Sentences with phrase «dramatic changes in vegetation»

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE An extensive new study by climate impact researchers warns that humans will struggle to cope with drastic and rapid changes to the planet unless greenhouse gas emissions rates are cut now London, 8 October − Allowing the Earth's temperature to rise by more than 2ºC will see dramatic changes in vegetation across the planet and expose a billion more people to severe water scarcity, according to new research.

Since 1982, researchers at this arid, semi-arid site have studied dramatic changes in vegetation, as perennial grasslands give way to shrubland in a process known as desertification.

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

4 looked at the responses of five DGVMs, coupled to a fast climate analog model, finding dramatic divergence in future behavior, particularly of tropical vegetation responses to drought and boreal ecosystem responses to elevated temperature and changing soil moisture.