Sentences with phrase «climate change in a region known»

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The greatest threat is not from climate change but from the hubris to build so much in regions where we know hurricanes will continue to land.

She has had experiences with reporters who thought the scientific community «didn't know anything» when she expressed caveats and uncertainty around a complex topic (such as how mosquito - borne diseases in the U.S. - Mexico border region may be affected by climate change).

No matter what mechanism the United States ultimately decides to employ in addressing climate change, it must be implemented in a way that minimizes costs and recognizes the impacts on different regions of the country, like my home state of West Virginia.

Knowing that is key to understanding how climate change is affecting methane releases in the polar region, said Shakhova.

What I am saying is that they used a regional climate model which did not include the changes in the Arctic region, and the boundary conditions they used were those predicted using GCMs that we know got the Arctic ice wrong!

But like Jeff, I would like to know why the Times doesn't believe reporting more on the actual impacts of climate change (higher wheat prices, persistent political destabilization in climate impacted regions, etc....)

Scientists say the record drought is due in part to the expansion of the Hadley Cell — the atmospheric regions on both sides of the equator that circulates warm tropical air poleward — which is known climate change signal.

Are the climate engineers trying to create the illusion of a season change that is no longer naturally occurring in many regions due to rapidly rising temperatures?

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that a well - known period of abrupt climate change 12000 years ago occurred rapidly in northern latitudes but much more gradually in equatorial regions, a discovery that could prove important for understanding and responding to future climate change.

Say I have data on average precipitation for the last 30 years in the Southwest United States, as well as simulations from 20 different climate models of current and future precipitation in the same region, and I want to know what the expected change in precipitation will be at the end of this century under a specific emissions scenario.

When you strip away the rhetoric, the experts know little about the future severity of climate change and even less about the future physical impact in particular countries or regions.

The experts will be able to form an integrated evaluation based on changes already observed, the processes known to influence the regional climate of interest, and projections from those models that have demonstrated accuracy in describing that region's climate — all to a degree consistent with the kind of projection required.

«No one can predict the future, but if the region's past 900 years is any indication, and you factor in climate change, you're going to have a warmer situation that could mean the river will no longer be a sustainable water source for the tar sands,» he said.

Pabitra Mukhopadhyay: When it becomes clear that the increasing risk of GLOFs is the outcome of a global trend in climate change and when it is known that the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region has far too many retreating glaciers leaving far too many glacial lakes that may turn into GLOFs, two realities emerge: No single [continue reading...]

The team now expects climate change to severely diminish these cold regions by halfway through the century, no matter what course of action we take in the meantime.