Sentences with phrase «experience warm spells»

By 2100, tropical regions would also experience warm spells lasting up to 50 percent longer in a 2 C world than at 1.5 C. «For heat - related extremes, the additional 0.5 C increase marks the difference between events at the upper limit of present - day natural variability and a new climate regime, particularly in tropical regions,» Schleussner said.

On the contrary, the Earth experienced a warm spell between 4.5 million and 2.7 million years ago.

Not exact matches

Overall, aquatic ecosystems in western North America are predicted to experience increasingly earlier snowmelt in the spring, reduced late spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures — all of which spell increased hybridization between these species.

This finding sparked a valuable discussion among scientists of how to consider, and communicate, drought risks related to human - driven global warming when truly monstrous dry spells — dwarfing anything in modern experience — are an underlying norm.

The bleaching comes as Hawaii has experienced a recent warm spell.

As the region experienced an unprecedented September warm spell Tuesday, quite a few Elgin area residents headed out for ice cream and other frozen treats to beat the heat.