Sentences with phrase «bringing warmer winds»

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They found that adding five years of strong trade winds created powerful ocean currents that buried the warm surface water, bringing cooler water to the surface.

When winds from the north or northeast bring cold Arctic air over the relatively warm water above the lake, the incoming air is heated and picks up moisture.

But climate change has brought milder winters, warmer sea temperatures and bigger storms, which create a vicious cycle that promises less sea ice and more wind and open water to generate ice - crushing waves.

Research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that wind is responsible for bringing warm water to Totten's underbelly, causing the glacier to melt from below.

By combining satellite images of the ice sheet and wind stress data from observations and computer modeling, Greene and his collaborators were able to study the chain of events that brings the warm water to Totten.

Wind strength varies from year to year, but greenhouse gases, such as CO2, act like an amplifier to Antarctic coastal winds, boosting their intensity and allowing them to bring up warm water from the depths more frequently.

Global warming is desiccating the region in two ways: higher temperatures that increase evaporation in already parched soils, and weaker winds that bring less rain from the Mediterranean Sea during the wet season (November to April).

«This research indicates that although sea - ice loss does intensify the negative NAO, bringing more days of cold easterly winds, it also causes those same winds to be warmer than they used to be.

Furthermore, a deeper upper layer of warm surface water may weaken the cold tongue if the Ekman pumping doesn't reach down below the thermocline to bring up colder water, and weakened trade winds would have a similar effect through reduced Ekman pumping near the equator.

«Drought years» happen on average every five years in the Amazon and are typically a result of changes to wind and weather patterns brought about by warming in the Atlantic Ocean during events of the climate phenomenon El Niño.

John Cappelen, a senior climatologist at the DMI, told The Washington Post that the warm weather was brought on by winds from the east that set up between high pressure over northeast Greenland and low pressure south of Greenland.

Today's outfit comes from a day that was very warm before a cold front came in bringing cloudy days, wind, and rain.

Rowley brought in brighter hues through loose fitting silk garments and sparkling embellishments, all evoking the feeling of warm winds and gorgeous sunsets on the beach.

All - Season Specification brings neck warmers, a heated steering wheel, and a removable wind deflector.

Bring your cat inside long before the weather turns bad, and prepare for some snuggles in your warm home while the cold winds roar outside.

High winds are common from December through February but may come up in warmer summer months as well, so bring along a light hooded trench - coat to shield you from any dismal weather.

Bring warm jackets; you never know when the wind will change; OITF provides blankets for chilly evenings.

Bring the family and teach the kids to snorkel at Kapalua Beach, visit with friends on a golf getaway or enjoy the romance of the warm trade winds and laid - back lifestyle on a tropical honeymoon.

Habagat is the Filipino name for the warm and wet southwest monsoon wind that brings thunderstorms and heavy rains to Boracay between June and October.

Spring brings fragrant blossoms to the inn's gardens and migrating whales to the Pacific, while winter produces storms in the form of crashing surf and ever - shifting winds — best viewed from the inn grounds with a cup of freshly - brewed espresso to keep you warm.

The most southerly outpost of Europe, Crete has a mild and exceptionally dry climate with a prevailing northerly wind, the «meltemi», that brings a cool breeze on warm summer days.

The stronger winds in March and April can stir up sediment, and the warmer summer months bring plankton and algae blooms.

Stronger trade winds push warm surface water towards the west, and bring cold deeper waters to the surface to replace them.

Furthermore, a deeper upper layer of warm surface water may weaken the cold tongue if the Ekman pumping doesn't reach down below the thermocline to bring up colder water, and weakened trade winds would have a similar effect through reduced Ekman pumping near the equator.

THE WARMING OF THE COLD AIR OVER THE BARENTS - SEA APPEARS to bring cold winter winds to Europe.

The wind patterns in the Arctic during January and February were also unfavorable to ice growth because they brought warm air from the south and prevented expansion of the ice cover.

These winds will bring with them extraordinarily warm temperatures for the High Arctic region during Winter time.

22 Cause and Effect La Nina Cause: Stronger than normal trade winds push warm water farther west Effect: Polar jet stream is amplified, brings cold air to northwest.

In west Britain warm sw winds bring damp winters, NE winds used to be just cold, but now I expect snow.

El Niño starts when the wind pattern which usually blows towards the west reverses and blows east across the Pacific Ocean bringing warm waters with it.

An unusual warm spell over Greenland during the past week, along with warm onshore winds bringing rain to the southwest coast of the island.

El Niño - Pacific Ocean trade winds slow and almost stop which brings warmer conditions and weak upwelling currents to the eastern Pacific which hurts fishing in Peru

In Australia, because of shifting trade winds bringing warm, wet air to the eastern border, East Australia tends to experience wet, tropical weather, while West Australia, which is usually wet, may experience a severe drought.

Furthermore, researchers show the loss of sea ice reconnects the oceans with the winds causing a stirring effect that brings warmer water to the surface.

Part of this effect has been associated with the prevailing west wind bringing in warmer air off the ocean.

He says a strong storm forecast to move in from the south over the weekend will bring warmer temperatures and high winds that'll likely scatter the ice and push it north.

Southerly winds, during February 2018, brought warm air and ocean waters to the west coast of Alaska, which further impeded ice growth.

If the warm water heated by the sun is driven by the wind into the deeper layers, and also bringing colder deep waters to the surface, the surface stays cool, the heat is transferred down, and La Nina works its cooling magic on the globe.

These, and their community of blog commenters, are the global warming contrarians that formed the peer - to - peer review network and helped bring chaos to Copenhagen — critically wounding the prospects of cap - and - trade legislation in the process.

Winds, for example, play a larger role in determining Antarctic sea ice extent, not only by bringing in warm air to melt ice but, more importantly, by jostling the ice loose, exposing more of the unfrozen ocean.

A shallower return current aided by winds then brings warmer and less salty — and thus less dense — water to the Atlantic.

This is because anticyclonic conditions tend to bring relatively sunny and warm conditions, and a clockwise wind pattern promotes ice convergence, making for a more compact, and thus smaller ice cover.

This has given rise to a pattern of winds bringing in warm air from the south over the coastal seas of eastern Siberia, fostering strong melt and tending to push ice from the coast into the central Arctic Ocean.

A weakening in the trade winds across the equatorial Pacific brings warm ocean temperatures to the eastern Pacific, off the coast of South America.

Cold northerly winds are not as cold as they were in the past, because the Arctic air they bring is, like the rest of the Arctic, considerably warmer than it once was.

The air can be warmer than the sea surface in some cases due to a combination of evaporation and radiation from the sea surface through the optical window direct to space on a clear night, removing energy faster than the air could add energy by conduction, or if winds bring in hotter air than the surface film from a different location.

Similarly, southerly winds tend to bring relatively warm air from the tropics

There was no wind to bring warm air from anywhere, and not much sun, and the ground is still cold.

Those few that have been proposed (carbon capture and sequestration for all new coal - fired power plants, geo - engineering schemes, switch to renewables such as wind and solar, etc.) would be extremely costly, could result in unknown and unintended negative consequences and would not bring any significant reduction of theoretical greenhouse warming by 2100.

You can blame global warming, which has been bringing torrential rain and winds to the area, resulting in the gradual erosion of the structures.