Sentences with phrase «as rising ocean temperatures»

«However, the evidence is equally as strong that there are other factors, such as rising ocean temperatures, that have a greater influence.»»

As far as rising ocean temperatures are concerned, I know studies (like Barnett et al 2005) demonstrated there is an anthropogenic signal (if I am using the term correctly, meaning a discernable increase in ocean temperature that is due to human activities) globally.

Besides these thousands of thermometer readings from weather stations around the world, there are many other clear indicators of global warming such as rising ocean temperatures, sea level, and atmospheric humidity, and declining snow cover, glacier mass, and sea ice.

Not exact matches

And in many, many cases — such as with ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, or ice shelf traveling speeds — scientists have recorded the data for decades, systematically, consistently, and with precision.

Not only is the reef threatened by widespread bleaching as a result of rising ocean temperatures, but the project also requires the major expansion of the Abbot Point port in Queensland.

Evidence from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that global sea levels in the last two decades are rising dramatically as surface temperatures warm oceans and...

While caring for animals affected by human activity such as overfishing, habitat degradation, plastic pollution and rising ocean temperatures, the team seeks to increase public engagement and advocacy along with inspire new individuals to make a difference.

That devastation could spread in the future, as rising temperatures and agricultural runoff enlarge oxygen - poor dead zones in the world's oceans.

But as climate patterns become less predictable and global ocean temperatures rise, the water temperature readings identified by the Rutgers team might bring to light similar patterns that will allow forecasters to adjust their intensity forecasts accordingly.

Scientists have been warning that decreasing amounts of available oxygen will increase stress on a range of species, even as they also face the effects of rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

But climate models predict reductions in dissolved oxygen in all oceans as average global air and sea temperatures rise, and this may be the main driver of what is happening there, she says.

«Both the physical ocean and the life within it are shifting much more rapidly than our models predicted for the Arctic,» Alter notes, adding that temperatures there are rising twice as fast as everywhere else on the planet.

As global temperature rises, most of the extra heat in the atmosphere — about 90 percent — sinks into the ocean.

As temperatures rise today, most of the heat is being taken up by the surface layers of the oceans.

Changes to the transport of heat by the Earth's atmosphere and oceans to the poles have also been suggested as a possible contributor to the steep rise in Arctic temperatures.

As ocean temperatures rise and oceanic diseases proliferate, species like sea stars struggle to survive, and scientists are looking for underlying causes.

Rising temperatures, for example, could either increase or decrease biological productivity,» Salawitch says, as well as the emission of certain less - prevalent gases that are exchanged between the air and ocean.

The experiment of the Kiel marine biologists shows how local environmental factors such as eutrophication may amplify the effects of global factors such as rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

As a result there was an increase in moisture transport out of the Atlantic, which effectively increased the salinity and density, of the ocean surfaces, leading to an abrupt increase in circulation strength and temperature rise.

The goal of the study, she said, was to help guide conservation efforts in advance of the expected rise in ocean temperature and acidity by the end of this century, as forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Vineyards planted at higher altitudes or near the ocean — such as those in Oregon and Washington and in Argentina's Mendoza Province — will be less affected by rising temperatures and may continue to benefit from the warming trend.

That knowledge could be crucial to ensure reefs continue to survive as oceans temperatures continue their inexorable rise and water becomes more acidic due to climate change.

Those models will look at impacts such as regional average temperature change, sea - level rise, ocean acidification, and the sustainability of soils and water as well as the impacts of invasive species on food production and human health.

The Sheffield scientists have shown that the rise in ocean temperatures has caused an increase in the number of severe hurricanes and typhoons, such as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, and Typhoon Haiyan, which caused massive destruction in the Philippines in 2013.

The system is helping scientists understand how quickly glaciers and ice sheets will melt, and how fast oceans will rise, as temperatures increase

New findings link rising ocean temperatures off the northern coast of Brazil to changing weather patterns: As the Atlantic warms, it draws moisture away from the forest, priming the region for bigger fires.

Some of the methane hydrates in the Arctic and upper continental slopes such as the northern Pacific Ocean are beginning to thaw as temperatures rise.

Any reforms to come from the process, starting next week, would affect about 62 percent of New York state's population, the proportion estimated to reside now in areas that could be hard hit as rising land and ocean temperatures raise average sea levels around the globe.

Researchers are uncertain whether phytoplankton, such as this coccolithophore (above), can adapt quickly enough to rising ocean temperatures.

But as ocean temperatures increase due to climate warming, their emission rates could potentially rise by 20 percent between 2010 and 2100.

However, for the globe as a whole, surface air temperatures over land have risen at about double the ocean rate after 1979 (more than 0.27 °C per decade vs. 0.13 °C per decade), with the greatest warming during winter (December to February) and spring (March to May) in the Northern Hemisphere.

The oceans have heaved up and down as world temperatures have waxed and waned, but as new research tracking the past 2,800 years shows, never during that time did the seas rise as sharply or as suddenly as has been the case during the last century.

The reason could be linked to rising sea surface temperatures — fueled in part by global warming — as seen in ocean buoy data collected along the U.S. coast.

The observed and projected rates of increase in freshwater runoff could potentially disrupt ocean circulation if global temperatures rise by 3 to 4 °C over this century as forecast by the IPCC 2001 report.

During the past years, scientists have found out how ocean acidification — in some cases combined to other factors such as rise in temperatures, eutrophication or loss of oxygen — affects isolated species.

Sightings like Halpin's — that is, dolphins and other creatures like swordfish and loggerhead turtles finding themselves out of their usual waters — may become more common as ocean temperatures continue to rise.

«Ocean temperatures rose substantially during that warming episode — as much as 7 to 9 degrees Celsius (about 12 to 16 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas of the North Atlantic.

For as much as atmospheric temperatures are rising, the amount of energy being absorbed by the planet is even more striking when one looks into the deep oceans and the change in the global heat content (Figure 4).

A Queensland study has found that as ocean temperatures rise more coral larvae may remain on their birth reefs rather than exploring the underwater world and finding a new system on which to settle.

The former is likely to overestimate the true global surface air temperature trend (since the oceans do not warm as fast as the land), while the latter may underestimate the true trend, since the air temperature over the ocean is predicted to rise at a slightly higher rate than the ocean temperature.

For the first time in this report, acidification was given ample consideration along with other ocean changes, such as temperature and sea level rise.

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But the exchange at the annual meeting 2014 at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel also revealed some critical knowledge gaps: In laboratory experiments, a common phytoplankton species was able to adapt to ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environOcean Research Kiel also revealed some critical knowledge gaps: In laboratory experiments, a common phytoplankton species was able to adapt to ocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environocean acidification, even when simultaneously exposed to other stress factors such as rising water temperatures — but will the adapted strains also successfully compete in their natural environment?

As greenhouse gases cause global temperatures to rise, however, sharks are once again swimming in oceans that are warmer and more acidic, forcing them to adapt to their new environment.

As a result of rising ocean temperatures coral bleaching is becoming more common, and it's causing a biotic homogenization of local fish populations.

As ocean temperatures continue to rise due to greenhouse gas emissions, bleaching events become more common.

But as temperatures rise and sea ice levels drop to record lows, more of the dark ocean is exposed, and the sun's warmth is absorbed instead of reflected.

Meanwhile, as oceans heat up, thermal expansion causes sea levels that are already rising from the melting of land ice (triggered by higher air and sea temperatures) to rise even more.

A new study details how some coral species are actually moving into new territory as their vulnerable cousins continue to decline with rising ocean temperatures.

The Fourth Assessment Report finds that «Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising mean sea level.