Sentences with phrase «which sinks»

They also considered the rate of decomposition of soil carbon as a function of the temperature at the freeze - thaw boundary, which sinks deeper and deeper as the soil's temperature rises.

Second, variations in greenhouse gases were also important drivers of climate, though at these long timescales they were largely controlled by tectonic processes, in which sinks and sources of greenhouse gases varied.

However, when a spill occurs, the diluents evaporate into the air, leaving behind the thick, heavy and very sticky bitumen, which sinks to the bottom and is not easily skimmed off the top of the water.

Also, upon freezing the separation of nearly pure water (which becomes ice) leaves behind a relatively heavy brine, which sinks to form Bottom Water in the great oceans.

When the sea - ice forms, the freezing process rejects brine, which has a higher density than the surface waters and which sinks to the continental shelf.

The one on the right is a drab olive, which sinks into diminishing contrast with the wall.

Just below, Bulletstorm slips two places to fourth, it's 46 % drop in sales edging it just above last week's chart topper, Killzone 3, which sinks to fifth with a 58 % drop.

-- which sinks «Batman v Superman» like a torpedo below the waterline.

The depths to which he sinks are extraordinary, yet Cage — in a welcome return to the bug - eyed insanity of his mid -»90s work — keeps the character sympathetic, while Herzog directs with all the crazed energy of a man who once actually ate his own shoe.

This BB Cream has a ultra-lightweight formula which sinks into the skin instantly.

We recommend trying a gel - based moisturizer which sinks in and also leaves skin looking matte.

These particular cupcakes were baked with a dollop of ganache on top, which sinks down during the baking and fills the cupcake.

Whether «love» alone is a sufficient basis for ethical behavior, particularly when the larger society has a stake in what happens to a marriage, is a matter which Sinks does not address.

The «fatalities occurred not just underground, but above ground - suggesting potent chlorine (which sinks) is now a less likely culprit,» Charles Lister, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, tweeted.

That hurt technology - focused hedge fund Coatue Management, which lost about $ 58 million during the day, including more than $ 10 million apiece on Netflix stock and Activision Blizzard (atvi), as well as American Tower Corp. (amt), which sank 6 %.

Economic activity decreased in several categories, including business investment, exports, construction and — most of all — the important resources sector, which sank 2.7 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

To amend for the baking sins committed whilst making Deb's most excellent just - the way - it is recipe, I added a handful of chocolate chips to the batter, all of which sunk during baking to the bottom of the loaf.

He dug in while I made myself a nice big bowl of oatmeal, topped with trail mix (most of which sunk below view) and Reginald's Homemade cashew butter.

It worked perfectly and two recipes later I have one bundt cake and 6 small loves for giving out to friends, none of which sunk.

Take a look beneath the surface of Lake Erie, as divers survey the Admiral, which sank in a storm in 1942.

The Russians fear that the sub, which sank in 1989, may leak plutonium and contaminate fisheries, or even explode.

In another simulation, consumers» choices dictated which apps thrived and which sank — as on the real app store.

Scientists investigating the Swedish warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628, hit on the idea of dissolving the iron compounds present in the wood and removing them as water - soluble complexes.

It's a very strange time for Hasbro and Paramount's once - lucrative Transformers franchise, which sank like a rock in water at the box office this year with its fifth and least successful entry, Transformers: The Last Knight.

Yokuda was a continent west of Tamriel which sank into the sea during the First Era.

He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union «sHousatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to - the - day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.

Walker demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of modern problem solving in a seamless, compelling account of the historical and scientific sleuthing that revealed the secrets of the H. L. Hunley, which sank an enemy ship in 1864 then vanished for 131 years.

Playa de Garcey — This spot is the former resting place of the American Star which sunk in water right in front of the beach.

Other interesting points of interest is the wreck dive King Cruiser which allows you to explore the car ferry which sank around 10 miles of Phi Phi Island.

Hi, can you suggest any places I can find information on the Octopus, which sank near Ballito Bay in 1906?

We love its thick golden sand into which you sink ankle - deep.

One of the most famous dive sites is the Antilla, a German freighter which sunk in the waters at the start of WWII.

El Frio El Frio is a cargo ship which sunk, approximately 7 miles off the coast of Isla Mujeres.

Emerging from the sea just here is the wreck of the Wollongbar, which sank in a cyclone many years ago, offering good snorkelling opportunities.

So it was with the Kingcruiser wreck in Thailand, a passenger ferry which sank in 1997 and is now a popular dive site for those diving the Andaman Sea.

Gili Meno's top snorkeling spots are a sunken steal paltform called «Bounty Wreck» which sank almost 10 years ago and is fully overgrown by coral, located on the south west side.

Ten days of diving and over 500 nautical miles later, we can look back to diving sandy slopes hunting for critters and creatures, an old ship wreck which sank in 1958, steep walls covered in fish, an active volcano and home of hundreds of sea snakes,swim - throughs and overhangs with beautiful soft corals, pinnacles which serve as manta cleaning stations and sea mounts full of schooling fish!

The King Cruiser wreck, which sank in May 1997, about halfway from Phuket to Phi Phi is a more advanced dive due to its resting point at 30 meters, it has created a fantastic artificial reef with many fish circling the area including a growing population of lionfish and scorpionfish, barracuda, schools of snappers.

The King Cruiser was a large ferry boat, formerly a car ferry, which sank over 20 years ago between Phuket and Phi Phi after hitting the top of Anemone Reef.

Based in Alva Beach in Ayr, Yongala Dive are a zippy 30 - minute boat ride away from the captivating shipwreck, which sank a year before The Titanic!

Artist Statement on DEEPHORIZON: «The supreme discipline of art — oil painting — is back with a vengeance — in the form of an oil painting on a 80.000 square miles ocean canvas with 32 million litres of oil — a unique piece of art... It has been 13 days since a BP oil and gas exploration well blew out, setting fire to the drilling rig, which sank, killing 11 people.

Humidity plays havoc with oil paints which sink faster into the canvas, but he seems to have shrugged and let them go their way, appearing thinner and even patchy on the surface of some canvases, often leaving the weave visible and occasional gaps between blocks of colour.

For those who are less familiar with the size and magnitude of this offering, the company could safely compare the size of the iceberg to that which sunk the Titanic in 1912.

Instead of the regime of individual «doughnut - shaped» circulation around each thunderstorm and cumulus cloud, it has all been replaced by long cylinders of air which sink in the valleys between the serried rows of thunderstorms, and rise up through their centers.

Extratropical cyclones have three stages of expansion: the developing stage, in which an undulating wave develops along the front; the mature stage, in which sinking cold air sweeps equatorward west of the surface low - pressure centre and ascending warm air moves poleward east of the cyclone; and the occluded stage, in which the warm air is entrained within and moved above the polar air and becomes separated from the source region of the tropical air.

On Venus the heat just builds up under the crust, creates in - plate volcanoes, and this so weakens the crust that it breaks up into giant slabs which sink into the interior and a new crust is formed.

The integral must be weighted by the distribution of the trace gas on which the sink processes act.

He has a particular interest in HMS Investigator, which sank in 1854 after getting stuck in the ice for three years, and which was found just last week by Parks Canada

Obviously in real world the rate of transport of energy from hot places to cold places (wind and current) is a factor in the rate at which each sink takes up heat.

A & B v C: Chris was instructed on behalf of the vendors of this sailing yacht which sank shortly after delivery to her buyers.