time out of water or had a flotation device and adapted that, or some other scenario.

A green flag waved at Oak Street Beach from 11 a.m. to about 1 p.m., signaling that the water was supposedly at its safest for the roughly four dozen swimmers splashing near the shore.

A city spokesman on Friday said there was no threat to the drinking water «at this time» because the algae blooms were near the shore and the intake pipes are out toward the middle of the lake.

«As waves break near the shore, water droplets are blown by the wind and freeze onto subfreezing structures,» Gerth says.

More than 100 times the amount of water extracted from ground aquifers waits near shore but may prove difficult or damaging to extract

In fact, if you went to all the talks you would (a) cease to pay attention and (b) never have a chance to swim or snorkel, which would be a shame because you would miss out on the local black marine iguanas, the black fish, and black sea turtles in the water, as well as the black crabs near the shore.

In addition to Delaney's cabled network, the program includes five other sites scattered from the tip of South America to the waters near Greenland, where swarms of instruments will shuttle up and down cables and fly through the water on robots controlled from shore.

Photo of the related Opisthoteuthis californiana; image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / Ed Bowlby, NOAA / Olympic Coast NMS; NOAA / OAR / Office of Ocean Exploration The many octopus species that live beyond the reach of vacationing snorkelers, scuba diving researchers and even near - shore commercial fisheries are relative unknowns compared with the more familiar shallow - water species.

Likely measuring between 1.2 - and 1.5 - meters long, the dolphin was about the same size as today's vaquita, the world's smallest and most endangered cetacean, and it likely foraged in shallow, near - shore waters.

And this polluted air and water vapor certainly will be carried to the near shore and left as an oily residue on everything from trees to electrical transformers, just as the salt from seawater often coats several kilometers inland in the wake of a hurricane.

Plankton, crustaceans and fish, all food for wildlife, reproduce at the dynamic edge of the sea ice, where it floats over shallow near - shore waters.

Species that live in open water used platelets in their silvery skin to bend polarized light, obscuring their outlines more effectively than either near - shore species or humanmade mirrors, the researchers reported last week in Science.

Yet the rate of increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the decrease of pH in near - shore waters have been questioned as being severe enough to cause the die - offs.

Ecologist Álvaro Palma of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, who had dispatched the team of five to the island, says the group scrambled uphill from their house near shore to avoid the wall of water.

As one of the giant waves moves towards shore, the part nearest the cape meets shallower water first.

Two samples of Ulva spp., that were deployed near shore on Maui, show large differences due to growth in coastal waters that have either high (left) or low (right) levels of SGD - derived nitrogen.

The bathers that gather every summer on the banks of the rivers of the mountain ranges of La Cabrera and El Teleno in León have little reason to suspect that the rocks that they can see near the water are of volcanic origin, over 460 million years old, when an emerging Iberian Peninsula was still on the coast of the continent of Gondwana, on the shore of the Rheic ocean.

West African nations, for instance, historically appear to have reported to FAO just 40 % of the catches made by local vessels in near - shore waters, found UBC's Dyhia Belhabib.

In the ocean, however, fishing continued to rely on sailing ships clustered in small slivers of near - shore water.

So 10 years ago, when an international mining company arrived near the shores of Lake Superior to burrow a mile under the Earth and pull metals out of ore, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa had to stand for its rights and its water.

Researchers tracked a shallow - water, near - shore species used for food: sea cucumbers.

It may also be one of the coldest: the average water temperature near the shore is only about 6 °C.

What they discovered is a near - perfect system in which krill aggregations situated over the Palm Deep Canyon — a region of nutrient - rich waters that produce a lot of food for the krill — are delivered close to shore by tidal currents and winds.

The fall of 2014 did have a healthy return of adult pink salmon, bringing sea lice into near - shore waters where they could infect farmed salmon.

As many as 3,000 people around Barnegat Bay and Toms River live in places that could be inundated with 1 foot of water near the New Jersey shore.

The small fish, which uses its front fins and tail to move on land, lives in tidal areas near shore, spending time in the water and on sandy and muddy surfaces.

The fish occur both beneath the sea ice and in the ice - free and also near - shore waters.

Imagine, for a moment, lying quietly on your back, floating with movement of the water with fingers dangling in the water and a warm breeze brushing over your body as you listen to the sounds of birds chirping and water lapping the nearest shore.

I love the shore and anywhere near water and beautiful sunsets.

VIOLENCE / GORE 6 - A woman swims into rough waves near rocks to rescue her dog that seems to be stuck in heavy undertow and we see the dog disappear under the water's surface, and the woman as well when her husband struggles to reach her; another man pulls the husband to the shore, but he goes back in and does not come back out leaving their young child crying on the beach (we see the baby again later in the dark and continuing to cry on the beach).

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Whether it's the sandy shores of Cancun or your bathtub, if you like to read near water, the Kobo Aura H2O is a waterproof ebook reader worthy of your attention.

If your buddy is new to the water, try tossing the toy near the shore where getting in and out of the water is less intimidating.

Gwenvor surf forecast is for near shore open water.

Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near - shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.

But in some locations — such as at Cocos Island and near - shore waters off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica — this species is often seen lying stretched out on the sandy bottom, completely exposed in broad daylight.

The beach here is ideal for swimming or snorkeling, thanks to an off - shore reef that keeps the waters near the beach calm and filled with colourful fish.

Slow currents make for a relaxing swim and during the summer months the water is nice and warm near shore.

They favor near - shore coastal waters and are often seen on rocky islands, sandy beaches, mudflats, bays, and estuaries.

The waters can go deep near the shores so it is not safe for kids and poor swimmers.

Harbor Inn and Suites Oceanside is centrally located for numerous sporting activities e.g. Hot Air Balloon rides, Skydive Elsinore, Water sports on Mission Bay, Scuba Dive, Snorkel and Kayak near the La Jolla Caves whilst watching the Sea Lions come to rest on the shores, «T» off at one of the numerous championship golf courses near Carlsbad, the «Golf Capital of the World», Bicycle on nearby Bicycle routes and experience the Skating Park of Oceanside.

For die - hards, Balangan Beach's waters can get so rough that non-surfers are often advised to stay near the shore.

Here, the near - shore water is generally shallow and, at reef's edge, underwater canyons provide ample opportunity to explore.

Habitat Common murres favor cool ocean waters, both near and far from shore.