Sentences with phrase «rainfall patterns also»

Rainfall patterns also vary geographically within the Channel Islands National Park.

Not exact matches

Hydrocephalus also has a pattern related to the rainfall seasons which varies by location.

«If somebody deployed a sulfur layer in the atmosphere, that could have catastrophic outcomes,» like changing rainfall patterns over India that farmers rely on, adds Caldeira, who also served on the committee.

The scientists warn that climate change threatens these habitats, not only from rising temperatures increasing peat decomposition, but also via altered rainfall patterns — with summer droughts drastically affecting the blanket bog hydrology.

By analyzing the leaf wax from ancient marine sediments, the team determined the region's past rainfall patterns and also gathered clues about what types of plants were growing.

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

A stalling of this ocean current also could change rainfall patterns across the globe.

The pattern of rainfall is also distinct - some places have abundant rain at one time of the year and almost none at other times.

It changes surface temperature, and it also changes patterns of rainfall over large areas of the globe.

Crucially, the project is also tackling the effects of climate change that are already making themselves known — for example exploring solar dryers as an alternative to the traditional coffee drying techniques which have been affected by changing rainfall patterns.

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

Also, along with warmer weather, changes in the pattern and intensity of rainfall are already occuring.

California also provides an interesting case study because of its topographic complexity, extensive urban and agricultural land use, and Mediterranean climate characterized by distinctive rainfall and temperature patterns.

Also, temperature anomalies like those in the figure at the top do influence tropical rainfall patterns.

«Lehmann et al. (2015) also found large — scale increasing patterns in extreme precipitation, with 12 % more record - breaking rainfall events over 1981 — 2010.

The global treaty that headed off destruction of earth's protective ozone layer has also prevented major disruption of global rainfall patterns, even though that was not a motivation for the treaty, according to a new study...

There is also the danger of knock - on consequences, including changes in rainfall patterns, and what scientists call «termination shock» — a sudden warming if the system were to fail.

The CO2 would significantly warm the Earth; it might also lower ocean pH, raise sea levels significantly and change rainfall patterns.

Once this La Nina faded, sea levels rebounded sharply, and that rise might have been incorrectly interpreted as some rapid acceleration in the long - term sea level rise, when in fact, mass was shifting back from land to ocean as rainfall patterns changed once more, but also much of the excess water on the land was draining back to the oceans.

Research suggests that releasing aerosols could also help to bring back global rainfall patterns to their pre-industrial averages.

It is also expected that Nigeria will experience temperature shifts, changing rainfall patterns, storms and sea - level rise.

The researchers are also showing that this difference implies that reflecting sunlight to reduce temperatures may have unwanted effects on the Earth's rainfall patterns.

Scientists have also observed that many of Earth's glaciers, ecosystems and other systems are already being impacted by rising regional temperatures and altered rainfall amounts and patterns.

Rainfall patterns could also change drastically, causing unusual floods.

On undesirability, Hulme explains that although the approach would reduce global temperatures, it would also have significant side - effects, such as changing local rainfall patterns.

Keep in mind that as carbon dioxide increases, temperatures also increase, rainfall patterns change, and some kinds of extreme weather events become more common and severe.

Large - scale changes in savanna vegetation cover may also feed back to regional rainfall patterns.

Urban Pollution Also Affects Rainfall Patterns Near City But where the research gets really interesting is when it examines the effects of pollution from the city on weather:

The dust and cloud interplay also helps explain rainfall patterns over the Sahara Desert and south of that area.

That's doubly true when there is also emerging evidence — documented by Senior Weather Channel meteorologist Stu Ostro and others — that «global warming is increasing the atmosphere's thickness, leading to stronger and more persistent ridges of high pressure, which in turn are a key to temperature, rainfall, and snowfall extremes and topsy - turvy weather patterns like we've had in recent years.»