Sentences with phrase «consequence is sea level»

Currently about 90 percent is taking place in the oceans where the primary consequence is sea level rise due to thermal expansion and potentially more powerful and frequent tropical storms.

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WHEREAS, the physical consequences of climate change are already evident, including rising sea levels, increased hurricane intensity, increased winter storm intensity, and species migration;

Some are already seeing the consequences of rising sea levels in the form of higher tides.

Sustaining fresh water and energy resources; mitigating the effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, severe weather, landslides, coastal erosion, and solar flares; and dealing with the consequences of global warming and sea - level rise are issues that affect all populations, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or cultural traditions.

One of the most worrisome consequences of global warming is that sea levels could rise substantially this century and beyond.

(Increasing sea level is a predicted consequence of global warming.)

The nation is facing a rise in sea levels — a peril that made it a poster child for the consequences of climate change.

Although we will not see immediate effects by tomorrow — some of the slow processes will only respond over centuries to millennia — the consequences for long - term ice melt and sea level rise could be substantial.

Consequences of global sea level rise could be even scarier than the worst - case scenarios predicted by the dominant climate models

The consequences of global sea level rise could be even scarier than the worst - case scenarios predicted by the dominant climate models, which don't fully account for the fast breakup of ice sheets and glaciers, NASA scientists said today (Aug. 26) at a press briefing.

There will also be discussions of how to cope with the inevitable consequences of climate change — like heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels — plus how to pay for it all.

Measuring sea level is an increasingly important part of climate research, and a rising mean sea level is one of the most tangible consequences of climate change.

However, if as a consequence of shortening, the glaciers are also flowing faster, then we would be seeing another (small) contribution to sea level rise.

«These include, but are not limited to, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and increases in extreme flooding and droughts, all with serious consequences for mankind.»

Thus, I would suggest that decision makers use these «best - available» distributions but also consider the consequences for their decisions of «worst - case» sea - level rise scenarios (e.g., about 2.5 m globally in the course of the century according to Kopp et al., 2014).

Rising sea levels are a direct consequence of rising temperatures: As the oceans warm, they expand.

But since climate scientists already expect a wide range of negative consequences from rising temperatures, including higher sea level, more weather extremes and increasing risks to human health, anything that accelerates warming is a concern.

Consequences of lost coral reefs can be economically devastating for many nations, especially in combination with other impacts such as sea level rise and intensification of storms.

If ice sheet disintegration reaches a point such that the dynamics and momentum of the process take over, at that point reducing greenhouse gases may be unable to prevent major ice sheet mass loss, sea level rise of many meters, and worldwide loss of coastal cities — a consequence that is irreversible for practical purposes.

The area was faulted about 1.8 million years ago as sea level fell, exposing the older shelf, and the consequence of that was the creation of a high ridge along the shelf edge that became the site of coral growth.

The simple maps that project inundated areas given a certain amount of sea level rise are not entirely worthless for the prediction of real consequences on such a coast, but I look forward to reading Dr. Brown's publication which sounds like it might take a much more comprehensive approach.

Other likely consequences (e.g. rapid dynamical sea level changes, shift in the inter-tropical convergence zone and hence tropical precipitation patterns) are discussed in the Rahmstorf and Zickfeld editorial essay mentioned above, and the references therein.

If Homo Sapiens is extinct or reduced to less than a million persons by 2060, sea level rise after 2060 has no consequence.

In the long run, sea - level rise will be one of the most serious consequences of global warming.

Alarmists have claimed for years that sea level, because of anthropogenic warming, is rising, with ominous consequences.

a base value sea - level rise of 0.5 m relative to the 1980 — 1999 average be used, along with an assessment of potential consequences from a range of possible higher sea - level rise values.

At the very least, all assessments should consider the consequences of a mean sea - level rise of at least 0.8 m relative to the 1980 — 1999 average.

It's a piece that reveals, as has been the case for decades, that the ice factor (and thus the sea level factor) are areas of high consequence and durable uncertainty.

While non-SLR consequences like drought, flooding, crops, ecosystem migration and species loss look bad enough, 2m or more sea level rise should be the most dramatic, a good place to focus attention.

I reached out to Pierrehumbert because he is one of many authors of «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» an important new Nature Climate Change analysis reinforcing past work showing a very, very, very long impact (tens of millenniums) on the Earth system — climatic, coastal and otherwise — from the carbon dioxide buildup driven by the conversion, in our lifetimes, of vast amounts of fossil fuels into useful energy.

It's the best «future proofing» against climate change, sea level rise and the catastrophic consequences likely to play out on coasts, as well as inland, in the future,» said Professor Geisler.

Over the next several decades, the Arctic as we know it will be lost as the detrimental consequences ripple around the world as a result of sea level rise altered weather patterns, and biodiversity loss;

Leading scientists also warn that this process is endangering the entire planet: Arctic warming and melting cause more extreme weather in the mid-latitudes and sea level rise that will have catastrophic consequences for low - lying coastal communities around the world.

Sea level rise is the least worrisome of the negative consequences of a warming planet.

Based on data from past climate changes, when sea level rose to +5 — 9 m, including the occurrence of extreme storms — during a time when temperatures were less than 1 ◦ C warmer than today, experts warn of similar consequences in coming decades.

For example, the report which documents the projected consequences for Australia of sea level rise, and justifies the Australian Carbon Tax and ETS (Cap and Trade), is clearly an alarmist document.

There are various sources of inaccuracy with this approach, most of which will lead to the actual consequences of sea level rise being worse.

If both Greenland and West Antarctica shed the entirety of their ice burden, global sea levels would rise by 12 to 14 m. Although these icecaps would not disintegrate within a century, the loss of even a third of their mass — quite plausible if the rate of polar ice loss continues to double each decade — would force up the oceans by at least 4 m, with disastrous socioeconomic and environmental consequences.

We suggest that recent coastal dune building from c.ad 1100 until now, despite a sea level close to present and continuously rising, may be a direct consequence of the restoration of beaches after periods of recurrent storminess.

Second, the debates among climatologists nowadays are not over whether there is human - exacerbated climate change — melting polar ice, rise in sea level, more tropical storms, etc. — but over how large the effects are (one or four degrees), and what the specific consequences for each spot on the globe will be.

Coastal sea level rise is among the most severe societal consequences of anthropogenic climate change.

Limits must be strict enough to avert the worst consequences of global warming that are already being felt in extreme weather events, droughts, floods, melting glaciers and polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten to swamp coastal communities and small island states.

This technical document seeks to quantify how a 1 - meter sea - level, as a consequence of global warming, would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetlands would be submerged and how likely the wetlands would move inland as the coastline recedes.

Small islands, for example, are a paltry source of carbon emissions and yet are disproportionately affected by the consequences of global carbon overload as accelerated sea level rise threatens the very existence of low - lying islands.

With an increasing number of people living close to the coast, deep ocean swell generation, and its potential modifications as a consequence of climate change, is clearly an issue that needs attention, alongside the more intensively studied topics of changes in mean sea level and storm surges.

Increasing sea level is not predicted to be of great consequence to most coastal species, as they can simply move higher up on the shore.

These changes will have dramatic consequences for global sea level rise and are likely to have negative impacts on Antarctic ecosystems and species.

Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, is actually forecast to subside by over 6 feet just by the year 2025, an effect that would dramatically compound the consequences of the sea level rising all around it.

As temperatures rise around the world, one of the obvious consequences is the melting of ice on Earth, which in turn causes water levels in the world's oceans and seas to rise.

They found that Exxon «s board of directors was fully briefed by its own scientists, decades ago, on the emerging consensus that burning oil and gas may cause sea levels to rise, glacial ice to melt and a host of other «generally negative consequences.»