Sentences with phrase «certain types of extreme weather»

Strong scientific evidence shows that global warming is increasing certain types of extreme weather events, including heat waves, coastal flooding, extreme precipitation events, and more severe droughts.

The frequency and intensity of certain types of extreme weather events are expected to change,» conclude the report authors — including an expert from the oil major ConocoPhillips.

While natural variability continues to play a key role in extreme weather, climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.

Certain types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become more frequent and / or intense, including prolonged periods of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts.

A summary of the report released in November predicts an increase in certain types of extreme weather, including daily high temperatures, heat waves, heavy precipitation and droughts, in some places.

Climate change, caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases humans have emitted, is expected to increase certain types of extreme weather, leading to more disasters, according to a report being assembled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

According to Climate Communication, «All weather events are now influenced by climate change because all weather now develops in a different environment than before... climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.»

In particular, the report authors predicted that with climate change there would be an increase in certain types of extreme weather, including daily high temperatures, heat waves, heavy precipitation and droughts, in some places.

One example of an effective metaphor that he provides (and indeed, which I sometimes use myself) is the notion of «weather on steroids» as a way of communicating the statistical nature of the subtle — but very real — influence that climate change is having on certain types of extreme weather events.

Not exact matches

A new report released Friday by the National Academy of Sciences has found that such extreme event attribution studies can be done reliably for certain types of weather extremes, including heavy precipitation.