Sentences with phrase «effects on hurricanes»

The second issue raised in our Science paper (now available free, see bottom of this post) is that perhaps there shouldn't yet have been substantial long - term trends in hurricane intensity — whether we would be able detect them above the natural variability or not — because until the last couple of decades, aerosol cooling effects on hurricanes have been counteracting the effects of greenhouse gas warming.

I think the evidence is emerging that quite small changes in sea surface temperatures have huge effects on hurricanes and these events.

What we mean by premature is that there is no evidence in the literature to support a claim that global warming has resulted in demonstrable effects on hurricane impacts, whether they are measured in terms of economics or otherwise.

Thus, a decreasing pole - equator temperature gradient shouldn't have much effect on hurricanes.

Now contrast this with a paper published in July in a fairly obscure journal by two other respected scholars — Peter Webster and Greg Holland — suggesting that global warming has a huge effect on hurricanes.

Nature magazine, arguably the leading scientific journal in the world, published a paper this week by two widely - respected scholars — Gabriel Vecchi and Brian Soden — suggesting that global warming may have a minimal effect on hurricanes.

But it does say; «Natural climate variations, which tend to involve localized changes in sea surface temperature, may have a larger effect on hurricane activity than the more uniform patterns of global warming...»

Humans don't just have to worry about the greenhouse - emissions impacts that get nearly all of the attention, such as the hotly debated and hard - to - predict effects on hurricane activity in the United States.

Students will analyze that data for evidential links, hypothesize about the possible effect on hurricanes of continual ocean temperature increases, and predict related implications for residents of coastal areas.

But just because hurricanes are a problem even without considering GW doesn't warrant the conclusion that GW effects on hurricane intensity need not be considered, or communicated to the public.

The aerosol cooling in the models may be wrong to some extent, but is almost certainly in the ballpark enough so that the aerosols have compensated for the greenhouse gas effects on hurricane intensity to a significant degree, even if the exact degree is different than what's shown in our paper.

In February, New Republic magazine published a story about NOAA's insistence both in news conferences and on its Web site that global warming has no effect on hurricanes.

What we mean by premature is that there is no evidence in the literature to support a claim that global warming has resulted in demonstrable effects on hurricane impacts

This article fails to discuss what could be called «logical inconsistency in arguments» relating to the datasets that are used to define the «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation signal» and related effects on hurricane intenstity and frequency.

For hurricanes, for example, it's useful to know that for the foreseeable future the incremental change in damages caused by global warming is relatively small compared to the impact of hurricanes in the first place, so that for most practical purposes it's better to be afraid of hurricanes than to be afraid of global warming's effect on hurricanes.

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«We expect investors will ignore the EPS slowdown given one - time hurricane effects and the focus on benefits from corporate tax reform,» a group of the firm's strategists led by David Kostin wrote in a client report, noting that optimism around tax measures was crucial in the S&P 500's ascent to new records last week.

«Hence, if these employees were unable to work during the September survey reference pay period because they had evacuated, or because their establishments were not open for business due to power failures or other effects of the hurricanes, they were not included on September payrolls.»

WALLACE: let's start with the effect of Hurricane Harvey on the nation's finances.

A day earlier the American Petroleum Institute had estimated crude oil inventories had risen for the second week in a row, by a hefty 6.18 million barrels, which was only to be expected as the market is prepared for the Hurricane Harvey effects on Gulf Coast refining to linger for another few weeks.

The current oil price scenarios appear to have not calculated this in however, as all media is focused on the effects of hurricane Harvey and the Gulf of Mexico.

In episode 13, we look at the effects of Hurricane Harvey on aviation and see how airlines are helping with relief efforts.

«You can in fact reduce the upper ocean [temperature] by a degree Celsius, maybe 2, which would have a measurable effect on the intensity of the hurricane, but the practical concerns were hard to overcome.»

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Initially, investors were skeptical about any further tightening of monetary policy in coming months, amid escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, further soft inflation data and uncertainty about the potentially negative effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the economy.

Some evidence of hurricane - related effects on supply chains was evident in the sub-index for prices, which showed a sharp rise.

Puerto Ricans in Action's community outreach is focused on raising awareness about Puerto Rico, the effects of Hurricane Maria, which hit on September 20, 2017, and the ways everyone can help.

Even before the rains of Hurricane Harvey had ceased, NAHB was focused on raising awareness of the potential effects on lumber prices and applauding legislative actions to postpone duties on Canadian lumber.

Hurricane Matthew had a big effect on games this week, with a number of postponements and changed game times.

Granted, this effect was magnified by the fact that all four of Tulsa's games against top - 60 teams came on the road, but it's pretty easy to see where the line was for the Hurricane.

Piermont — State Legislator David Carlucci visited the Piermont home of James and Veronica Artrip on January 16 to inspect mold damage to the family's home and offer support to homeowners struggling with insurance coverage for the effects of black mold in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

But Alhassan Tampuli speaking on the increase said apart from the effect of the hurricanes, the international price at which fuel currently sells also has had an impact on the price build - up as well as the cedi - dollar rate.

President Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to show support for residents reeling from the effects of Hurricane Harvey and to assess the first stages of the federal recovery effort.

Hurricane damage in Puerto Rico is having an effect on Capital Region hospital supplies.

«Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee had a devastating effect on our community,» Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is investing millions of dollars on improving the state's response to natural disasters, whether it's a hurricane sweeping through eastern New York or a lake effect snow storm battering Buffalo.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Hurricane Harvey, which could cause life - threatening floods in Texas and Louisiana, will have no effect on Upstate New York, forecasters say.

MATH GETS REAL Chaos theory explains why it's so difficult to predict weather — a small change in conditions at any point in time can have a large effect on future conditions in, for example, a hurricane's trajectory (Tropical Storm Harvey shown).

Other experts say that the effect of hurricanes on global warming would probably be minimal as only the largest storms are expected to get stronger.

Not until 1960 did a storm comparable to the 1821 hurricane in terms of its effect on the tide strike the city.

Nearly 1000 people have been killed by hurricane Matthew in Haiti, but the death toll will rise as the knock - on effects of the devastation take hold

Reeves has studied the effect of natural disasters on voting patterns and has found that when a local official asks for federal aid after an earthquake, hurricane or tornado, that official gets a bump of a few points in the polls.

The future of the currents, whether slowing, stopping or reversing (as was observed during several months measurements), could have a profound effect on regional weather patterns — from colder winters in Europe to a much warmer Caribbean (and hence warmer sea surface temperatures to feed hurricanes).

It also has large effects on weather outside the tropics, triggering and strengthening hurricanes, monsoons, and heat waves in higher latitudes.

MINNEAPOLIS — Less than two months after Hurricane Irene barreled up the eastern coastline of the United States, a group of scientists from some of the areas hardest hit presented evidence of the storm's dramatic geological effects on their home states.

«We learned our lesson from Hurricane Katrina,» he said, recalling the series of small oil spills the storm caused and the effects on the seafood industry there.

El Niño is a key factor in making hurricane seasonal forecasts because the changes in atmospheric patterns over the tropical Pacific that it ushers in have a domino effect on patterns over the Atlantic, tending to suppress hurricane formation.

Possingham and his colleagues are currently working on making Marxan faster and easier to use and adding additional routines to consider the effects of catastrophes like hurricanes.

With the Nov. 30 end of the 2014 hurricane season just weeks away, a University of Iowa researcher and his colleagues have found that North Atlantic tropical cyclones in fact have a significant effect on the Midwest.

For an example of a similar project recently funded by the IMD program, check out Steven McGee's «Journey to El Yunque,», which explores the effects of Hurricane Georges on the Caribbean National Forest.

an event occurring naturally that has large - scale effects on the environment and people, such as a volcano, earthquake, or hurricane.