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The new proposal will create a new environmental monitoring framework to collect water-surface data from several areas around the oil-sands region in northeastern Alberta.
Canada Proposes Beefed Up Monitoring of Oil Sands Edward Welsch 2011
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Because the lake is located on a shallow playa, scientists say small changes in the water-surface elevation result in large changes in its surface area.
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How It Works Air trapped by the microbumps and waxy nanoparticles cuts water-surface contact area to almost nothing.
Just Dew It: What Scientists Can Learn From Flower Petals By Thomas Hayden 2008
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It takes time to master the fine art of a water-surface walk inside a ball.
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WHile they may have come from Europe, the water-surface walking balls are quickly turning into a big hit in China. (w/pics)
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How It Works Air trapped by the microbumps and waxy nanoparticles cuts water-surface contact area to almost nothing.
Just Dew It: What Scientists Can Learn From Flower Petals Thomas Hayden 2008
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Two girls enjoying a water-surface walk inside a ball.
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Europrogocontestovision: The water-surface dwellers skip to main
The water-surface dwellers Adam Roberts Project 2007
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The most beautiful part of the road, however, to my taste, is the descent, when the shining expanse of Camp's Bay lies shimmering in the warm afternoon haze with a thousand lights and shadows from cloud and cliff touching and passing over the crisp water-surface.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
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If the field be covered with water, it becomes a water-surface for the time, and the evaporation is like that from a pond.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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