Sentences with phrase «by abrupt»

It was further exacerbated by its abrupt decision to wipe the order book clean and halt trading entirely for new orders right after a sharp uptick in volatility.

For 900 years, this series exhibits multi-decadal fluctuations with amplitudes up to 0.3 °C superimposed on a negative trend of 0.15 °C, followed by an abrupt warming (~ 0.4 °C) matching that observed in the instrumental data during the first half of the 20th century.

A change in climate states caused by abrupt changes in ocean and atmospheric circulation.

Relatively abrupt changes in the climate of a particular location may be driven not by abrupt changes in the atmospheric circulation, but rather by otherwise slowly evolving changes in the circulation in regions of large horizontal gradients in surface weather.

Because of the substantial risks to society and nature posed by abrupt changes, this report recommends the development of an Abrupt Change Early Warning System that would allow for the prediction and possible mitigation of such changes before their societal impacts are severe.

Direct human intervention via deforestation represents an existential threat to this forest: despite recent moderation of rates of deforestation, the Amazon forest is on track to be 50 percent deforested within 30 years — arguably by itself an abrupt change of global importance (Fearnside, 1983; Gloor et al., 2012).

The main climatic cycle of ~ 2400 years delimits five periods of consistent climatic conditions identified over a century ago in the Blytt - Sernander sequence, separated by abrupt climatic changes.

The stable periods are punctuated by abrupt changes.

According to scientists, the majority of previous mass extinctions in the geologic record were characterized by abrupt warming between 6 to 7 degrees Celsius.

It is also clear form evidence that fish and seabirds abruptly disappeared from the diet, and it seems generally agreed that both of these can be accounted for by abrupt deforestation.

The most characteristic behaviour of the Grand Climate System is relatively stable states punctuated by abrupt shifts that owe more to internal dynamics of the system as a whole than external factors such as greenhouse gases.

New findings of early - middle Holocene lake closure events that could only have been forced by abrupt periods of severe dry climate..

It is important not to be fatalistic about the threats posed by abrupt climate change.

It a decrease in cloud — more sunlight reaches the surface and warms the planet — to around 2000 followed by an abrupt increase and little change since.

«The beginning of the Bølling - Alleröd warm period was marked in Greenland by an abrupt rise in 18O, an abrupt drop in dust rain, and an abrupt increase in atmospheric methane content.

lowered drastically by abrupt climate change.

The decline in char MARs was followed almost a millennium later by an abrupt increase at about 10,800 years ago when the temperature was warm and eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) reached a maximum abundance.

He sums it up this way: «The climate science establishment is so focused on the fight to reduce CO2 emissions that it has ignored the bigger picture: that the Earth System is hurtling towards a new climate regime for the planet, led by abrupt changes in the Arctic as it becomes seasonally free of sea ice.

«Researchers first became intrigued by abrupt climate change when they discovered striking evidence of large, abrupt, and widespread changes preserved in paleoclimatic archives.

It is characterized by abrupt shifts between states and multiple equilibria.

«Researchers first became intrigued by abrupt climate change when they discovered striking evidence of large, abrupt, and widespread changes preserved in paleoclimatic archives... Modern climate records include abrupt changes that are smaller and briefer than in paleoclimate records but show that abrupt climate change is not restricted to the distant past.»

«Researchers first became intrigued by abrupt climate change when they discovered striking evidence of large, abrupt, and widespread changes preserved in paleoclimatic archives... The chapter concludes with examples of modern climate change and techniques for observing it.

From A.D. 1,000 to about 1915, the graph depicts a gradual decline in Northern Hemisphere temperatures (the hockey stick handle) followed by an abrupt upturn in hemispheric temperatures during the remainder of the 20th century (the blade).

Reconstructions have consistently shown that the rise in the instrumental temperature record of the past 150 years is not matched in earlier centuries, and the name «hockey stick graph» was coined for figures showing a long - term decline followed by an abrupt rise in temperatures.»

Tree - rings suggest that this was a two stage event, with an initial abrupt reduction of tree growth at AD 536, a recovery over the next couple of years, followed by another abrupt reduction in tree growth following AD 540.

Addressing judgment in New Casualism, Butler states: «If the viewer leaves a show of paintings agitated by their abrupt shifts, crosscurrents, and purposeful lack of formal cohesion, the work has succeeded.»

Besides the tension created between these representational settings, backgrounds, and objects by their abrupt interface with the abstract bodies — the collaged corpuses of the nudes — they also convey a playful and bizarre visual japery, a kind of Dadaesque tomfoolery.

In these, the surface of the artwork is disturbed by the abrupt and gradual transitions between modes of representation.

More significantly, it suggests a layering of episodic moments separated by abrupt edges, which apparently reminded him of collage.

The tipping point for some seems to have been the release of a video demonstration of the first - person shooter module, called Star Marine, which was followed by the abrupt announcement that the module was being delayed so the dev team could work on overhauling the network backend.

Besides the potential for harm to the trachea, there is also the potential for the esophagus, blood and lymphatic vessels, vertebrae, intervertebral discs, facets (small joints connecting the vertebrae), spinal cord, and muscles of the neck to be adversely affected by abrupt leash tugs on a cervical collar.

The selling has extended into other asset classes, notably commodities and high yield, and has been accompanied by an abrupt spike in market volatility.

The A8 is even unruffled by an abrupt lane change at high speed.

This 218d was not fitted with the trick dampers, revealing a relatively stiff standard suspension setup that can be caught out by abrupt bumps and ridges.

The 650 comes as standard with carbon ceramic discs, but where there used to be a horrible dead feeling at the top of the pedal travel followed by an abrupt application of pad to disc, there is now superb feelsome progression.

Especially when cold, the transmission's response moving away from a stop can be lazy, with longer than expected periods of clutch slippage followed by abrupt take - up and the resulting jerk forward.

«Children are going to be hurt by the abrupt elimination of the line item,» added Kathleen R. Duplantier, the executive director of the Green Tree School for severely...

I have just finished watching this film and moments after leaving the cinema I felt quite distressed and dissatisfied by the abrupt ending (already mentioned) and for me, I require reasons for why characters do such things.

But it's fortunate that the relationship is sound, because before her SUV is back on the road, Deanna is blindsided by an abrupt sayonara from her husband, Dan (Matt Walsh).

The overall tranquility this creates is frequently broken by abrupt gestures or dialogue, as if Pakula means to emphasize the (perceived) stability of the federal government threatened by Woodward and Bernstein's agents of change.

Playing out in the metropolis of Addis Ababa and the rural lands beyond its city lights, Difret is only mildly interrupted by abrupt fades, and its limitations don't derail the story.

A sharp rise in glucose levels followed by an abrupt drop indicates hyper - insulinism (better known as hypo - gylcemia).

They proposed that species experience long stretches of general stasis, interrupted by the abrupt emergence of new evolutionary forms over relatively few generations.

Neurons in the hippocampus code smooth changes in the shape of a room by an abrupt change from a firing pattern characteristic of one distinct shape category to another.

It turned out that the negative compressibility of sodium amidoborane crystals has to be a consequence of the elongation of the chemical bonds between nitrogen and hydrogen and boron and nitrogen, caused by the abrupt formation of new hydrogen bonds between adjacent molecules in the crystal.

«The universe we know today is pervaded by the echoes of enormous explosions and rent by abrupt changes.»

The Queens Democrats announced they have selected a candidate to run for the seat vacated by the abrupt passing earlier this month Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz.

Understandably, the Blairite faction is disconcerted by their abrupt loss of power, but they have a duty to remain loyal to the Labour party as the left has always done.»

Sani added saying,» Nasir El - Rufai has embarked on self service expedition by the abrupt loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari that he has so much disdained.

Kelly Ripa is reportedly feeling «hurt and betrayed» by the abrupt departure of her co-host, Michael Strahan.