Sentences with phrase «abrupt change takes place»

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These changes were not smooth, but took place in abrupt steps, like identical stairs in a staircase.

Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used computer modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change that took place 8,200 years ago.

«The abrupt climate changes did not take place at the extreme low sea levels, corresponding to the time of maximum glaciations 20,000 years ago, or at high sea levels such as those prevailing today.

If one goes to the Watts Up With That article June 2, 2013 by guest essay Dr. Don Easterbrook, titled Multiple Intense, Abrupt Late Pleistocene Warming And Cooling, one will find much detail on the climatic changes that have taken place over the past 20,000 years and show how trival Tony Brown's article is, along with his reference to the hockey stick.

(2) In terms of impacts, an abrupt change is one that takes place so rapidly and unexpectedly that human or natural systems have difficulty adapting to it.

Abrupt climate change is defined as a large scale change in the climate system which takes place over a few decades or less and is anticipated to persist for at least a few decades, and causes substantial disruption in human and natural systems.

We define abrupt climate change as a large - scale change in the climate system that takes place over a few decades or less, persists (or is anticipated to persist) for at least a few decades, and causes substantial disruptions in human and natural systems (see Glossary).

It's possible that there was an abrupt change in behavior then, but it's also likely that changes in observational strategy took place.