Sentences with phrase «extreme high water»

Lastly, extreme high water levels will occur with increasing frequency as a result of mean sea level rise.

Examining the graphic on storm surge (below) posted by one of Trenberth's colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, we clearly see how extreme high water events since 1900 are broken down into contributions from storm surge, high tides and a century of sea level rise.

Given that NYC experienced 3 extreme high water levels associated with hurricanes between 1788 and 1893, but only one (Sandy) since then, we can reasonably argue that climate change, whether human - induced or natural, has reduced the threat of high storm surge.

Not exact matches

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

The commission said the high water levels are due to «extreme wet weather» and would've occurred even if Plan 2014 wasn't enacted.

«Primarily because of grand corruption under successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999, millions of Nigerians continue to live in extreme poverty, a condition manifested by the lack of clean water, malnutrition, high rates of child mortality and morbidity, low life expectancy, illiteracy, perception of hopelessness and social exclusion.»

Much the way ships form bow waves as they move through water, CMEs set off interplanetary shocks when they erupt from the Sun at extreme speeds, propelling a wave of high - energy particles.

Scientists also study water under more extreme conditions, including at high pressures, where it can exist in the solid state even at room temperature.

Climate scientists know that the intensity of extreme precipitation events is on the rise because there's more water vapor in the atmosphere caused by higher global and sea temperatures.

It turns out that water contained in some minerals that get pulled down into Earth due to plate tectonic activity could, under extreme pressures and temperatures, split up — liberating hydrogen and enabling the residual oxygen to combine with iron metal from the core to create a novel high - pressure mineral, iron peroxide.

Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.

It turns out that water contained in some minerals that get pulled down into the Earth due to plate tectonic activity could, under extreme pressures and temperatures, split up — liberating hydrogen and enabling the residual oxygen to combine with iron metal from the core to create a novel high - pressure mineral, iron peroxide.

Exploiting habitats that are often or mostly out of water required new symbiotic relationships to contain and move water, including the fusion of some fungi and algae to create lichen in communities with bacteria that survive extreme desiccation on land while breaking down rock into soil, and the association of mycorrhizae fungi and the root tissue of new vascular plants — culminating in trees that pump water high into the air — to exchange mineral nutrients (e.g., phosphorus) and usable «fixed» nitrogen from the atmosphere for photosynthetic products.

When there is a warm pool of water off the coast of Peru (which has contributed in extreme flooding there) and a cold pool off the U.S. West coast, such a pattern strongly correlates with high tornado activity, according to research conducted at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A 2015 USDA report (Brown et al. 2015) on how climate affects agriculture delineates the sensitivities of specialty crops to many climate components (e.g., temperatures, atmospheric CO2 levels, water supply, cloud and light conditions, high winds and other extreme conditions).

Feb. 5, 2018 - Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.

He is a principal investigator for research projects related to extreme weather, global water and energy cycle, and high latitude precipitation.

Possible increased growth and productivity concurrent with climate oscillations that increase water availability, particularly at higher elevations and where stand density is low; extreme high temperatures would have net negative impact, regardless of water availability

Using X-ray lasers, the researchers demonstrated that at such extreme temperatures, water acts like it can't make up its mind about what to be, shifting back and forth from a high density to a lower one.

In a separate, but somewhat related project, Cook is working with researchers from ORNL, Missouri University of Science and Technology, the University of Alberta, and private companies to develop coatings in high - pressure water jet cutting tools and severe service valves where parts are subject to abrasives and other extreme conditions.

While Magnesium chloride can be found in many natural bodies of water, due to extreme pollution and high levels of lead and mercury it is difficult to find a pure, clean magnesium source.

As an osmolyte, betaine protects cells, proteins, and enzymes from environmental stress (e.g., low water, high salinity or extreme temperature).

As an osmolyte, betaine protects cells, proteins, and enzymes from environmental stress (eg, low water, high salinity, or extreme temperature).

As the temperature used to cook is so much higher than the boiling point of water, the extreme heat will kill any microorganisms, which makes it ideal for sterilizing food jars for canning, or glass baby bottles.

Pumpkin isn't acidic enough to safely can in a water bath canner, so unless you've got a high pressure canner at home that can reach the extreme temperatures necessary to ensure safety, don't do it.

Like most of Francis Lawrence's high - profile, star - studded Hollywood films, from I Am Legend (2007) to three Hunger Games titles to Water for Elephants (2011), his latest is unfortunately another empty - headed bauble despite a strikingly brutal approach which ratchets up the plot's dependence on the misogynistic tendencies of the Russian machine through extreme physical, sexual, and mental anguish for its heroine, the likes of which we haven't seen since some choice exploitation headliners from the 1970s (think the travails of Pam Grier's Coffy, Dyanne Thorne's Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, or Camille Keaton in I Spit on Your Grave).

2 days agi, the strongest, high energy, living and playful one developed extreme lethargy, yesterday high fever, no appetite, no water, runny nose.

Outside and farm dogs are at high risk for neglect in three ways: lack of food or water, lack of veterinary care, and exposure to extreme weather (heat, cold, storms)

You are covered for high - risk activities like adventure and / or extreme sports activities such as abseiling, white - water rafting, bungee jumping, caving, diving, jet - skiing, parachuting, paragliding, parasailing, para-motoring, rock - climbing, shark cage diving, trekking, skiing off - piste, or scuba diving.

Wavehunters Northern Peru tour is based in Mancora, Northern Peru, where the water is warm year - round (in the low 70s / high 60s) due to the influence of the Panamanian current which only affects the extreme northern coast of Peru.

Crazy tracks design for extreme racing Experience intense speed, sky - high roller coaster, slippery handling on wood, off - road and beach driving, absurd jumps, bouncing water, and more.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

The plants were of course designed with assumptions made for weather extremes (max / min temps, winds, water level and floods) However, some have experienced higher temperatures than originally assumed.

[2012 paper — 225 cites] Modelling sea level rise impacts on storm surges along US coasts We estimate that, by mid-century, some locations may experience high water levels annually that would qualify today as «century» (i.e., having a chance of occurrence of 1 % annually) extremes.

-- It is very likely that average sea level rise will contribute to upward trends in extreme sea levels in extreme coastal high water levels.

Avoid high - risk sites: Extreme / above average frequency of tornado incidents; Enclosed locations that may «trap» air and create unusually high incidents of fog, cold air advection, etc.; Vicinity of orographically induced winds, such as Santa Ana and Chinook; Complex meteorological zones, such as adjacent to an ocean or other large bodies of water; and Persistent periods of extreme snow depths...

On another page, entitled «Impacts of Climate Change», the Met Office states: «Higher temperatures, fresh water shortages, higher sea levels and extreme weather events will each affect regions differHigher temperatures, fresh water shortages, higher sea levels and extreme weather events will each affect regions differhigher sea levels and extreme weather events will each affect regions differently.

Let a low pressure system be centered over the islands at an extreme high tide, and seawater will flood the islands and salt up the fresh water supply.

That's why I used the expression «represents a serious potential threat to humanity and our environment» (temperature increase by 2100 of up to 6.4 C, increased droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, heat waves, extreme high sea level plus secondary effects, such as crop failures, spread of vector diseases, loss of drinking water from melting glaciers, etc. all as listed in IPCC AR4).

* 20 to 30 % of plant and animal species likely to be at increased risk of extinction * many millions more people than today projected to experience floods every year due to sea level rise * increases in malnutrition; increased deaths, diseases and injury due to extreme weather events; increased burden of diarrhoeal diseases; increased frequency of cardio - respiratory diseases due to higher concentrations of ground - level ozone in urban areas * hundreds of millions of people exposed to increased water stress

Which forms the basis for the IPCC claim of high climate sensitivity (mean value of 3.2 C), resulting in significant global warming (up to 6.4 C warming by 2100), «extreme high sea levels», increased «heat waves», increased «heavy rains» and floods, increased «droughts», increased «intense tropical cyclones» — which, in turn, lead to crop failures, disappearance of glaciers now supplying drinking water to millions, increased vector borne diseases, etc. (for short, potentially catastrophic AGW — or «CAGW»).

-- I have listed the «catastrophic results» that are projected to occur, according to IPCC AR4 WG1 SPM, pp. 8 and 13: temperature increase of up to 6.4 °C, heat waves, floods, droughts, increased intense tropical cyclones, extreme high sea level, as well as some of the secondary impacts, which IPCC projects in WG2, WG3: crop failures, disappearing glaciers now supplying drinking water for millions, spread of vector diseases, etc..

It is likely that there has been an anthropogenic influence on increasing extreme coastal high water due to an increase in mean sea level.»

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

It's too bad that there isn't some way for the tides to pump the water higher and higher with each tidal extreme, with a ratchet tracking it up.

The weather is extreme, with major storms, icy waters and waves up to 50 feet high.»

Established Pinus halepensis (Borghetti et al., 1998) show high drought resistance, but Ponderosa pine forests had reduced productivity and water flux during a 1997 heatwave, and did not recover for the rest of the season, indicating threshold responses to extreme events (Goldstein et al., 2000).

In the interest of full disclosure, my «sense» is that such a small temperature increase would not increase water vapor significantly enough to cause a statistically significant increase in numbers and / or severity of extreme events, especially since most of the warming has reportedly been in the high northern latitudes where temperatures are well below 0C where the water vapor saturation value vs temperature curve is pretty flat.

Things like sea level rise, wave heights, high and low water in rivers, hurricane tracks, and storm surges are all based on historical data with the occasional consideration of possible extremes events based on theory.

In principle, an extreme moist greenhouse might cause an instability with water vapour preventing radiation to space of all absorbed solar energy, resulting in very high surface temperature and evaporation of the ocean [105].