Sentences with phrase «abnormally warm water temperatures»

Abnormally warm water temperatures have plagued the region for months, and

Abnormally warm water temperatures have plagued the region for months, and as recently as November, research expeditions had observed widespread coral bleaching, disease and even some coral death as a result.

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However, to support the assertion that global warming is responsible for a great deal of damage from such events, it is sufficient to show that such events have the «signature» of global warming — for example, that specific global warming - related factors such as abnormally high sea surface temperatures, elevated water vapor levels, and altered jet stream patterns contributed to making Hurricane Sandy what it was — even if those factors can not be precisely quantified.

The movement of the Pacific's warm water pulled heat away from the surface waters and this led to the abnormally cool surface temperatures observed during the last ten years.