Sentences with phrase «california coastal fog»

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Regardless, the iconic California redwood forests may ultimately break up with the evanescing coastal fogs.

The Earth's tallest trees, California redwoods, rely on characteristic coastal fog to reach their towering heights — and that fog may be diminishing, according to new research.

Like Chile and California, Namibia has a near - constant coastal fog: a bank of low - lying, relatively thin stratocumulus clouds sitting just offshore.

But studies in California's coastal redwood forests show that sap flow sometimes runs in reverse during fog events, with captured water moving from the atmosphere into the leaves and then down through the branches — something that may be happening in Chile as well.

Other studies have linked these oceanic cycles with earlier snowmelts and warmer winters in California since the 1940s, and with a decline in California's coastal fog since the early 20th century.

Summary Capsule: A small California coastal town about to celebrate its 100th anniversary is haunted by the horrors of its past, which come shrouded in a glowing fog.

This legendary California manor sits at 1,600 feet above sea level; often just resting on the coastal fog.

[19] Summer fogs, moderate precipitation, and mild temperatures are characteristic of Northern California coastal forests ecoregion and are vital to the growth of local Coast Redwood.

A Santa Ana fog is a derivative phenomenon in which a ground fog settles in coastal Southern California at the end of a Santa Ana wind episode.

Williams, A.P., R.E. Schwartz, S. Iacobellis, R. Seager, B.I. Cook, C.J. Still, G. Husak, and J. Michaelsen, 2015: Urbanization causes increased cloud - base height and decreased fog in coastal southern California.

Other studies have linked these oceanic cycles with earlier snowmelts and warmer winters in California since the 1940s, and with a decline in California's coastal fog since the early 20th century.

A regional climate model simulation of coastal fog driven by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 20th century reanalysis data set [O'Brien, 2011; O'Brien et al., 2013] shows a century - long decline along the California coast, and a climate projection with the same model hints at a slight decline in the future.

Originally home to tribes of the Miwok Indians, the coastal fog - typically burning off by late morning - makes the climate perfect for tall and historic groves of the famous California Redwoods.