Sentences with phrase «frequency of extreme weather events»

While much of the emphasis regarding climate change is on overall warming, increased frequency of extreme weather events is also a critical concern.

One aspect that was not incorporated into this modeling is predicted future frequencies of extreme weather events.

The project looks at whether and to what extent climate change is already affecting the magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events on the continent.

But they are troubling: Record - breaking temperatures and the rising frequency of extreme weather events illustrate that climate change is happening.

The global warming debate as presented by the media usually focuses on the increasing mean temperature of the earth, associated extreme weather events and future climate projections of increasing frequency of extreme weather events worldwide.

For example, the Climate and Health Assessment found that «rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and a higher frequency of some extreme weather events associated with climate change will influence the distribution, abundance, and prevalence» of some vectors like the mosquitos that carry the West Nile virus.

Private and public sector organizations face significant obstacles to adaptation: uncertainty regarding future climate change at regional and local scales; uncertainty regarding the future frequency of extreme weather events; and uncertainty regarding the ecological, economic and other impacts of climate change.

The research will become important across agricultural regions, she says, as climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events around the world.

What this report is saying is that we can attribute an increased magnitude or frequency of some extreme weather events to climate change,» said David Titley, professor of practice in Penn State's Department of Meteorology and founding director of Penn State's Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, who chaired the committee that wrote the report.

But the report may well shock people: Early drafts noted that the frequency of extreme weather events will increase, Arctic Sea ice may completely disappear and rising sea levels will inundate existing coastlines — without taking into account variables like Greenland's increased rate of melting.

Professor Michael Norton, EASAC's Environment Programme Director states, «Our 2013 Extreme Weather Events report — which was based on the findings of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute — has been updated and the latest data supports our original conclusions: there has been and continues to be a significant increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, making climate proofing all the more urgent.

«New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events: European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation.»

Globally, our climate is undergoing fundamental shifts, both in changing average weather conditions and the frequency of extreme weather events.

But you must distinguish between this phenomenon and any phenomenon of greater severity or frequency of extreme weather events.

Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity because of the frequency of extreme weather events, high rates of poverty and failing infrastructures, including road and telecommunications networks, which decrease both production and distribution capacity.

«Climate change will affect our agricultural productivity, our forests, fisheries, the types of pests and diseases we face, the frequency of extreme weather events, and even our capacity to generate hydroelectricity ---- and policymakers must make decisions in the face of all of these.»

Also see Hansen et al. (2011) and Rahmstorf and Coumou (2011) for efforts to quantify the increased frequency of extreme weather events, and the IPCC SREX for an overview of the subject.

The increase in trapped heat changes the climate and alters weather patterns, which may change the timing of seasonal natural events, and the frequency of extreme weather events.

As a result of climate change, global temperatures are expected to continue to rise, resulting in sea level rise and an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, landslides and storms.

These results suggest that as the Arctic continues to warm faster than elsewhere in response to rising greenhouse - gas concentrations, the frequency of extreme weather events caused by persistent jet - stream patterns will increase.

Any open - minded, well informed person would have to accept that there is a strong likelihood that climate change is behind the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and extreme fire danger weather.

This warming, in turn, has melted ice, raised sea levels, and increased the frequency of extreme weather events: heat waves and heavy rains, for example.

It finds substantial impact differences in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, regional water availability and agricultural yields, sea - level rise and risk of coral reef loss.

An increase in the severity and frequency of extreme weather events is projected to have major impacts over the course of the 21st century (See Table SPM - 1).

The science of extreme event attribution has advanced rapidly in recent years, giving new insight to the ways that human - caused climate change can influence the magnitude or frequency of some extreme weather events.

An increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, severe dust storms and hurricanes;

More than any natural variations, carbon emissions from human activities will determine the future trajectory of the earth's temperature and thus the frequency of extreme weather events, the rise in sea level, and the state of food security.

«The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events is increasing, and this trend is only set to continue.

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Although quantitative projections for flood frequency and intensity are uncertain, the contribution of climate change to the damage costs from natural disasters is expected to increase in the future due to the projected increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events in many regions.

As the concentration of carbon dioxide increases, the frequency of extreme weather events — including snowstorms — also increases.

Fishing, a major source of food for the region, will also be affected by rising sea levels, making coastal land unusable, causing fish species to migrate, and an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events disrupting agriculture.