Sentences with phrase «between weather extremes»

Singer / WWF: we as an NGO working on climate policy need such a document pretty soon for the public and for informed decision makers in order to get a) a debate started and b) in order to get into the media the context between climate extremes / desasters / costs and finally the link between weather extremes and energy

Nevertheless, the study significantly advances the understanding of the relation between weather extremes and human - made climate change.

Not exact matches

It's challenging to make direct comparisons between extreme rainfall events since their weather systems (e.g., hurricanes, thunderstorms) behave differently, so scientists draw on several benchmarks depending on the situation.

Miner told House members that extreme weather linked to climate change — with big swings between cold and hot weather — has taken a toll on Syracuse's old and fragile water pipelines.

Speaking on the Today programme this morning, former chancellor Lord Lawson denied there was any link between climate changes and the current extreme weather.

While they did not find any conclusive differences between the three years, it is possible that extreme weather events could lead to more dramatic differences between the chemical fingerprints of some annual rings, and the authors conclude that more extensive sampling is required.

Understanding the balance between climatic changes and weather - driven mortality requires data on both long - term climate trends and the toll taken by extreme weather.

When in January rainfall was double the expected average over wide areas, many people made cautious links between such extreme weather and global climate change.

Although scientists hesitate to draw a direct relationship between weather and climate, observation of weather patterns shows a definite correlation between extreme weather events and a warming climate.

The link between human activity and unusual jet stream patterns associated with extreme weather events is getting stronger, says Olive Heffernan

Martin Hoerling, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory who researches the connections between climate change and weather extremes, said a link between a warmer Arctic and the recent cold is unlikely.

They bust myths about climate change, and explain the links between climate and extreme weather.

While most scientists don't dispute the link between global warming and extreme weather, the once skeptical public is now starting to come around — especially following 2011, when floods, droughts, heat waves and tornadoes took a heavy toll on the U.S..

Overall, the chances of seeing a rainfall event as intense as Harvey have roughly tripled - somewhere between 1.5 and five times more likely - since the 1900s and the intensity of such an event has increased between 8 percent and 19 percent, according to the new study by researchers with World Weather Attribution, an international coalition of scientists that objectively and quantitatively assesses the possible role of climate change in individual extreme weather events.

The contiguous United States has warmed considerably since 1938, and there's no question that climate change was at play this time, says National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist Martin Hoerling, who examines links between extreme weather events and climate.

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.

The link between human activity and unusual jet stream patterns associated with extreme weather events is getting stronger

«We came as close as one can to demonstrating a direct link between climate change and a large family of extreme recent weather events,» said Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State.

Unprecedented summer warmth and flooding, forest fires, drought and torrential rain — extreme weather events are occurring more and more often, but now an international team of climate scientists has found a connection between many extreme weather events and the impact climate change is having on the jet stream.

Significantly, there is growing unease about the link between climate change and extreme weather, with 74 per cent of Americans now agreeing that «global warming is affecting weather in the United States».

Researchers from several institutes around Europe have now looked into the scientific literature that addresses these global changes to examine the interactions between biodiversity and extreme weather events.

Although it may be too soon to say definitively whether there is a link between climate change and ENSO, the research points towards an intensification of the cycle, bringing more extreme weather to many regions of the globe.

His research interests include studying the interactions between El Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the monsoons of Asia; identifying possible effects on global climate of changing human factors, such as carbon dioxide, as well as natural factors, such as solar variability; and quantifying possible future changes of weather and climate extremes in a warmer climate.

Chris Dudley, a Dot Earth commenter, linked this RC article, and pointed out that Andy Revkin has long denied links between extreme weather and global warming.

«Simple physics (effect of [sea - level rise] on storm surge) and simple thermodynamics (i.e. Clausius - Clapeyron) are valid whether or not we can trust the models to get the specifics dynamical linkages between climate change and extreme weather events right (and I'm deeply skeptical the models are up to this task at present).»

That's your best friend at any time, but when the weather is unpredictable, or you're hopping between extremes of temperature, it's your pal for life (well, for some time, anyway).

Speaking of warmer weather, I remember that one of the most frustrating things about getting dressed for work in the summer was the extreme difference between the super hot temperature outside and the freezing cold temperature inside the office.

Since adapting to air conditioning life here I have a couple of tips to pass on to help you deal with the extreme weather climate contrast between indoors and outdoors, while staying stylish, of course.

Our weather in March is always shifting between cold and warm days as winter and spring are still fighting it out, but the extremes the temps are reaching on each side are crazy!

Consider the significance of place: the juxtaposition between cities and countries, the vast landscapes, the wildlife, the extreme weather.

In Texas, for example, the law prohibits an owner from keeping a dog outside and unattended by use of a restraint that (1) unreasonably limits the dog's movement between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.; (2) is within 500 feet of the premises of a school; or (3) where extreme weather conditions are present under 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and when there is a heat advisory.

She must have found some sort of shelter because she survived the extremes of the weather and was not seen or heard for long periods of time between occasional sightings.

Distinguishing between different kinds of extreme weather events is important because the risks of different kinds of events are affected by climate change in different ways.

Gavin, what do you make of the recent WSJ article claiming that Gilbert Compo's research proves that there is not a relationship between more extreme weather and AGW?

Thus, whenever any extreme weather event occurs, it is interpreted as evidence of «climate change,» which term has become equivalent to AGW, despite the fact that the relation between the two has never been established, but merely assumed.

A new study by Screen and Simmonds demonstrates the statistical connection between high - amplitude planetary waves in the atmosphere and extreme weather events on the ground.

There is a section on recent research pointing to a connection between expanded open water on the Arctic Ocean in summers and extreme winter weather in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.

If these ionisation cascades get to the «weather layer», wouldn't the poles be cloudier on average than expected, cf. at lower latitudes (and accounting for water vapour differences between the two extremes)?

Here is the # 1 flawed reasoning you will have seen about this question: it is the classic confusion between absence of evidence and evidence for absence of an effect of global warming on extreme weather events.

More than a statistical fluke In earlier studies, scientists showed that there are statistical links between the IOD and extreme weather in Australia.

Between 1 and 2 p.m. eastern time this afternoon I discussed extreme weather and climate change on the The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU with Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at Rutgers University focused on the impact of Arctic conditions, and Matthew Nisbet, a communications researcher at American University.

But you must distinguish between this phenomenon and any phenomenon of greater severity or frequency of extreme weather events.

It's a daunting task to try to detect any links between short - term fluctuations in extreme weather events and the rising influence of accumulating greenhouse gases on climate, given that extreme weather is, by definition, rare.

According to the latest science, in most cases (outside of extreme heat waves) the connections between today's extreme weather events and human - driven climate change range from weak (hurricanes) to nil (tornadoes)-- and the dominant driver of losses in such events is fast - paced development or settlement in places with fundamental climatic or coastal vulnerability.

James (comment # 177) I agree with you that I would be making a very academic point if no climate scientists were suggesting a general connection between hurricanes (and other extreme weather events and climate change).

If extremes in our weather were randomly distributed between heat and cold, that would present a different argument than if they are predominantly high temp extremes.

It is almost certain that the strange extreme weather patterns now observed throughout the northern hemisphere are related to this arctic warming and the consequent weakening of the jet streams that lie between the arctic and the more temperate northern lands.

Winter 2009 - 2010 showed a new connectivity between mid-latitude extreme cold and snowy weather events and changes in the wind patterns of the Arctic; the so - called Warm Arctic - Cold Continents pattern.

«Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the World Health Organisation has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural calamities can lead to psychiatric illnesses.

For example, Lindzen does not question that a link between global warming and extreme weather has been made.