Sentences with phrase «dramatic effects of climate»

It made a public impression as a concrete example of the dramatic effects of climate change.

Complacency, arrogance and diversionary political tactics are driving a bewildered public to exasperation point, especially when experts are telling us there is urgent need to act and we are suddenly observing the increasingly dramatic effects of climate change on a daily basis.

Among the most visible and dramatic effects of climate change in Massachusetts is sea level rise and ocean acidification.

Not exact matches

Yet in addition to extinctions there are many dramatic, well - documented effects of introduced species, such as shifts in regional climate, reduced groundwater levels, altered nutrient cycling, and reduced oxygen levels in aquatic systems, which affect the abundance and distribution of native species.

Beautiful Islands (PG for violence, mild epithets, smoking and brief nudity) Climate change documentary chronicling the dramatic effect of global warming on three isles located at different latitudes: Venice, Italy, Shishmaref, Alaska and Tuvalu, Polynesia.

We find that without dramatic increases in the area of forests, without substantially positive changes in land - use practices, without large net positive effects of CO2 or climate change in the future, or without some other new significant carbon storage mechanism, the U.S. carbon sink itself will decrease substantially over the 21st century.

As a lake ecologist (limnologist) my study will not contribute to debates about the causes of climate warming but it will show that the indirect effects of warming on food chains (over the past 30 years) can be very substantial (even dramatic).

These are events that appear again and even more intensively in the middle of the troubled climate of the greenhouse effect, an extreme event like this is one instance where a dramatic climate change can seem real».

Climate change is only one of many types of environmental change effecting Earth's life support systems — in fact, there is now a serious risk that the dramatic gains to public health made since the 1950s could plateau or even reverse as a result of human degradation of a myriad of natural systems.

«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.

Many solidly Republican states have resisted aggressive climate policies, but Alaska is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming.

It could be a relatively cheap, effective and quick way to cool the planet by mimicking the natural effects on climate of large volcanic eruptions, but scientists concede there could be dramatic and dangerous side effects that they don't know about.

Plants might mitigate the effects of Global Warming but, will the extent of flora's contribution be sufficient to prevent dramatic climate changes?

Although it is not yet inevitable, scientists warn that if current trends of habitat loss continue, exacerbated by the effects of climate change, there could be an imminent and dramatic number of extinctions before long.

Though the EPA is correct, thought the details I am unsure, It is very likely that if in the future that is Emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise unabated, and climate changes effects more dramatic, I would not put it past a nation like America taking unilatreal action and even sucombing to using geo - engineering projects.

Anyway, others have noted how Pope's comments sit uncomfortably with her own statements in the recent past about the effects of climate change, and we have ourselves flagged up the MET's over-interpretation of data for dramatic effect.

As dramatic as the effects of climate change are expected to be on the natural world, the projected changes to human society may be even more devastating.

The devastation wrought by Katrina is used to very dramatic effect to warn of the dangers climate change presents.

Whether it's the threat of dramatic sea level rise to coastal areas or current climate change refugees from low - lying islands, the effects of climate change and global warming on the world's oceans are both real and imminent.

If verified, this effect would represent a dramatic advance not only in the basic understanding of the Sun's variable activity, but also in the potential influence of this variability on the Earth's climate.

Of course, Bosso's minimalist aesthetic and stark message may be playing for dramatic effect to stimulate discussion around climate change and the cryosphere.

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.