Sentences with phrase «alter precipitation amount»

As climate changes, several direct influences alter precipitation amount, intensity, frequency and type.

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Clouds alter the amount of sunlight, or radiation, that can reach Earth, affecting Earth's energy balance, and in some areas can lead to precipitation.

> [A] ny change in climate that alters the amount and pattern of precipitation may significantly affect the CH4 oxidation capacity of soils.

The hope in California is that the large amounts of precipitation usually associated with extreme El Niño events would lessen the impacts of the state's multi-year drought by partly refilling reservoirs and groundwater, even as scientists caution that this might not happen to the degree needed to alter the present situation.

They can also alter the properties of clouds and the amount of precipitation.