Sentences with phrase «expected in a warming climate»

This is not what one would expect in a warming climate.

«We hope this study broadens our sense of what is possible and what we should expect in a warmer climate,» Donnelly said.

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria are apt examples: Scientists can agree that more events of this magnitude can be expected in a warming climate.

All of these parameters show what we would expect in a warming climate: daily minimum, maximum, and average temperatures are increasing, cooling degree days, growing degree days and growing season length are increasing, heating degree days are decreasing, the counts of warm days are increasing and cool days are decreasing.

Not exact matches

These are the types of storms climate scientists to expect to see more of in a warmer world.

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.

The hot has been long expected as part of global warming theory and appears in many global climate 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...

Bush highlighted this expert - certified uncertainty when he addressed global climate change in the Rose Garden today, shortly before he left for a 6 - day trip to Europe, where his stance on global warming is expected to be sharply criticized.

This may provide insight about what to expect in the future as Earth's climate continues to warm and oceans keep acidifying.

Dry places are expected to get drier with climate change, while wet places are expected to get wetter, but Crouch said that the particular precipitation pattern seen in June isn't what is expected in a warming world, according to the National Climate Assessment that was released climate change, while wet places are expected to get wetter, but Crouch said that the particular precipitation pattern seen in June isn't what is expected in a warming world, according to the National Climate Assessment that was released Climate Assessment that was released in May.

In the long run, he said, he expects an uptick in wildfires in Colorado due to a warmer and drier climate therIn the long run, he said, he expects an uptick in wildfires in Colorado due to a warmer and drier climate therin wildfires in Colorado due to a warmer and drier climate therin Colorado due to a warmer and drier climate there.

One of the major thrusts of the report, which was discussed at PCAST's 15 March meeting in Washington, D.C., was to emphasize «climate preparedness» — a relabeling of the idea that the government should be doing more to prepare the nation to adapt to changes expected to be caused by global warming, such as rising seas, droughts, and floods.

With an El Niño expected to develop late this summer or in the fall, there is a chance that 2014 could move into the spot as the warmest year on record, though the climate phenomenon's effects are generally most pronounced in the colder months, so the boost it gives to global temperatures could be reserved for 2015.

Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of 1.5 °C warming compared to pre-industrial levels.

A few of the main points of the third assessment report issued in 2001 include: An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system; emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate; confidence in the ability of models to project future climate has increased; and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.

It represents the warming at the earth's surface that is expected after the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere doubles and the climate subsequently stabilizes (reaches equilibrium).

At the same time, new studies of climate sensitivity — the amount of warming expected for a doubling of carbon dioxide levels from 0.03 to 0.06 percent in the atmosphere — have suggested that most models are too sensitive.

So this change in upper atmospheric behavior can be considered part of the «fingerprint» of the expected global warming signal in the climate system.»

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.

Climate modeling shows that the trends of warming ocean temperatures, stronger winds and increasingly strong upwelling events are expected to continue in the coming years as carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increase.

This suggests more precipitation fell away from the tropics in a colder climate, the opposite of what is expected as the world warms.

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).

The team's results «help us understand why Earth didn't warm as much as expected by climate models in the past decade or so.»

Climate change models predict that the Arctic sea ice will continue to shrink in a warming world (as much as 40 % of the ice is expected to be gone by midcentury), and the resulting changes — including later formation of ice in the autumn, rain falling on the snow, and decreasing snow depths — will make it increasingly difficult for the seals to construct their snow caves, NOAA says.

Earth's climate may warm considerably more than expected in response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide, a new study hints.

«I don't think we expected ice sheets to run neck - and - neck with mountain glaciers, which basically sit in a warmer climate, this soon,» he said.

«The exact event won't happen again, but if we get the same sort of weather pattern in a climate that is even warmer than today's, then we can expect it to dump even more rain.»

In general, climate scientists expect heavy downpours to increase over the U.S. and elsewhere, as a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, making more of it available to fall as rain.

«If we assume an optimistic scenario for greenhouse gas emissions — the RCP 2.6 scenario, [see Fact Box] which would result in a warming of about two degrees Celsius — then we can expect an increase in sea level similar to what we see in this video,» says climate modeller Martin Stendel from the Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen.

In a warming climate, the timing of activity (i.e., phenology) of plants and pollinators is expected to shift, but these shifts may not be synchronized with one another (Burkle and Alarcon 2011; Burkle et al. 2013; Rafferty et al. 2013).

The ecosystems chapter concludes that, «Human - induced climate change, in conjunction with other stresses, is exerting major influences on natural environments and biodiversity, and these influences are generally expected to grow with increased warming.»

Can you summarize current state of the world regarding research on expected ENSO behavior in warming climate, i.e.: a) About the same b) Expect distribution of La Nina / El Nino / Neutrals to change c) Insufficent data to be able to say much

In the other direction, at higher temperatures there is expected to be carbon - cycle feedbacks, that will amplify the warming, so then the climate sensitivty would be higher.

The paper's lead author describes his findings thus — «Recent observations suggest the expected rate of warming in response to rising greenhouse gas levels, or «Transient Climate Response,» is likely to lie within the range of current climate models, but not at the high end of thisClimate Response,» is likely to lie within the range of current climate models, but not at the high end of thisclimate models, but not at the high end of this range.

In a long - term trend that demonstrates the effects of a warming climate, daily record - high temperatures have recently been outpacing daily record lows by an average of 2 - to - 1, and this imbalance is expected to grow as the climate continues to warm.

In a long - term trend that demonstrates the effects of a warming climate, daily record - high temperatures have recently been outpacing daily record - lows by an average of 2 - to - 1, and this imbalance is expected to grow as the climate continues to warm.

Most scientists expect the increase in the number of strong hurricanes as the climate warms to be at the expense of smaller ones, meaning fewer overall.

The team relied on climate modeling as well as observations to show that the effect is already occurring in the Arctic and is expected to increase in the future as the climate warms.

Searing heat is the signature of climate change, and the scorching summer temperatures blanketing much of the nation this week are exactly what we should expect in an ever warming world.

Scientists like Emanuel prefer to speak about climate - related factors that can worsen hurricanes, like Harvey, in specific ways — and about the ways in which certain attributes of Harvey seem consistent with what to expect, more generally, in a warming climate, even if they can't be causally attributed to it.

Extreme heavy downpours are consistent with what climate scientists expect in a warming world.

«Based on the study's findings we would expect pregnancies in warmer climates to be at higher risk of gestational diabetes, although we weren't able to look at that directly,» Dr. Booth told Health.

I returned this item but still gave it a good rating - It was a softer / loftier / warmer weight than I was expecting which would be great for those in a colder climate but I live in So Cal so I wasn't sure how much use I would get out of it.

However, if you live in a warmer climate such as in Southern US States, you can expect your hairy pal to shed year - round.

So, the small reduction in warming in 2100 is fully expected and compatible with standard climate sensitivity arguments, but the statement that the same physics accounts for the Maunder Minimum response is not.

Looking at daily records can be insightful, but only when you have enough examples and a good metric to be comparing — the straight number of warm records is not good because even in a static climate you expect structure, but the ratio of warm to cool records is quite good because the expectation is that it should be 50:50 in the medium term (Meehl et al, 2010).

It's been argued a significant trend is expected under a warming climate, but the signal - to - noise ratio is still too low in most places in Antarctica, even where the warming trend (e.g. WAIS) is quite large.

... Based on these results, further warming and drying of tropical forests is expected to result in less uptake and more release of carbon on land, unfortunately amplifying the effect of fossil fuel emissions warming the climate.

Can you summarize current state of the world regarding research on expected ENSO behavior in warming climate, i.e.: a) About the same b) Expect distribution of La Nina / El Nino / Neutrals to change c) Insufficent data to be able to say much