It combines a strand of standard plastic with a layer made from a "smart" material that can absorb water.
And players should make sure the ball doesn't absorb water, since that makes it heavier, according to Dr. Plant.
It also has a lower tendency to absorb water from the atmosphere.
The chytrid fungus, or BD as it is sometimes called, infects the skins of amphibians such as frogs, toads, salamanders and newts and interferes with their ability to absorb water.
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Handmade from the tough bark of the Tara Wing-Celtis or Blue Sandalwood tree and rice straw, Xuan paper is known for its strong, smooth surface, its ability to absorb water and moisten ink, and fold repeatedly without breaking.
Replacing concrete with porous pavement, employing green roofs and rain barrels, restoring creeks and wetlands, and increasing tree cover can help cities absorb rain water rather than funnel it to sewer systems.
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When that ice melts, huge expanses of darker, open ocean water absorb the heat instead, warming things up.
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Seriously, at least in the women's restroom, there are usually towels around the sink area to absorb the extra water that we tend to splash around when (and if) washing our hands.
While ice reflects around 80 percent of the sun's heat, having a cooling effect, blue sea water can absorb up to 95 percent of solar radiation, warming up the sea and accelerating the melting process further.
Unlike mice, fish also have permeable skin, and absorb drugs put in the water.
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Over five and a half million feet of boom has been laid across the water to block and absorb the approaching oil.
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Water, however, can absorb 4, 000 times as much heat as air, for a given rise in temperature.
Like a wet blanket swollen with water, the climate can only absorb so much excess heat before global temperatures begin to rise.
They also absorb pollutants that can cause algae blooms and help clear the water.
Water vapor is a potent greenhouse gas and will absorb yet more heat.
The collector also promises to do more with sunlight once it's trapped: since the microchannels should absorb more than half of the waste heat, their hot water byproduct can either be filtered into drinkable water or converted into air conditioning.
Then there is one of the oldest ways of getting power out from the sun: solar "thermal" installations, which absorb the sun's energy, transforming it into heat so it can boil water and run a turbine.
The effect of these strengthened winds whipping across the sea surface is to bring deeper, more carbon-rich water up from below, thus reducing the surface layer's capacity to absorb more CO2 from the air.
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