Sentences with phrase «well above sea level»

Some portions of these counties are well above sea level and not vulnerable to flooding (e.g., Cadillac Mountain, Maine, in Acadia National Park, at 470 m).

The section on past and future tempestuous conditions centers on geological evidence from the Bahamas and Bermuda, particularly big boulders lodged well above sea level on Eleuthera and current - carved seabed and coastal features, called chevrons, denoting powerful oceanic dynamics.

The changing climate will also affect people living well above sea level, making some areas uninhabitable but creating new opportunities elsewhere.

Not exact matches

The sea is likely to rise steadily up to a level well above the normal tide, with damaging waves and flooding of some low - lying but g areas, which could also extend some way inland,» the Bureau of Meteorology said.

I've tried using less, and 2 teaspoons for the recipe above was okay at higher altitude, but didn't work well at sea level.

The better arabicas are high grown coffees — generally grown between 2,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level — though optimal altitude varies with proximity to the equator.

Another 2 to 7 feet of sea level rise is forecast this century, jeoparizing the homes and neighborhoods of the 5 million Americans who live less than 4 feet above high tide, as well as those of the hundreds of millions living along coastlines in other countries.

Hayes and his team measured the elevation of lakes filled with liquid as well as those that are now dry, and found that lakes exist hundreds of meters above sea level, and that within a watershed, the floors of the empty lakes are all at higher elevations than the filled lakes in their vicinity.

The researchers» findings show that living between 2000 and 2500 meters above sea level offered the best performance enhancement compared to living at higher or lower elevations.

This is, in part, a function of their low elevations, which rarely exceed 3 m above mean sea level, as well as their often poorly consolidated sediment - dominated structures.

Dr John Church of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research added: «The most recent research showed that sea level is rising by 3 mm a year since 1993, a rate well above the 20th century average.»

It grows best in habitats like its native one, which is at altitudes of 12,500 — 16,000 feet (3,800 — 4,800 m) above sea level.

Keep in mind though that I'm an avid hiker and mountain biker in the summer, and I live at high elevation (7500 feet above sea level), so I get a good deal of daily sun, which is why my levels jumped from 35 - 52 ng / ml after a couple months of daily summer sun.

Overall, it's important to remember you are hiking about 1200 feet above sea level, so before going it's good to know what to wear and bring.

However, I wouldn't recommend a day trip because one: It's so gorgeous you need more than a day to soak up it's beauty, and two: I am apparently very sensitive to altitude adjustments and because it is 4,500 feet above sea level, driving up and down in less than 24 hours plus add on that I get extremely motion sick was not the best combination for me.

we stopped for the best Norwegian coffee at Floien Folkerestaurant, 320 meters above sea level.

July or August are better for educators on a traditional schedule, but the Owens Valley, despite being several thousand feet above sea level, scorches in the summer; wintry conditions prevail the rest of the year.

10, 500 ft above sea level it performed well on hairpin turns.

The base GS model, with its 2.4 - liter 162 - horse four paired to a five - speed manual, performs more than acceptably as well, and even at mild elevation (just more than 2000 feet above sea level), never feels wheezy or strained for breath.

The best way to see Amsterdam is not from above — but from sea level.

Norway's government said the vault is in an «ideal location for long - term seed storage» since it is «well above» sea level and surrounded by permafrost, which provides natural cooling, according to the project's website.

The stone - and - cedar lodge, set 7,200 feet above sea level, is Sequoia's best rustic hideaway.

Haleakala National Park is best known for being the world's largest dormant volcano and, at over 10,000 feet above sea level, the tallest peak on Maui where you can watch a fantastic sunrise, view unique wildlife, and have an amazingly vivid stargazing experience; However, the park encompasses more than 30,000 acres of public land, stretching from the summit down to the coast where lush natural beauty, waterfalls, and rich Hawaiian culture await in an area called Kipahulu.

Haleakala National Park is best known for being the world's largest dormant volcano and, at over 10,000 feet above sea level, the tallest peak on Maui where you can watch a fantastic sunrise, view unique wildlife, and have an amazingly vivid stargazing experience; However, the park encompasses more than 30,000 acres of public land, stretching from the summit down to...

PHYSICAL FEATURES & CLIMATE The reserve runs along the banks of the Belize River, in an area of alluvial sods, good for agriculture, at an elevation of approximately 80 feet above sea level.

At 422 feet (129 m) above sea level at the entrance of the bay, the seemingly good location for a lighthouse soon proved to be a poor choice, as fog and cloud within the marine layer often obscured the beam for ocean - going vessels.

Pen y Fan is 886 meters above sea level, or 2,907 feet in British imperial measurement and can seem benign and easy on a cool spring day, with hundreds of others climbing the well - trodden path known as the «M4» (after the nearby motorway that runs through south Wales) up the mountain.

So, by the time we came to start the trek I wasn't worried about how well my body would cope with hiking at altitude (the summit of the Laguna 69 hike was 4600 metres above sea level); the only concern I had was that the experience would not live up to my (incredibly high) expectations.

Boquete sits at around 1200m (3900ft) above sea level and enjoys more of a temperate climate than Panama's tropical lowlands, not dissimilar to a good English summer.

The fan assisted rooms can be fine for those who do not enjoy air conditioning as well as at most times of the year when the nights are not that hot at 600 meters above the sea level.

The Rainforest Village of Kuranda is one of the closest tastes of Wet Tropic wonderland — best explored by a combination of Skyrail Rainforest Cableway and Kuranda Scenic Railway to its lofty 330m - above - sea - level heights.

Reaching barely a meter above sea level, this protected isle is less than a hectare in size, but offers one of the best day trips off the Belize coast.

Some of us wondered whether this high - risk floodplain wouldn't be put to better use as rice paddies or farms or parks for music festivals, especially with housing available in uptown neighborhoods above sea level.

But as argued above, for such a time evolution it is neither a good idea to fit sea level with a quadratic nor to fit the rate curve with a straight line — it's a bad model that gives inconsistent results.

That's the question my dad wanted to answer when he started this project about a year ago: Living at 7,750 feet above sea level, with a summer growing season of 80 days, at best, between killing freezes, how can you grow your own food?

We interpret the split of 2013 Outlooks above and below the 4.1 level to different interpretations of the guiding physics: those who considered that observed sea ice extent in 2012 being well below the 4.1 level indicates a shift in arctic conditions, especially with regard to reduced sea ice thickness and increased sea ice mobility; and those who have estimates above 4.1 who support a return to the longer - term downward trend line (1979 - 2007).

We interpret the split of 2013 Outlooks above and below the 4.1 median to different interpretations of the guiding physics: those who considered that observed sea ice extent in 2012 being well below the 4.1 level indicates a shift in arctic conditions, especially with regard to reduced sea ice thickness and increased sea ice mobility; and those with estimates above 4.1 who support a return to the longer - term downward trend line (1979 - 2007).

That puts this study's predictions of possible sea level rise well above the results that come from other groups.

But if you take a trip to the bottom of the TauTona mine in South Africa, 3.9 km below sea level, you will find that water at 110 °C, well above the supposed boiling point of water, does not boil but remains liquid.

Yes, it continues to show sea level remains stubbornly well above the trend line, which means 5, 10, 15, and maybe even 20 - year rates re far above the satellite - era trend of 3.4 mm per yr.

OTOH, the half that were well inland (but not greatly elevated above sea level) showed quite strong temperature rises over the last 40 years.

Well Brian V, Miami Beach is 1.4 m above sea level, substantial parts of NYC are also barrier islands about as low to the sea (the Rockaways, Coney Island, South Brooklyn) and NYC is in the bullseye of the northeast hot spot, where sea level rise is faster than the global rate.

According to the Danish Meteorological Institute Arctic sea ice is well above levels seen in the last three years though, per NSIDC, it's about two sigma below the 1979 - 2000 average.

In January 2012, climate researcher Trevor Prowse put questions to the Bureau of Meteorology about the results charted above, making the point that as the 14 tidal stations are mostly free of urban heat effect, all are at sea level and are well scattered around Australia, they may be more accurate than any other land - based data.

In contrast, global temperature in at least the past two decades is probably outside the Holocene range (7), as evidenced by the fact that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are both losing mass rapidly (8, 9) and sea level has been rising at a rate [3 m / millennium, (10); updates available at http://sealevel.colorado.edu/] well above the average rate during the past several thousand years.