Sentences with phrase «extreme water loss»

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«We know that, in many ways, land use can have severe ecological impacts, for example, biodiversity loss; an extreme and inequitable competition for land, water and energy; and carbon emissions, an adverse impact of converting corn to biofuels.

Also, take into account that we will be mentioning numbers for weight loss related to extreme anorexia, meaning that the hypothesized person would be completely deprived of any food (thus being in a state of starvation), but allowed to drink water at will.

The problem with summer is that the extreme heat can facilitate greater insensible water loss.

Another example is a loss of electrical power during a heat wave or wildfires, which can reduce food and water safety.261 Air conditioning has helped reduce illness and death due to extreme heat, 262 but if power is lost, everyone is vulnerable.

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).

The particularly rapid sea ice loss from 1997 to 2007 was related to extreme ocean conditions that drove a sustained warming of the surface waters throughout the subpolar Atlantic and Nordic Seas.

[2] Expected impacts include a sea level rise up to 6 - 7m, melting permafrost in the arctic regions, large - scale agricultural losses, increased water scarcity, a collapse of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean and an increase of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts or devastating storms.

These include potential flood damages from more extreme rainfall in most parts of Australia and New Zealand; constraints on water resources from reducing rainfall in southern Australia; increased health risks and infrastructure damages from heat waves in Australia; and, increased economic losses, risks to human life and ecosystem damage from wildfires in southern Australia and many parts of New Zealand.

Climate change driven disruptions to ecosystems have direct and indirect human impacts, including reduced water supply and quality, the loss of iconic species and landscapes, effects on food chains and the timing and success of species migrations, and the potential for extreme weather and climate events to destroy or degrade the ability of ecosystems to provide societal benefits.11

It also raises concerns about the loss of water flow into the Colorado River, and about extreme summer heat, wildfires and droughts.

This year stronger than normal, but not extreme, winds have caused the extreme ice loss because the thinner ice is more easily moved around by the winds, opening up areas of water much earlier in the spring.

The IPCC has already concluded that it is «virtually certain that human influence has warmed the global climate system» and that it is «extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010» is anthropogenic.1 Its new report outlines the future threats of further global warming: increased scarcity of food and fresh water; extreme weather events; rise in sea level; loss of biodiversity; areas becoming uninhabitable; and mass human migration, conflict and violence.

Sudden water input caused by short term extremes, such as massive rain storms or the draining of a surface lake, however... allows [the meltwater] to pool and lubricate the bottom of the glaciers and accelerate ice loss.

Numerous scientific studies... show that if heat - trapping emissions continue unabated, global warming is likely to cause more extreme heat in our cities, severe water shortages, loss of species, hazards to coasts from sea level rise, and extreme weather.

Key Achievements • Saved the entire livestock from Mad Cow Disease by quickly determining which animal had the disease and isolating it on time • Implemented a system to sound alarms 50 minutes before the onset of a inclement weather, making it easy to put preventative measures in place • Introduced a sophisticated irrigation system which saved water by 50 % in comparison to the original irrigation system • Harvested 95 % of the crop despite extreme weather conditions, minimizing loss by 88 %