Sentences with phrase «changing seasonal migration»

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One tooth revealed that the oxygen isotopes gradually changed over five months, strengthening the idea that the migration was seasonal.

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The production of huge biomass quantities in these distinctive soda lakes and the food web that this green algae supports are also of international scientific value, and provide critical support to birds, which visit the property in large numbers as part of their migration in response to seasonal and episodic changes in the environment.

If you're looking for a little bit of eye - popping, life - changing action, keep your eyes peeled during July to November when the humpback whales make their annual seasonal migration.

The length of the growing season in interior Alaska has increased 45 % over the last century7 and that trend is projected to continue.8 This could improve conditions for agriculture where moisture is adequate, but will reduce water storage and increase the risks of more extensive wildfire and insect outbreaks across much of Alaska.9, 10 Changes in dates of snowmelt and freeze - up would influence seasonal migration of birds and other animals, increase the likelihood and rate of northerly range expansion of native and non-native species, alter the habitats of both ecologically important and endangered species, and affect ocean currents.11

Moreover, changes in wind patterns, especially in relation to seasonal migration timing, could help or hinder migration (Butler et al., 1997).

And with widenning of the Hadley cell extent, would the seasonal migration of the ITCZ also increase (and is that related to any changes in variability)?