Sentences with phrase «expands as it warms up»

This method also takes into account thermal expansion — how much cold water expands as it warms up.

Ocean heating accounts for about 40 percent of global sea level rise, because water expands as it warms up; global average sea level from January through November was also a record high, the WMO said.

The oceans expand as they warm up.

Not exact matches

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.

Heat that stays at the surface will ultimately result in greater sea - level rise as warmer water expands more readily as it heats up.

The animals are expanding northward as the Arctic heats up, yet new diseases of a warmer world are taking a toll

So far, many are redistributing in a similar pattern: As habitat that was once too cold warms up, species are expanding their ranges toward the poles, whereas boundaries closer to the equator have remained more static.

As the equatorial air warms up, it expands and rises.

This discussion is vitally important for those of us who are trying to greatly expand the number of people who have a sound understanding of the processes that make up what we lay people refer to as «global warming.»

In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations projected that sea levels worldwide could rise up to two feet by 2100 as ice sheets eroded and warming seawater expanded.

«The climate models all predict that as the planet warms, a hot spot of moist air will develop over the tropics about 10 kilometres up, as the layer of moist air expands upwards into the cool dry air above.

The climate models all predict that as the planet warms, a hot - spot of moist air will develop over the tropics about 10 km up, as the layer of moist air expands upwards into the cool dry air above.

The climate models all predict that as the planet warms, a hot spot of moist air will develop over the tropics about 10 kilometers up, as the layer of moist air expands upwards into the cool, dry air above.

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Sea level rise is caused by the ocean expanding as it heats up due to global warming and as major stores of ice from glaciers and ice sheets melt.

As the air rises, it expands and cools, and water vapour condenses, releasing even more heat,» much like how a hurricane frees energy by drawing warm humid air from its base (usually tropical sea water) and then releasing cold, wet air 7 miles (12 kilometers) up in the troposphere.

They constantly repeat as a scratched record:» climate sensitivity — climate sensitivity» — but are scared to acknowledge; the sensitivity of oxygen & nitrogen in expanding / shrinking in change of temperature + the speeding of» vertical winds» when gets warmer close to the ground - and what's the temp up there, where they expand when warmed extra.

Melting glaciers and ice caps, along with ocean warming — water expands as it heats up — are the main culprits behind the increase.

In relation to fossil fuels and global warming, as the planet heats up, the oceans expand due to the melting of polar ice sheets.

CO2 is also contributing to sea level rise because as CO2 enters the ocean, it warms up the water and the water expands, and when it expands it has to go somewhere meaning the ocean will get bigger and our beaches will get smaller.

As the gas warms up it expands and its mass fraction decreases; therefore, its total absorptivity and emissivity also decrease.

As ocean water warms, it expands, taking up more space and causing its level to rise.