Sentences with phrase «by extreme heat»

The fire may have been caused by extreme heat.

The high - speed train between Paris and Berlin has derailed because the rails have been deformed by extreme heat.

Between 1981 and 2010, extreme heatwaves covered 10 percent of the world, according to the paper, which is 50 to 100 times greater than the 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of the Earth's surface covered by extreme heat from 1951 - 1980.

The entire Indian northern and central belt was affected by extreme heat in 2016.

When we put these developments against the harsh warnings of an organization as conservative as the World Bank — that «we're on track for a 4 °C warmer world marked by extreme heat - waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life - threatening sea level rise» — the only reasonable conclusion is that the world has gone mad.

So those species displaced by extreme heat have nowhere to go.

«April 2018 alone has broken a series of climate records, and follows off the back of an already extreme summer, plagued by extreme heat, heavy rainfall, bushfires and tropical cyclones,» Professor Steffen said.

The World Bank also warned when it released its report that «we're on track for a 4 °C warmer world [by century's end] marked by extreme heat waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life - threatening sea level rise.»

The study said that the world risks «cataclysmic changes» caused by extreme heat waves, rising seas and depleted food stocks as it heads toward global warming of 4 degrees Celsius this century.

This energy is supplied in the cores of stars by extreme heat and high pressure. . .

With Pakistan bracing for more flooding, Russia facing the destruction wrought by extreme heat and wildfires and a variety of American communities slowly recovering after extraordinary floods earlier in the year, it's a good time to examine ways to limit losses in turbulent times and changing climes.

So, if it is hot for you, your cat is just as affected by extreme heat.

Beyond the long - term record, the past five years have been punctuated by extreme heat events around the globe, the most recent being an

Some regions of the country will be hit far harder by extreme heat than others, and some will experience rising temperatures in terms of warmer winters rather than unbearable summers.

These fragments slid downward back toward Earth's core where they were dehydrated by extreme heat and pressure, triggering the formation of diamonds.

In addition, in order to be eligible at least one member of the household must have a medical condition (documented in writing by a physician, physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner) that is exacerbated by extreme heat.

Some people, with few tastebuds in the mouths, are not bothered by the extreme heat.

In the center of the image, the purple indicates X-rays caused by extreme heating.

Not exact matches

When it does, extreme heat and pressure caused by plowing through the air at more than 15,000 mph will destroy the roughly 9.4 - ton vessel.

Climate scientists have long warned that rising emissions of greenhouse gases by humanity may cause weather extremes, and not just heat waves.

Expeller pressed oils just mean no hexane used in processing so don't be fooled by them as they still are heated, then put under extreme pressure to release the oil.

That's because TRPV1 receptors — proteins on nerve endings that detect heat — are activated by capsaicin, and erroneously interpret capsaicin as a signal of extreme heat, Live Science reported previously.

Baby formula can get damaged by heat or cold, so protect it from temperature extremes.

Vicky Abeles, the mother of three kids who were scorched by the heat of extreme academic competition, framed her film as a cautionary tale.

But by the end of the century, new climate simulations suggest, extreme heat and humidity could put hundreds of millions at risk of death.

This does not mean, of course, that individual extreme events (such as the 2003 European heat wave) can be said to be simply «caused» by human - induced climate change — usually such events are complex, with many causes.

Lonsdaleite forms only under the extreme pressure and heat accompanying meteorite impacts, while wurtzite boron nitride is a by - product of intense volcanic eruption.

This extreme heat has been generated by the reconnection processes,» said White.

Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant normally relied on purified water to whisk away heat from its reactors, until the destruction wrought by the March 11 tsunami called for extreme measures

In extreme cases, marine heat waves kill corals directly by essentially roasting them alive.

In many cases, the benefits of increased CO2 in the atmosphere will be offset by heat stress, drought and extreme weather tied to climate change.

Those heat extremes, the hottest in the country's observational record, were likely caused by man - made climate change, according to a new study accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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This heat, along with a rainy season that failed to live up to its name, has put all of the state in at least severe drought conditions, with nearly 80 percent in the extreme or exceptional drought, the two highest categories recognized by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Each nation has employed its own methodology for maintenance and repairs, but new, daunting challenges created by climate change — extreme heat, extreme cold, and severe flooding — require yet more rigorous solutions.

It speaks eloquently of stewardship of God's creation and care for the poor, those already affected by the exacerbating impacts of climate change on droughts, floods, heat waves, hurricanes and other extreme weather.

The study shows that by century's end, absent serious reductions in global emissions, the most extreme, once - in -25-years heat waves would increase from wet - bulb temperatures of about 31 C to 34.2 C. «It brings us close to the threshold» of survivability, he says, and «anything in the 30s is very severe.»

As average U.S. temperatures warm between 3 °F and more than 9 °F by the end of the century, depending on how greenhouse gas emissions are curtailed or not in the coming years, the waves of extreme heat the country is likely to experience could bend and buckle rails into what experts call «sun kinks.»

NCAR, which is financed in part by the National Science Foundation, has spent several years searching for ways to extend the predicability of floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events from weeks to months as a way to give weather - sensitive sectors such as agriculture more time to protect themselves against costly losses.

Mosquito - borne human diseases such as Zika virus, dengue fever and malaria are promoted by both heat and standing water, and could be exacerbated by warm - wet extremes.

The letter, which was spearheaded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warns of the numerous threats posed by climate change — including extreme weather events, regional water scarcity, heat waves and wildfires.

Equipped with this sort of information, city planners can better design cities by creating green spaces or building «cooling centers» — places where those lacking air conditioners can shelter during extreme weather — in the most heat - vulnerable neighborhoods.

Phoenix, Tucson and other cities hit by the current heat wave are built for extreme temperatures, Keller said, so they're unlikely to see high levels of mortality.

The report, which also warns of major wildlife extinctions and risks to crops from extreme heat, calls for reducing emissions 80 percent from current levels by 2050, which is consistent with the targets in major climate legislation moving through Congress.

Amplification of existing health threats: The effects of extreme heat and heat waves, projected worsening air pollution and asthma, extreme rainfall and flooding, and displacement and injuries associated with extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are already substantial public health issues.

But unless such drastic action is taken in the next few years, we are headed for a very different world, one in which seas will rise by more than 5 metres over the coming centuries, and droughts, floods and extreme heat waves will ravage many parts of the world (see «Rising seas expected to sink islands near US capital in 50 years «-RRB-.

Those rates can change if the group is affected by disease or other deadly conditions (such as accidents, natural disasters, extreme heat or war and other sources of violence).

Earth and the sun are deeply and intricately connected, not only by simple rays of light and heat, but also by a complex web of electricity, magnetism, solar wind and extreme ultraviolet radiation.

Moderate reductions in emissions of heat - trapping gases — sufficient to stop global emissions growth by 2040 and bring emissions down to half their current levels by the 2070s — can avoid those paralyzing extremes and limit the expected late - century experience of the average American to about 18 dangerously humid days a year.

That could be punctuated by unbearable heat waves, extreme rainfall events, and violent storms.