Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...came to Seattle at the start of the summer to work together. We've been rowing here almost every day since. We use the University of Washington boathouse. Seattle is great for rowing because there is a lot of water and it's not too hot. The team has gotten a lot of publicity here because the people here are into recreation...
...cyclones. The picture, taken by a Japanese weather satellite, revealed two giant Pacific storms in temporary but exact alignment on opposite sides of the equator. That conjunction generated a massive burst of westerly winds across thousands of miles of the equatorial ocean, pushing a surge of warm water eastward. Miller, a Government oceanographer, abruptly realized he was looking at a mysterious natural engine that drives El Nino, the unruly fluctuation of weather that periodically afflicts places as widespread as South America, Asia, Alaska and Africa...
Evans and his colleagues have been studying water color and temperature since 1980. Their aim is to develop the first global picture of oceanic photosynthesis, the process by which algae and microscopic plant life use light to convert water and carbon dioxide into nutrients. Ultimately, they would like to learn how the oceans will influence the global warming trend, known as the greenhouse effect, and how they will be influenced...
Today satellite pictures of chlorophyll a, the best indicator of photosynthesis, are as reliable as readings taken directly from the water. Evans and NASA will soon begin releasing the global images to eager colleagues. "If we are to ask society to make trillion-dollar decisions, such as switching from coal to natural gas in order to reverse the greenhouse effect, we have to validate the models on which those decisions are based," says Stephen Schneider of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder. "The primary productivity of the oceans is an essential component of any such model...
...opponents had a more immediate goal. Taking advantage of the lifting of a state of emergency two weeks ago, thousands took to the streets in a thunderous protest of the vote. The army moved in with tear gas and water cannons. Three people were killed, and 21 wounded. The plebiscite is actually a referendum on Pinochet's rule. A si vote would keep him in power until 1997. A no would bring open elections next year...