Nov 26, 2008 14:01
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Denmark
BSc and lab technologist
Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Norwegian (Bokmal) to Danish, and 1 more.
Coverage vs. cover
English
Science
Environment & Ecology
Sea ice
Can "coverage" be used to describe the occurrence and extent of e.g. sea ice or marine plants or is it used exclusively in journalism? Example: "Future atmospheric warming will reduce sea ice coverage ..." Should "coverage" be "cover" here? Thanks in advance.
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| 3 +5 | cover |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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Personally, I think "cover" is both more commonly used and correct.
"Coverage" is definitely more to with communications, journalism and insurance.
HTH
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-11-26 14:10:07 GMT)
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USGS: Science Topics: snow and ice cover
Provides links to USGS information about snow and ice cover and related topics. Provides a topical browse interface into USGS information utilizing ...
www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=1072
ow Arctic Sea Ice Cover in the Summer of 2008
The Arctic ice cover amounted to 4.5 million square kilometres on September 12th . This is slightly more than the lowest ice cover ever measured: 4.1 million ...
idw-online.de/pages/en/news279571
There are many other examples on Google
"Coverage" is definitely more to with communications, journalism and insurance.
HTH
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-11-26 14:10:07 GMT)
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USGS: Science Topics: snow and ice cover
Provides links to USGS information about snow and ice cover and related topics. Provides a topical browse interface into USGS information utilizing ...
www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=1072
ow Arctic Sea Ice Cover in the Summer of 2008
The Arctic ice cover amounted to 4.5 million square kilometres on September 12th . This is slightly more than the lowest ice cover ever measured: 4.1 million ...
idw-online.de/pages/en/news279571
There are many other examples on Google
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Peer comment(s):
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Gary D
: Ice cover, sea grass cover, a large cover of sea grass, there WAS a large coverage of sea grass here last year.
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Thanks :-)
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Chris Ellison
: Definitely "cover" :)
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Thanks :-)
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Demi Ebrite
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Thanks :-)
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Ken Cox
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Thanks :-)
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Lalit Sati
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Thanks :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much. I thought so, but Danish scientists persist in writing coverage. Thanks for your comment, Gary, I'll put in the the."
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