Sentences with phrase «early spring warming»

The other, was due to a period of Meridional flow (the dreaded «polar vortex») resulting in a very early spring warming that caused the tree to start leafing, followed by leaf destroying «black» frosts.

Over the years, mild weather conditions in the fall and early spring warming have contributed to a steady increase in ticks and cases of tick - borne diseases, especially in the Northeast.

Not exact matches

«The earlier springs and the warmer weather trick the trees into thinking that it's spring, so the trees start pouring out pollen, making it more miserable for allergy sufferers.»

Instead of waiting until spring arrives — and wasting all the warm weather — get your spring cleaning done early when you're stuck inside.

In my opinion this is the perfect early spring soup... warming but light, like a burst of spring sunshine in a bowl.

I can't remember a spring like this, so warm and vibrant, so early in the season.

I usually place the bowl on top of my refrigerator where it has been the warmest in our winter and early spring months.

Throw early spring berries and rhubarb into a simple cobbler or crisp served warm with a scoop of ice cream.

It's still too early for me to work in my garden, but I am getting glimpses of spring with the warm air and tiny sprouts of green grass popping up after a dry, brown winter.

It makes a perfect early (or almost) spring warm up meal.

Unlike this time last year, when there was still two feet of snow on the ground, sunshine and warm temperatures are ringing in the new year at Orchard View, bringing excitement and the anticipation of an early spring.

«The 2013 growing season began early, with a warm and dry spring, and the weather stayed absolutely beautiful all the way through an early harvest,» said Jon Ruel, President of Trefethen Family Vineyards and President of the Napa Valley Grapegrowers.

Outside the main dining room, the patio features outdoor seating and propane heaters to keep guests warm and comfortable in the autumn and early spring.

Harvest got off to an early start due to a warm spring, but ultimately dragged on for most growers throughout the month of October.

LIVERMORE John Concannon, Fourth - Generation Vintner, Concannon Vineyard This year's harvest started about a week earlier than last year's due to a warmer summer and a drier spring, giving us a nearly perfect growing season.

• Wear them to work on a warm day in early spring to snazz up an otherwise ho - hum corporate work uniform.

It will be spring or early summer by the time we start cloth diapering, and I have always loved to have my babies in t - shirts (or dresses) and then a covered cotton diaper in the warm weather.

Spring is the time of year cats begin breeding and this year's early warm weather is causing animal shelters to prepare ahead of schedule.

Warmer winters, wetter and earlier springs (which expand the time during which ticks can pick up the disease), increased humidity, and greener environments can all contribute to the increased incidence of ticks and the growing populations of hosts, including large mammals like white - tailed deer; smaller ones such as white - footed mice, the principal carrier of Lyme disease; and many species of birds.

Global warming may not have caused the Arab Spring, but it may have made it come earlier,» the report says.

When the spring gets warmer the birds need to breed earlier to ensure that there are enough caterpillars to feed their quickly growing offspring.

Changes in flow patterns of warm Pacific Ocean air from the south were driving earlier spring snowmelt, while decreasing summer sea ice had the greatest influence on later onset of snowpack in the fall.

There are countless examples of how global warming is affecting life, from plants flowering earlier in spring, to species spreading to areas that were once too cold for them to survive, to birds becoming smaller.

Since leafing - out requirements are thought to be species - specific, the group designed a lab experiment to test the responsiveness of 50 tree and shrub species in Concord to warming temperatures in the late winter and early spring.

Overall, aquatic ecosystems in western North America are predicted to experience increasingly earlier snowmelt in the spring, reduced late spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures — all of which spell increased hybridization between these species.

The researchers found that due to warm spring temperatures on Kodiak, the berries were developing fruit weeks earlier, at the same time as the peak of the salmon migration; 2014 was one of the warmest years on the island since record - keeping began 60 years ago.

Warmer local temperatures make the snow melt earlier in the spring, shifting flood season up, too.

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

And they note that freezing to death could be a danger if early - spring warming periods, followed by cold snaps, become common — something they observed in the spring of 2012.

With warmer temperatures, the melting snows will fill the rivers earlier in the spring and will be unavailable for the long, dry summers.

«So while at the same time that these warmer springs would have caused these plants to flower or leaf earlier, the warmer falls and winters are causing them to delay flowering or leafing.

Throughout the world, warming earlier in spring has induced plants to flower, trees to bud, insects to appear and birds to breed accordingly.

After an unseasonably warm late spring, summer, and early winter in 2012, the U.S. experienced a West Nile Virus outbreak linked to the Asian Tiger mosquito, with some 5,600 people becoming infected.

From melting glaciers and earlier springs to advancing treelines and changing animal ranges, many lines of evidence back up what thermometers tell us — Earth is getting warmer.

Thus, the warmer springs predicted by climate change would mean an earlier firefly peak, but only if rainfall remains the same.

In the early spring, as the weather warmed, the manatees began to swim downriver, heading for their usual coastal haunts.

It's clear that climate warming is leading to earlier spring feeding by nymphal ticks, sometimes by as much as three weeks.

Results on the trend toward advanced spring emergence were published this February in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Among the paper's findings: nymphal ticks peak in the spring, larval ticks peak in the summer, and both emerge nearly three weeks earlier in warmer years.

Earlier spring leaf unfolding is a frequently observed response of plants to climate warming.

At the same time, producers are beginning to tap their maple trees earlier in the year because of sap flow triggered by winter thaw, but also experiencing an earlier end to the maple tapping season with a warming spring.

He added that for typical Midwest springs, tilled crop rows would be warmer and a bit dryer earlier so farmers can get in and plant.

Due to Arctic warming, spring starts 2 weeks early and hatching chicks miss the insect peak, ending up lighter, smaller and shorter - billed.

Warmer water and air temperatures, drier summers, an early spring and a late autumn.

This pattern, of a warm West and cool East, continued into early spring.

Westerling, A. L., Hidalgo, H. G., Cayan, D. R. & Swetnam, T. W. Warming and earlier spring increase Western U.S. forest wildfire activity.

The second error is obvious from the fact that the recent warming is seen in the oceans, the atmosphere, in Arctic sea ice retreat, in glacier recession, earlier springs, reduced snow cover etc., so even if all met stations were contaminated (which they aren't), global warming would still be «unequivocal».

Warmer conditions combined with wetter winters and springs may lengthen the window for seedling establishment in high - elevation forests, but may not change significantly in lower elevation forests (though it may shift earlier)(Keane et al. forthcoming).

«the recent warming is seen in the oceans, the atmosphere, in Arctic sea ice retreat, in glacier recession, earlier springs, reduced snow cover etc...».

A shift from spring wheat towards winter wheat production is expected, due largely to warmer winter temperatures that facilitate greater winter wheat survival, and warmer summer temperatures that impair spring wheat production by inhibiting seed formation, germination, and early growth (Lanning et al. 2010).

Warming and earlier spring increase western US forest wildfire activity.