elevation

"The elevation difference is high, within a very short length," Maharjan said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The route at Thousand Steps Beach in South Laguna gains roughly 250 feet in elevation within a quarter mile from the sand to the highest point of the Ninth Avenue hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

However, the elevation of Moses Itauma v Filip Hrgovic to a world title fight left this big-ticket event feeling rather undeservedly like a support act.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The simulations indicate that by about 45 million years ago, large parts of East Antarctica had climbed above the critical elevation, about 2 km, required for mountain glaciers to develop and expand.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

The experiment he describes cannot be performed in Cambridge at the beginning of the year: it requires the sun to reach an elevation of 40 degrees above the horizon.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But if no snow survives the summer, it cannot replace the ice lost to melting at lower, warmer elevations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

One of the most ominous findings is what researchers observed at measurement sites at the highest elevations, where temperatures are lowest and glaciers are typically snow-covered.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The recent discovery of mantle waves gave researchers a mechanism that could explain how Antarctica reached elevations high enough to begin freezing.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Rather than climate alone determining when ice sheets form, geological forces deep inside Earth may first have to prepare the landscape by raising it to elevations where permanent ice can survive.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Brahe’s observatory: the curved scale is a quadrant for measuring elevations that is built into the wall; inside it is a trompe I’oeil section of Brahe’s observatory, with a giant figure of Brahe himself.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton