Sentences with phrase «expected under climate change»

«The meteorological data provide an independent check on the tornado reports and let us check for what would be expected under climate change.»

While they saw changes in meteorological quantities that are consistent with these upward trends, the meteorological trends were not the ones expected under climate change.

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One positive finding of the ecological niche modelling study is that while the ranges of many species are expected to contract, much of the remaining suitable habitat for many species will be located within existing protected areas, and that the recent creation of new reserves such as Itombwe and Kabobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have greatly increased the protection of some species under threat by future climate change.

Up to 90 %: percentage of corals expected to suffer severe degradation by 2050, even under conservative climate change scenarios

40 %: expected loss by 2050 of the region's original biodiversity under a «business as usual» scenario for climate change (with loss of 35 - 36 % expected under the three «pathways to sustainability»)

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.

Both theories hinge on the hotter, drier temperatures experienced in the West over the past two decades, conditions expected to deepen under climate change.

Under various climate and land - use scenarios, coniferous stands are expected to lose 71 percent to 100 percent of their current range to deciduous stands across New England by 2085, particularly in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, due to increased temperature and precipitation and changes in timber harvesting.

Here's the problem forests and forest managers face under climate change: Increasing global mean temperatures, changes in precipitation, and the hydrologic cycle are expected to lead to temperature and drought stress for many tree species.

The second shows that climate change can cut both ways; under projections for precipitation, most of the Canada boreal is expected to become moister; therefore, wildfire risk should drop.

Fourth, where do we expect future refugia — locations where species at risk from climate change will persist under future climates?

What can we expect the St. Louis of the future, under the impacts of climate change, will be like?

Model projections for precipitation changes are less certain than those for temperature.12, 2 Under a higher emissions scenario (A2), global climate models (GCMs) project average winter and spring precipitation by late this century (2071 - 2099) to increase 10 % to 20 % relative to 1971 - 2000, while changes in summer and fall are not expected to be larger than natural variations.

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Given that liberal think tanks emphasized «climate change» more than «global warming,» one might expect Democrats to report greater belief under the «climate change» frame.

Under an ongoing and repressive regime of human - caused climate change fires like the Sala blaze are expected to proliferate and intensify as time moves forward.

Seeing as the Climate Change Committee is not expected to present a specific decarbonisation policy roadmap until December this year, practical action under the Climate Change Act is unlikely to begin before 2010 at the earliest.

Choi and Fisher (2003) estimated the expected change in flood damages for selected USA regions under two climate - change scenarios in which mean annual precipitation increased by 13.5 % and 21.5 %, respectively, with the standard deviation of annual precipitation either remaining unchanged or increasing proportionally.

Australia is expected to come under growing pressure in the coming year to raise its emissions reduction target from its current level of 5 per cent, as negotiations accelerate to try to achieve a global treaty on climate change that binds all nations by 2015, and meets the science.

In those regions, cereal grain yields are projected to decline under climate change scenarios, across the full range of expected warming... Thus, countries with the lowest incomes may be the hardest hit.»

Mueter, F. J., N. A. Bond, J. N. Ianelli, and A. B. Hollowed, 2011: Expected declines in recruitment of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the eastern Bering Sea under future climate change.

Under a high climate change scenario, annual expected losses could rise by another 1 to 3 % of GDP by 2030.

It is unknown whether the species that have been exhibiting a range - shift response (Chen et al., 2011; Parmesan, 2006; Parmesan and Yohe, 2003; Poloczanska et al., 2013; Root et al., 2003) will be able to accelerate their dispersal velocities to keep pace with the climate change expected over the next few decades under business - as - usual scenarios.

With these trends in ice cover and sea level only expected to continue and likely worsen if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, they could alter the stresses and forces fighting for balance in the ground under our feet — changes that are well - documented in studies of past climate change, but which are just beginning to be studied as possible consequences of the current state of global warming.

Under the deal, all countries are expected to announce by 31 March emissions reductions targets and other actions to fight climate change.

Scientists expect stronger hurricanes under climate change, and possibly even more frequent storms — especially those at category 3 and higher.

Say I have data on average precipitation for the last 30 years in the Southwest United States, as well as simulations from 20 different climate models of current and future precipitation in the same region, and I want to know what the expected change in precipitation will be at the end of this century under a specific emissions scenario.

Under climate change, modern droughts are expected to be even more extreme than historical ones.

Scientists expect rainfall extremes to change in Europe under future climate conditions responding to changes in large - scale atmospheric circulation driven by global warming.

Laher commented that the combined legal and support staff offering, aligned to the firm's global network, would help him both expand his practice, and «to further develop the sophisticated finance South Africa needs if it is to compete in the global economy», a reference to the changed investment climate that is expected under South Africa's new leadership.

Similar to the impacts expected in the Torres Strait, climate change is, and will continue to, impact on the Inuit people's rights under international human rights law.

But their feigned nonchalance couldn't hide the fact that they were labouring under a tremendous handicap: with the water in their ponds freezing solid, they looked plain silly trying to skate in their hip - waders, and how could they be expected to win this climate - change game with a badly disfigured hockey stick?