Sentences with phrase «cold spells»

But a few simple moves may be all you need to prepare your company bottom line for those financial cold spells.

Built from the finest straw, the owner recommends heating with warm rocks or vigorous exercise during cold spells.

A vigorous debate in the climate community is whether and / or how much the Arctic can influence mid-latitude weather9, 17 and, in particular, whether a warmer Arctic increases the likelihood of severe cold spells in the mid-latitude continents18.

I've noticed that since Artic sea ice plunged in extent in the fall that the last three years have all seen early cold spells caused by fronts pushed down by a series of strong storms centered just south of Hudson Bay (central North America).

Concerning the impact on extreme temperature events (winter cold spells, summer heat waves), these dynamical changes appear to be secondary compared to the long - term warming trend that results in fewer and less intense winter cold spells, and more frequent and intense summer heat waves in mid-latitudes.

Retreating glaciers, thinning Arctic ice, shorter Winters, hotter average night time temperatures, advancing tropical zones, visible sea level rise, more energetic weather systems, extreme cold spells in temperate zones, thawing permafrost, escalating methane releases from artic tundra,,,,,,.

You just aren't thinking about this scientifically, who cares if media reports ignore cold spells?

Finally, though it seems counterintuitive, the warming Arctic could also amplify cold spells, much like the winter storm now enveloping the East Coast.

The cold spells of the early modern centuries, experts were beginning to realize, could be at least partly explained by other influences.

Yet cold spells go unnoticed.

There were some further cold spells but these were not necessarily worldwide.

This «scenario is believed to have exacerbated the persistent warmth and drought in the western United States, along with cold spells in the east during the winters of 2013 - 2014 and 2014 - 2015 that were popularized as the ridiculously resilient ridge and polar vortex, Francis wrote in a new study.

The most dramatic climate extremes were less associated with prolonged multiyear periods of cold than with year to year temperature changes, or even particularly prominent individual cold spells, and these events were often quite specific to particular seasons.

Recent events, ranging from weather - related events such as cold spells in southeast Europe or hurricanes in the US, to geopolitical events such as tension between Qatar and its neighbours in the Gulf, are all reminders that the security of natural gas supply remains a lively issue.

Both Europe and North America have experienced severe cold spells recently, during winter.

Much more than the US or European cold spells and winter storms — all of which were within or only slightly outside previous record weather — was the South American weather.

EUCLEIA will develop a climate modelling system to investigate heatwaves, cold spells, floods, droughts and storm surges in Europe.

Cold spells can still occur, but overall, they will become less common and less cold.

The new study supplements earlier research published in Geophysical Research Letters demonstrating a link between Arctic sea ice loss and extreme weather particularly in both the summer and winter, including prolongation of «drought, flooding, cold spells, and heat waves.»

Reports of regional cold spells do not represent global mean temperature.

As Prof. Emanuel mentioned, the recent US cold spells have really only appeared unusual because they've become quite rare in the last 2 decades.

Perhaps, for example, rainfall decreased when soils were dried up by overgrazing, and perhaps cold spells followed an increase in smoke from volcanic eruptions.

What's more, we would also increase the likelihood of extreme cold spells!

Indeed, it has been suggested that global warming results in more extremes of every kind including exceptional cold spells.

Having seen several unusual cold spells in 2012, the dip is explicable with natural variability.

+ The severe cold spells became known as «Dansgaard - Oeschger events.»

The concept of cold spells due to Arctic warming seems to be of recent origin, though maybe someone can find predictions before such cold spells occurred?

It may sound counterintuitive, but the paper says freshening of the North Atlantic triggered a series of cold spells in Greenland and northern Europe by shutting down the Gulf Stream current, which usually carries warm water north from the equator.

The authors however believe a positive AO and NAO leads to atmospheric wave train patterns which may have delayed opposite effects — leading to a negative AO and NAO later on in the season — and that is where especially associated European cold spells would originate from.

The largest study in the UK found a 10 to 1 difference between heatwave deaths and cold spells.

that's what; environmental graffiti tell us) Cold spells (ditto) Increased volcanic activity (ditto) More dangerous thunderstorms (again) Death of ocean life (see here for some of the wierder ones

Heinrich events only occur in the cold spells immediately preceding D - O warmings, leading some to suggest that D - O cycles may cause the events, or at least constrain their timing.

The theory goes that a weaker jet stream becomes «wavier» and leads to more persistent weather conditions, such as long cold spells in winter and heatwaves in summer.

Tropical cyclone activity and intensity increasing Record droughts, floods, heat waves, cold spells, high tides occurring Unequivocal warming of the climate system observed with very high confidence that human activities are to blame Temperature rising even more dramatically in Arctic, threatening ice loss and extinction of species Halving human CO2 emissions immediately might save the planet from catastrophe.

> Heatwaves have become more frequent in summer, while there are now fewer frosts and winter cold spells.

It is no more unreasonable than the explanations of how «global warming» produces unusual cold spells.

And for those who actually enjoy cold spells — for instance for iceskating — that is a substantially more important definition of winter climate change.

The cold spells cover large enough areas to influence significantly also averages taken over wider areas like the extratropical NH land areas.

Their scientists have especially looked into the development of West - European cold spells.

A number of climate scientists are currently investigating the possible link between abnormal jet streams and the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice, which if true would mean climate change may not only be exacerbating heatwaves but cold spells as well.

Evidence suggests that Arctic warming is causing weather patterns to become more persistent, which can lead to extremes such as droughts, cold spells, heat waves, and some flooding events.

It finds that many forms of asthma and allergies, as well as heart disease and strokes related to increasingly intense heat waves and cold spells, could be addressed by climate - friendlier housing measures.

However, the cold spells, especially at night, cause massive crop failure, and, as a result, even more famine.

Huynen MMTE, Martens P, Schram D, Weijenberg MP, Kunst AE: The impact of heat waves and cold spells on mortality rates in the Dutch population.

Yes, snow is falling, but not in significant amounts and the cold spells are very sporadic in nature.

I think Americans now believe that something has happened to the climate; that they think that the weather patterns are not the same as they were 20 years ago; that we think of tornadoes and of hurricanes and of course Katrina and heat waves and cold spells.

But it may also be true that cold spells will become more persistent as dipole patterns intensify, a tendency that also seems to be occurring.

A very new and «hot topic» in climate change research is the notion that rapid warming and wholesale melting of the Arctic may be playing a role in causing persistent cold spells.

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Earlier cold spells may have played a role in the collapse of two previous groups on the island.»