Sentences with phrase «expected effect of climate change»

Yet last summer, when Ocean County wanted to sell $ 31 million in bonds maturing over 20 years, neither of its two rating companies, Moody's Investors Service or S&P Global Ratings, asked any questions about the expected effect of climate change on its finances.

Clearly there is a balance to strike between doom - ridden messages and «bright - side» opportunities, and uncertainties around the science and the expected effects of climate change must be factored in too.

Though the study has clear implications for cellulosic, or second - generation, biofuel production in the Midwest, Hamilton says it touches more broadly on some of the expected effects of climate change as well.

Most analyses of expected effects of climate change in agriculture include changes in disease dynamics (Plowright et al. 2012), but Montana - specific data are rare.

It highlights some practical measures that can be taken to adapt to the expected effects of climate change.

Last October the UK's Meteorological Office released a new report on the expected effects of climate change.

: the protest by U.S. First Nations people against oil pipelines in North Dakota and two new studies on some expected effects of climate change.

Not exact matches

As the effects of climate change play out, it is expected to expand its stomping ground into higher latitudes as temperatures rise (Bulletin of Entomological Research, doi.org/b6jjzd).

When the researchers simulated a second effect of climate change in addition to warming, namely drought, the results were even the opposite as expected: The soil animals ate less, and also the microorganisms living in the soil showed a decline in respiration — an indication that they also consumed less food.

While it is hard to pin that on climate change, it is certainly one of the effects to be expected, according to the models.

Because El Niño's warmer, drier conditions in tropical regions mimic the effects of climate change expected by the end of the century, those observations may be a sobering harbinger of the tropics» diminishing role as a...

Thus, in the forthcoming decades, and especially in northern Mediterranean regions, the direct effect of climate change is expected to be more dominant, regarding the indirect effect of the previous climate.

A recent study published in Scientific Reports, led by researchers of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with several other research institutions, shows that the direct effect of climate change in regulating fuel moisture (droughts leading to larger fires) is expected to be dominant, regarding the indirect effect of antecedent climate on fuel load and structure - that is, warmer / drier conditions that determine fuel availability.

In the Central Hardwoods, the effects of a changing climate are expected to include rising temperatures due to a rise in greenhouse gas concentrations, leading to longer growing seasons.

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Interestingly, also negative effects of agricultural chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides can be seen even at the coarse European scale and even more worrying is the fact that these negative effects are likely to be amplified with increasing temperatures as they can be expected from climate change.

Because El Niño's warmer, drier conditions in tropical regions mimic the effects of climate change expected by the end of the century, those observations may be a sobering harbinger of the tropics» diminishing role as a buffer for fossil fuel emissions (SN Online: 9/28/17).

You might expect that given the contested and politicized nature of the climate change problem, such a simple message would have little effect or could even backfire.

This is expected to rise in many regions over the coming decades and could reduce or even negate the beneficial effects of higher CO2 (see Climate change warning over food production).

(A) explain how managers are expected to address the effects of climate change and ocean acidification;

Kilpatrick explained that the effects of climate change are expected to be seen at the edges of species» geographic ranges, as species adapted to warm climates move further north and cold - adapted species retreat from the southern parts of their ranges.

With these monumental changes in the shielding effect of the Earth's magnetic field, you'd expect to see fairly massive climate consequences if the GCR crowd are right.

The effect of fragmentation could be magnified by future climate change, which is expected to bring more extreme droughts to the Amazon, he says:

But don't expect instant gratification, for the effort to reduce or minimize the effects of climate change is analogous to turning an ocean liner ---- you can frantically spin the wheel hard - to - port, but a noticeable change in course may not be apparent for quite some time.

Climate change is expected to have some mixed effects, such as a decrease or increase in the range and transmission potential of malaria in Africa.

pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.

This finding is consistent with the expected effect of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations and with other observed evidence of a changing climate such as reductions in Arctic sea ice extent, melting permafrost, rising sea levels, and increases in heavy downpours and heat waves.

Relying on government, both ours and theirs, to implement the necessary steps to counteract the future effects of climate change, voluntarily, can not be expected unless we, the citizens, demand it.

Through the lessons presented in the document students are expected, among others, to explore climate change, its consequences and possible solutions; work constructively in groups and debate controversial aspects of climate change; learn about individual, community - level, national and international opportunities to mitigate climate change; discover why children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and conduct research into climate change.

Scientists expect severe floods to become more frequent in many regions during this century because of climate change, with devastating effects on people's lives, including their homes, and on transportation and commerce.1

The effects of climate change are expected to significantly increase water demand across the country.

The Australians might be expected to be a little isolated from the global effects of climate change.

In one of the more comprehensive definitions, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 20Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 200Change (IPCC) defines climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 20climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 200change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 2001)[1].

The effects of climate change and variations can not be overlooked for projects that are currently coming up and whose lifespan is expected to last long.

Guess what — many studies on climate change are examining it's effect on ecological systems, which are already much greater than this ecologist would have expected based on the extent of warming and climate change so far.

Climate change is expected to have some mixed effects, such as the decrease or increase of the range and transmission potential of malaria in Africa.

To date, while various effects and feedbacks constrain the certainty placed on recent and projected climate change (EG, albedo change, the response of water vapour, various future emissions scenarios etc), it is virtually certain that CO2 increases from human industry have reversed and will continue to reverse the downward trend in global temperatures that should be expected in the current phase of the Milankovitch cycle.

Data records of sufficient duration are expected to reveal the extent of irradiance variations over time that reflect a combination of cause and effect of climate change.

2) Human fingerprints - there are a number of climate changes we expect to see in response to an increased greenhouse effect.

If the effect of climate change were important, we would expect growth and recruitment rates for old growth also to increase over time.

The impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes are being assessed using a range of economic metrics capturing the loss of services provided by the lakes (e.g. increased drinking water treatment costs, property value losses, beach closures), as well as the direct effects of toxic microcystin on public health (Bingham et al 2015, IJC 2013)-- such events are expected to increase in frequency and severity in a changing climate (Michalak et al 2013).

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.

It seems like the former method is the mainstay of climate change skeptics (almost always with a single or very few, rather than all known) effects taken into consideration and usually with the intent of showing some expected change hasn't taken place — ie to «prove» science has it wrong.

Among other effects, climate change is expected to alter various populations» relative risks of developing infectious diseases.

So in view of the other effects of climate change globally, I'm expecting such Hurricanes to become a regular fact of life for those who live in the Gulf Coast states.

Future climate change may cause either an increase or a decrease in background tropospheric ozone, due to the competing effects of higher water vapour and higher stratospheric input; increases in regional ozone pollution are expected due to higher temperatures and weaker circulation.

The new reserves are also significant in that they are part of a broader initiative by the Amazon Conservation Association, an NGO with offices in Washington D.C. and Peru, to support sustainable livelihoods in a region that is traditionally very poor and is expected to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

The report warns that continued burning of fossil fuels to increase living standards while expecting humanity to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects through better technologies «fails to appreciate the nature of the threat posed by ice sheet instability and sea level rise.

One is that the evidence for change in the expected direction if climate change was having an effect — that is, changes in physical (ice sheets, stream flow, coastal erosion etc.) and biological systems (timing of breeding events, shifting species ranges, population declines etc.)-- is overwhelming.

«There is great concern that a lack of males could lead to inbreeding in small populations of marine turtles, potentially causing a population crash,» explained Lucy Wright, a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter who led the study, «however our research suggests that there are more males out there than expected considering the female - biased hatchling sex ratios and that their mating patterns will buffer the population against any potential feminising effects of climate change.»