First, they considered the possibility that seasonal upwellings of toxic or oxygen-poor bottom water were responsible.
Because cold water releases more CO2 into the air than warm water, the rate at which bottom water rises to the surface has a profound effect on the atmosphere above.
United Utilities said this was caused by harmless sediment which normally lies at the bottom of water pipes and which can get stirred up due to the changes in pressure when a main bursts.
On the platform, researchers push pieces of fish down a pipe that goes right to the bottom of the water.
Bar: fully or partially submerged mound of sand, gravel or other unconsolidated material built on the sea-bottom in shallow water by waves and currents.
The 3m-long shark, which has not been definitively identified but is believed to be a Great White, came up from the bottom of the water and bit her.
Despite abuse from a 15-pound baby girl, an attack by a pack of feral raccoons, a chewing by an ADD-addled river otter named Sidney, a ride to the bottom of a salt water pool with a dolphin, and a stomping from a 7, 400 pound elephant named Valerie, the Casio had survived.
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Pour water into the bottom of a lidded deep pot wide enough to hold 9-inch cake pan.
The alluring turquoise bottom, the flat glassy water begging to be interrupted.
Once inside I discovered a world filled with breath taking rocks and minerals everywhere, glistening fresh water at the bottom and hundreds of bats sleeping overhead.
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There was just a bit of water on the bottom, and when he checked the rudder and sail and boom everything seemed to be in working order.
The fear was that when this quantity of water hit the bottom, it would detach the ice from the bed on which it rested and lubricate its passage to the sea.
Every 20 to 30 years, the much colder water near the bottom of the oceans cycles up to the top, where it has a slight cooling effect on global temperatures until the sun warms that water.
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It is thought that recent high rainfall had displaced the CO2-rich water at the bottom, releasing a massive bubble of carbon dioxide gas from the lake in a natural phenomenon now referred to as "lake overturn".
It took two years, 284 pounds of flour and all the ingenuity of her husband, Paul, who lined her stove with quarry tiles and, to produce the necessary burst of steam, dropped a brick into a pan of hot water at the bottom of the oven.
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The Swedish government is funding research into the feasibility of using a wind-turbine driven oxygen pump in the Baltic, following studies carried out last year by the University of Gothenburg, which looked at the effect of pumping oxygen-rich surface water to the bottom of two Swedish fjords.
You learn tricks like putting a little water at the bottom of a votive holder to pop the candles out at the end of the evening, or pouring out all the liquid when clearing champagne flutes so you can lay them on their side on the clearing tray (drastically reducing the risk of breaking them as they all topple over).
The flat-bottom boat balanced precariously just barely above water level, a skilled rower standing and pushing gondola-style from the back.
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In the footage, Putin is seen spotting what appears to be an ancient water jug in the sandy bottom.
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Rinse off the soap, again spraying from top to bottom, letting an adequate supply of water stream down the finish.
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Even that would involve filling the hull up to the lower deck with electrolyte and, to balance the pressure, probably flooding the bottom part of the dry dock with Thames water.
The shimmering water spills earthward, splashes into the bottom of the waiting glass pitcher on the tabletop.
Most models set up to try to figure out what happened during the Late Cretaceous climate changes conclude that water sank from the surface to the bottom of the ocean around Antarctica or the North Pacific.
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Detailed studies of the surface indicate that these were formed by a lake caused by the flow of underground water that periodically made its way to the bottom of the crater.
The bottom line: off-shore, especially ultra-deep water, has been almost entirely responsible for sustaining increased global and U.S. production.
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Through the water he can see ripply sun-designs on the river bottom.
Unfortunately two of the tags were lost - they skimmed on the water just before they hit the walruses, sinking to the bottom of the sea, but another one, launched by Ole with the harpoon, hit a walrus squarely between the shoulders - the perfect place for a sat-tag.
"You'd have little packets that had this powder in it, you'd fill up your pitcher of water, you'd dump in the powder, stir it up, let it sit for a little bit, and then you'd have a permanent magnet that draws all the minerals down towards the bottom of the pot, and then you pour off the relatively clean water, " he said.
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