Sentences with phrase «areal changes»

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There also appears to be a strong correlation between the area of multiyear ice and the spatially averaged thickness of the perennial ice pack, which suggests that the satellite - derived areal decreases represent substantial rather than only peripheral changes.

This figure, combined with the change in areal extent of warm temperature extremes:

The net change over land accounts for 24 % of the global mean increase in precipitation, a little less than the areal proportion of land (29 %).

Consequently, assuming mild greenhouse gas emission scenario (RCP2.6), areal extent of the conditions suitable for the processes in the study areas can contract 70 % by 2050 owing to changes in average air temperature and precipitation.

Coral reefs, which plausibly as a result of climate change could disappear entirely by 2100 and almost certainly will be reduced much in areal extent within the next few decades (Hoegh - Guldberg, 1999; Mumby et al., 2007; Pandolfi et al., 2011; Ricke et al., 2013), are essentially the «rainforests of the sea» (Knowlton and Jackson, 2008) in terms of biodiversity.

b) volumetric effects — change in the volume of water contained in the oceans and the geometry and areal extent of the ocean basins c) gravitational effects — change in the gravitational attraction of the earth (induced by deformation), by the change in distribution of ice and by the change in self - attraction of the water d) rotational effects — change in the moment of inertia caused by a change in the distribution of mass within the earth and on its surface.

Changes in their areal extent or reflective properties can result in significant changes to Earth's surface tempeChanges in their areal extent or reflective properties can result in significant changes to Earth's surface tempechanges to Earth's surface temperature.

Climate envelope modelling suggests that climate change impacts will diminish the areal extent of some ecosystems (e.g., reduction by 2 - 47 % alone due to 1.6 °C warming above pre-industrial, Table 4.1, No. 6) and impact many ecosystem properties and services globally.