Sentences with phrase «extremes of weather»

There have always been extremes of weather around the world but evidence suggests human influence is changing the odds.

9.3.1 Global Mean Response 9.3.1.1 1 % / yr CO2 increase (CMIP2) experiments 9.3.1.2 Projections of future climate from forcing scenario experiments (IS92a) 9.3.1.3 Marker scenario experiments (SRES) 9.3.2 Patterns of Future Climate Change 9.3.2.1 Summary 9.3.3 Range of Temperature Response to SRES Emission Scenarios 9.3.3.1 Implications for temperature of stabilisation of greenhouse gases 9.3.4 Factors that Contribute to the Response 9.3.4.1 Climate sensitivity 9.3.4.2 The role of climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake 9.3.4.3 Thermohaline circulation changes 9.3.4.4 Time - scales of response 9.3.5 Changes in Variability 9.3.5.1 Intra-seasonal variability 9.3.5.2 Interannual variability 9.3.5.3 Decadal and longer time - scale variability 9.3.5.4 Summary 9.3.6 Changes of Extreme Events 9.3.6.1 Temperature 9.3.6.2 Precipitation and convection 9.3.6.3 Extra-tropical storms 9.3.6.4 Tropical cyclones 9.3.6.5 Commentary on changes in extremes of weather and climate 9.3.6.6 Conclusions

While the rising temperatures of global warming may be pushing the atmosphere towards greater extremes of weather - with all the destructive potential that implies - that extra heat is also having an effect on the oceans.

Natural disasters would probably include extremes of weather Faustino but I agree that climate change would generally manifest itself in a much more gradual way and would impact on vulnerable regions, rather than globally.

Allied to this is the question of what extremes of weather such changes in temperature will provoke (if any)?

... 2030 gave us hitherto unprecedented extremes of weather.

Yet another team of research scientists has looked at the probabilities, and has linked extremes of weather with global warming.

Even in discussions of this forum, there are plenty of scientists who are grand experts in their own discipline, but the expertise of whom is infrequently enough to solve multiscientific problems like climate warming and extremes of weather are.

When the 2 - degree limit was agreed to at a 2010 conference in Cancún, Mexico, it faced intense opposition from the low - lying island nations and poor countries at greatest risk from rising sea levels and extremes of weather.

I am calling the article «tranquility, transition and turbulence» as within it we have temperatures warmer than today, colder than today and extremes of weather including prodigious rainfall.

I have always maintained that the human race would not have evolved as we have if there were no homeostatic mechanisms to avoid extremes of weather in the habitable areas of Earth.

Unpredictable extremes of weather could be a huge problem.

Extremes of weather and climate can have devastating effects on human society and the environment (1,2).

There is nothing «natural» about these extremes of weather over the last 2 years, or about the unprecedented ozone hole in the Arctic last year (troposphere warming from greenhouse gases caused stratospheric cooling to below threshold temperature for polar stratospheric cloud generation and ozone destruction).

All projections I've seen (e.g., UW CIG) indicate this region will remain pleasantly habitable for people for longer than other areas (think Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona) under the pressure of increasing numbers and extremes of weather «anomalies.»

As for extremes of weather we have had heat waves and constant bushfires interspersed with unseasonal frost and snow.

«For many years my work has cycled in and around the themes of nature at large and on a more specific level, the extremes of weather.

Extremes of weather.

We were treated to the most extremes of weather from snow storms to sand storms and on to record high temperatures.

The bill would only require that dogs be provided «protection from the extremes of weather», «proper ventilation» and a «solid surface» where the dog could lie in a «recumbent position».

There will be little relief from the extremes of weather.

The hairless Cresteds, not having the usual coat protection, are more comfortable when not exposed to extremes of weather.

She must have found some sort of shelter because she survived the extremes of the weather and was not seen or heard for long periods of time between occasional sightings.

Cubs leave the den, romp together and with other pack members, and experience extremes of weather and variations of terrain.

Smith did not say that both state and federal regulations, as well as the animal cruelty law, offer very specific and stringent requirements to protect dogs from extremes of weather.

The hutch and run should be out of direct sunlight in a weatherproof, draught - proof shed, as guinea pigs are vulnerable to all extremes of weather.

It protects organisms from extremes of weather, such as freezing and drying out.

Remember also that (IIRC) one of the predictions of climate models is that warming is likely to result in more extremes of weather?

They heed Houghton's warning that the period since 1980 «has been remarkable for the frequency and intensity of extremes of weather and climate».

What seems to be happening is that we in the U.K. are getting more extremes of weather at either end of our normal range.

«The wrong weather at the wrong time» But one fact that bee experts all agree on is that while bees, particularly honeybees, are very adaptable creatures in normal circumstances, they are highly vulnerable to extremes of weather, particularly downpours and flooding.

This water bladder was constructed for the most extreme of weather conditions and promises to stand up to the test (proven by the no - leak lifetime guarantee).

Not exact matches

One degree may not sound like much, but Stefan Rahmstorf, a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute in Germany, says, «Every tenth of a degree increases the number of unprecedented extreme weather events considerably.»

For instance, right now a large portion of the United States is suffering through extreme winter weather.

The most frequent cause of delays were late - arriving aircraft (7.4 %) followed by aviation - system delays (6.9 %), maintenance or crew problems (5.2 %), extreme weather (0.4 %) and for security - related reasons (0.02 %)

While massive blizzards and extreme weather in places like New York can leave hotels and airlines scrambling to alternate staff and schedules, the tourism industry in Bali has a somewhat similar challenge every year: Day of Silence.

More customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard International.

These financial impacts will mostly be felt in the poorest parts of Africa, Asia, and South America — causing loss of crops, droughts and other extreme weather, and increasing sea level rise.

Climate change, driven by use of fossil fuels like tar sands, is causing extreme weather events around the globe.

Climate scientists have long warned that rising emissions of greenhouse gases by humanity may cause weather extremes, and not just heat waves.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

Hurricane Irma, for its part, spotlighted another kind of housing risk — the low - quality homes and trailers where many poor Floridians live, which offer little protection from extreme weather events.

«The safety of our community is the primary consideration on whether to close the university or cancel classes during extreme weather conditions or other emergency situations,» Hanigsberg told me.

Add in expectations for extreme weather, and you get an explosive cocktail of supply constraints pushing everything higher.

There are the obvious ways: building and constantly improving the infrastructure necessary to predict hurricanes and other extreme weather, collecting images of disasters to guide emergency response workers, and tracking sea level changes around the world that affect coastlines and the Navy.

As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.

THIS MONTH has seen extreme weather conditions hit Western Australia, causing devastation the like of which I hope I never witness again.

The closures have come as a result of the extreme weather, which in some cases has flooded facilities or rendered them inaccessible.

Over the next two weeks, academics, innovators, business leaders, public officials and youth organization representatives will convene at workshops in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, London, Johannesburg, Oslo, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Shanghai to identify tangible opportunities related to five risks threatening our communities: extreme weather, continued lock - in to fossil fuels, urban breakdown, lack of fresh water and continued rise in non-communicable diseases.

* ESURE: British insurer esure Group Plc on Thursday said claims related to a spell of extreme winter weather resulted in higher - than - expected costs in its home insurance business in the first - quarter.