Sentences with phrase «as extreme weather»

Obtain and examine all relevant information to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.

Obtain and examine all relevant information in order to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.

This means that the device is capable of withstanding harsh conditions such as extreme weather, mechanical shocks and vibrations, and intense solar radiation.

Whereas Connecticut renters insurance is reasonably comprehensive and protects you against financial loss caused by damage from such things as extreme weather, burglary and appliance leaks and explosions, there are some things not covered by your policy.

Trusted Choice ® independent insurance agents can address these issues and more as extreme weather bears down on much of the country and can also offer disaster - specific readiness and recovery tips for consumers.

Many times a loss can occur within a rented dwelling as a result of disasters, such as extreme weather conditions.

Trip Cancellation insurance covers pre-payments for holiday travel arrangements that may be interrupted or cancelled due to covered reasons such as extreme weather (flooding, hurricanes, etc.), sickness or injuries, and other issues.

This benefit requires that the interruption be for a covered reason, such as extreme weather.

As extreme weather events occur (such as) in the mid-west and Hurricane Sandy etc, other legislators will come around,» Kim said.

These same people, on the other hand, would dismiss the 2003 heatwave across western Europe (with well - publicised increases in the numbers of elderly people dying in France) as extreme weather caused by a blocked area of high pressure.

We are an independent, non-partisan science organization that researches and reports the facts about climate change impacts, such as extreme weather, drought, flooding, wild fires, and sea level rise, as well as alternative energy systems and transportation.

The United States also committed to sharing data and technology with developing nations to help them better prepare for the impacts of global warming, such as extreme weather events.

As extreme weather events become more frequent because of climate change, climate researchers believe their impacts on ecosystems could cause a vicious cycle of extreme weather, Reichstein said.

I haven't seen a list of the three sigma events characterized as extreme weather, and the temptation to lump events into the extreme category without a careful look at historical perspective and complicating factors would be very hard to resist — although I am not in any way impugning their integrity.

As for lying, I have observed many scientists seem to have no difficulty with lying when they connect, without a shred of evidence, supportive modeling or any data or often even any theory such things as extreme weather is getting worse or is linked to CO2, wet areas will get wetter and dry areas will get drier, that the ocean swallowed the «missing heat», using a proxy upside down doesn't matter, the models are still adequate for policy even after such a huge divergence from reality, coral die - back is due to manmade warming rather than fishing, all warming must be bad rather than beyond a certain threshold, etc, etc, etc..

As the effects of our changing climate, such as extreme weather events, poorer air quality, and rising surface temperatures, are becoming more apparent, it is key to provide accurate and timely information to those in need.

The article may have been over-the-top (but, as I've learned, everything is spin and a matter of interpretation), but it made an interesting point to consider: perhaps one of the reasons we see environmental factors, such as extreme weather events, as causing more destruction than ever is because we have so much more to destroy - more people, more goods.

As extreme weather events become more common, city planners must learn to work with nature, and quickly.

Climate change has made farming in Australia very difficult, as extreme weather conditions combine to undermine farmers» efforts.

But these icons are in the climate firing line as extreme weather events worsen and sea levels continue to rise,» ecologist and report co-author Lesley Hughes said.

Looking ahead, the report notes, «Climate change, in tandem with people's increasing exposure and vulnerability, is expected to magnify this trend, as extreme weather events become more frequent and intense in the coming decades.»

Here you'll find world records in natural science, including earth science and the plant and animal kingdom, as well as extreme weather records, and much more wild, weird, and out - there stuff.

What the industry describes as extreme weather events have increased in number and severity as the global climate system has altered, causing more and bigger hurricanes, typhoons and heatwaves around the world.

He and Handel also described the physical and logistical travails that unfolded as extreme weather, capped by Hurricane Sandy, disrupted parts of the production.

Legislators and The Nature Conservancy works on plan to make New York more resilient and protected from climate change impacts, such as extreme weather and rising seas levels.

Saturday February 7th 2009 is a date many across the state of Victoria will never forget, as extreme weather conditions resulted in as many as 400 individual fires starting, though some are now believed to have began with the help of arsonists, a crime described as «mass murder» by then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Cracking can be caused by numerous environmental conditions such as extreme weather; icy cold conditions, extended periods on cement, humid dry areas, or items that can puncture the pad such as rocks, stickers or cactus.

As extreme weather events likely connected to the planet's warming climate become increasingly common, low - income communities are positioned to suffer the worst consequences during the aftermath of natural disasters, write the authors of a report from the Center for American Progress called «One Storm Shy of Despair.»

But Klotzbach and other experts say the models, and seasonal forecasts, still provide useful insight into something as unpredictable as extreme weather even if they do not always pan out.

Calculating an overall trend in climate - related deaths is difficult due to the irregularity of severe storms, Boersma says, though the link between extreme weather and chick death demonstrates that as extreme weather increases in coming years, chick death will increase in turn.

Other threats such as extreme weather, farms turned to desert and choking smog are all exacerbated by climate change that results from rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air.

«As extreme weather becomes the new normal, homes and businesses are faced with increasing risks — especially in flood - prone areas,» Governor Cuomo said.

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More customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard International.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

Slow economic growth, increasing extreme weather events and volatility in capital markets made the insurance business tumultuous in recent years, with employees facing upheaval in their day - to - day roles as well as layoffs.

As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.

The closures have come as a result of the extreme weather, which in some cases has flooded facilities or rendered them inaccessible.

As the event opened, the panellists were presented with five global risk scenarios: uncontrolled city growth, lack of fresh water, extreme weather, continued fossil fuel lock - in and rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

If, as seems inevitable, the poor suffer first and worst from the impacts of extreme weather, what role should equity play in decisions about relocation?

As to the second point, severe to extreme hot and dry weather conditions in the Northern Plains — specifically in areas of Montana and the Dakotas — are putting wheat (and corn) on the defensive.

No single weather event — even an extreme one — can be «caused» by climate change, as Vox's David Roberts has explained in detail.

As Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria plowed through unusually warm oceans this summer, each one broke records, startling even the scientists who study extreme weather.

Recent extreme weather events, such as the flooding in Ontario and Quebec last summer and the forest fires in British Columbia and Alberta, are directly connected to climate change, McKenna says.

Natural gas is used as the primary heating fuel in about half of U.S. households, and prices can rise rapidly when extreme weather comes.

• 250 million people will be forced to leave their homes due to extreme weather disasters • 30 million people will go hungry as agriculture suffers • 1 - 3 billion people will suffer acute water shortages

CNN: Survey: One in three Americans see extreme weather as a sign of biblical end times More than a third of Americans see recent extreme weather as a sign that the world is in biblical «end times,» according to a survey released Thursday.

And again: The IPCC claimed that there was an increase in extreme weather conditions as a result of human - induced global warming.

To address supply chain challenges posed by extremely perishable items such as bananas and by extremes in climate and weather, Class Produce maintains relationships with hundreds of growers.

To keep from becoming derailed by such external factors as higher egg and beef prices, extreme weather conditions across various parts of the country in the first quarter, and a changing labor landscape, among others, the industry continues to draw on its resilient nature as it keeps dutifully moving along.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.