A warmer planet doesn’t just raise temperatures. From wildfires to flooding to coral bleaching, here are some real-world implications.
As the secretary of the navy, Carlos del Toro, put it in a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School last September, “History proves that, in the long run, there has never been a great naval power that wasn’t also a maritime power — a commercial shipbuilding and global shipping power.” ...
For ten years, La Tante, a restaurant set inside a disused McDonnell Douglas DC-10, was a popular landmark just outside the airport in Accra, Ghana. I had lunch there once and wrote of the experience here. Well, a few weeks ago I was touching down in Accra and noticed a conglomeratio...
Prog. in Oceanogr., 78, 1-11, 2008.Marnela M, Rudels B, Olsson KA, et al., 2008, Transports of Nordic Seas water masses and excess SF6 through Fram Strait to the Arctic Ocean, Progress in Oceanography, 78, 1-11.Marnela M, Rudels B, Olsson KA, Anderson LG, Jeansson E, Torres...
In planning this boat, Fulton[254] had devised many different methods of applying steam to its propulsion, and had made some experiments to determine the resistance of fluids. He therefore had been able to calculate, more accurately than had any earlier inventor, the relative size and ...
ship is en route Disadvantages Difficult to completely remove sediments and residual water from the bottom of the tanks Organisms stuck to the sides of the tank or structural supports will not be readily removed During stormy or rough seas it is unsafe Control Combination of methods effective ...
A flood-producing heavy rainfall event occurred at the mountainous coastal region in the northeast of South Korea on 5–6 August 2018, subsequent to extreme heat waves, through a quasi-stationary mesoscale convective system (MCS). We analyzed the storm environment via a multi-data approach using...
The Amazon River has the highest discharge in the world. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of the research on the interaction between river-diluted water and the ocean. This study used the remote sensing data (2008–2017) of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the...
When one considers that the chemical resistance may have to be compromised in order to produce a durable coating that does not crack as soon as the vessel starts to operate, the specific resistance of chemical and oil products to the coating becomes extremely important. This is also the most ...
General Piet Joubert is joined by General de Kock from the OFS and General Erasmus and they advance from their start line for nearly 120 kilometres deep into Natal territory before they meet any significant British forces or resistance whatsoever – the British are nowhere near the “border” and...