Sentence examples for sea sector from inspiring English sources

The Amundsen sea sector in west Antarctica is almost as big as France.

Two years ago, he published a paper arguing that a key section of the West Antarctic ice sheet, the Amundsen Sea sector, had gone into "irreversible retreat".

The segment, known as the Amundsen Sea sector, contains enough water to raise global sea levels by four feet, and its melting could destabilize other parts of the ice sheet, which hold enough ice to add ten more feet.

The Amundsen Sea sector contains more than two hundred thousand cubic miles of ice, meaning that, if Rignot's analysis is correct, it will, inevitably, raise global sea levels by four feet.

Small glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector, like Smith and Pope Glaciers, are retreating quickly, he said — as fast as one to two kilometers per year.

In 1997, Rignot recognized rapid fluctuations of one glacier in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, a place called Pine Island.

This study and its stratigraphic constraints will serve as a basis for future drilling operations required for an improved understanding of processes and mechanisms leading to change in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, such as the contemporary thinning and grounding line retreat in the Amundsen Sea drainage sector.

The UK has created an enviable off-shore and sub-sea engineering sector, employing around 100,000 people, with supply-chain exports worth over £4bn a year.

Low speed two-stroke engine manufacturers have invested heavily to maintain their dominance of the mainstream deep-sea propulsion sector formed by tankers, bulk carriers, and containerships.

Low-speed two-stroke engine designers have invested heavily to sustain their dominance of the mainstream deep-sea propulsion sector formed by tankers, bulk carriers and container ships, and recently extended market opportunities to large twin-screw LNG carriers.

The company has applied for a patent for the technology, which could also have applications in the sea tide energy sector.