Sentences with phrase «devastating extreme weather»

(05/03/2012) On Saturday, May 5th vulnerable populations from the United States to Bangladesh will «connect the dots» between devastating extreme weather and climate change in a global day of action organized by 350.org.

Unlike some in the West, most Filipinos are pretty clear about what a future of climate change could look like, having experienced some devastating extreme weather in recent years.

When fossil fuels are the number one source of human - caused GHG emissions, creating a planetary crisis of global warming that is already causing devastating extreme weather disturbances, we can't ignore it.»

Following a series of recent devastating extreme weather events — mudslides in Sierra Leone, flooding in south Asia, and severe storms hitting the Philippines and the Gulf of Mexico, many have called attention to the role of climate change in these disasters.

Scientists keep a close eye on its status as events can cause devastating extreme weather around the world.

Not exact matches

In the wake of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather in the past several weeks, more than 60 organizations signed a letter calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to move New York to 100 percent clean, renewable energy as soon as possible.

Those storms are what New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has called the new normal, extreme weather events that can have a devastating and long - lasting impact on the region.

As last year's dramatic images of waterlogged streets across the UK, US and Russia serve to remind us, extreme weather events can trigger devastating floods.

Devastating flooding in Pakistan may foreshadow extreme weather to come as a result of global warming

When it comes to extreme weather events, last year's Oct. 3 - 5 blizzard that dumped anywhere from 20 to 55 inches of snow on western South Dakota was devastating.

But a trio of research papers published Monday in an annual extreme - weather edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society were inconclusive, to various degrees, regarding the precise roles of greenhouse gases in contributing to the devastating drought.

An accompanying News & Views article, by Dr Antonietta Capotondi from the University of Colorado, says the study has important implications as it shows that extreme weather caused by La Niña may follow straight after the devastating impacts of an extreme El Niño.

If we don't act, the world is vulnerable to devastating climate impacts, including flooding of our coastal cities, water shortages, and increased extreme weather.

When a plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness, the survivors must battle extreme weather conditions, devastating injuries and a pack...

In the first episode of Extreme Weather presented by Martine Croxall we take a look at the devastating floods which have hit Thailand, freak snow storms in the US, the coldest places on earth, dust storms in Texas and the likelihood of climate change bringing on more extreme weather.

The extreme weather of this summer was both dramatic and devastating here in the US.

I think of those who struggle everywhere but now, especially, I think of the Yawanawá people whose village was devastated by unusual early flooding and of Acre's increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

That means when something like extreme weather events reduce crops and / or cause people to ban exports, then the price of food has to run up pretty high to have an impact on demand, which is devastating to poor people.

Extremes of weather and climate can have devastating effects on human society and the environment (1,2).

Scientists say coasts and communities in the Pacific region face more extreme weather hazards as climate change magnifies the devastating El Niño effect.

Coverage fell despite the fact that extreme weather pummeled many parts of the world last year, from famine in East Africa, devastating drought in the Southern US and Mexico, and historic flooding in Thailand.

It contributes to increasingly extreme weather, including more devastating storms and floods and other threats to life, limb, and property,» Doniger said.

As reported by Chris Mooney at Mother Jones at the time (now a journalist at the Washington Post), the draft report warned unequivocally that unchecked greenhouse gas emissions would cause the global warming trend to «accelerate significantly,» bringing more heat waves and weather extremes, severe storms, rising seas, devastating floods, prolonged droughts, and more.

The result would be «more occurrences of devastating weather events and more frequent swings of opposite extremes from one year to the next, with profound socio - economic consequences.»

[2] Expected impacts include a sea level rise up to 6 - 7m, melting permafrost in the arctic regions, large - scale agricultural losses, increased water scarcity, a collapse of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean and an increase of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts or devastating storms.

The study concludes that an increase in «super La Ninas» will mean «more occurrences of devastating weather events, and more frequent swings of opposite extremes from one year to the next, with profound socio - economic consequences.»

The first is modeled on extreme weather conditions based on a long heat wave and devastating drought during the summer of 2011, an event that forced the grid operator to cut power to large industrial users to avoid rolling blackouts.

This kind of jet stream disruption leads to unpredictable, unfavorable, and extreme weather, with massive swings to heat or cold, devastating droughts, lingering blizzards, and mighty floods.

Since we are seeing more and more of this type of devastating extreme events driven by stalled weather patterns, let's briefly review the science.

As Ages of Greenpeace said: «There are now five California lawsuits that, if successful, will help protect people's lives, livelihoods, and property from the devastating impacts of climate - fueled extreme weather events.»

The most damaging kind of extreme weather is the kind of drought that ravaged the Southwestern U.S. early in the last decade, and the kind that is devastating the Southwest and the southern Great Plains today.

By Bobby Magill / Wunderground, published: August 15, 2013: Devastating drought in the Southwest, unprecedented wildfire activity, scorching heat waves and other extreme weather are often cited as signs of a changing climate.

Last month, India launched a satellite [1], INSAT 3D, that aims to improve early warnings of extreme weather events — such as the devastating floods and landslides that hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in June — and aid search and rescue.

Though the report still says, rightly, that any specific weather event can not be solely tied to climate change — be it the totally unseasonable snowfall that hit the Northeast this past weekend, the devastating flooding in Thailand, etc. — but that scientists now are 99 % certain that climate change will cause more extreme heat waves, fewer extreme spells of cold weather, and more intense downpours.

Devastating flooding in Pakistan may foreshadow extreme weather to come as a result of global warming.

The devastating effects of sea level rise and extreme weather events have the potential to result in migration, humanitarian crises and international conflict.

Stricken by record heat, wildfires, drought, and hurricanes, the United States endured devastating impacts from extreme weather and climate events in 2012.