Sentences with phrase «dramatic changes in rainfall»

The Philippines, a low - lying country of over 100 million people, faces threats from more intense typhoons, dramatic changes in rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and increasing temperatures as a result of man - made climate change, experts said.

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Researchers are drilling for clues to how dramatic changes in African rainfall and vegetation shaped our species.

«These findings show that climate change can have dramatic effects on human societies and highlight the necessity to understand the effect of global warming on rainfall patterns in China and all over the world,» the authors write.

According to the National Weather Service, changes in the water temperature in the Eastern Pacific can have dramatic impacts on tropical rainfall in that region.

«But the lead author of the study... says that he is not convinced that it is just the changing climate... «It could be partly due to this chaotic rainfall, but personally I don't think it can explain such a dramatic decline in mosquitoes, to the extent we can say that the malaria mosquitoes are almost eradicated in these communities... «What we should consider is that there may be a disease among the mosquitoes, a fungi or a virus, or they're may have been some environmental changes in the communities that have resulted in a drop in the number of mosquitoes»... The research team also found anecdotal evidence that their discovery was not an isolated case... «Other scientists are saying they can't test their drugs because there are no children left with malaria.»»

We're also seeing similarly dramatic changes in other aspects of climate and related effects on ecosystems, including the distribution of rainfall, storm activity, extinction of plant and animal species, and seasonal change.