Not exact matches
Wildfires, which are on the rise
throughout the west as a result of prolonged drought and
climate change, can
alter soil properties and make it more vulnerable to erosion.
Water is also strongly influenced by
climate, as changes in temperature and precipitation consistently
alter patterns of water availability and quality
throughout the state.
This
alters the distribution of thermal energy
throughout the
climate system.
He expressed the opinion that it would be «arrogant» for anyone now living to suggest that we should make any effort to maintain the Earth's
climate within the range of temperatures that have existed
throughout all of recorded human history, while apparently not regarding it as «arrogant» for the humans of the past century up through the present to engage in activities which threaten to radically and abruptly
alter the Earth's
climate and ecosystems upon which not only human civilization, but the survival of the human species, utterly depend.