Sentences with phrase «further warming the region»

Then we absorb more solar energy which further warms the region (Arctic Amplification) which further exacerbates the global warming as a strong feedback... This is not really in question as far as I can tell?

As the reflective ice disappears, it exposes the dark ocean, which more readily absorbs solar energy, further warming the region.

Not exact matches

«So far, I believe the benefits (of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on global warming this year.

So far the team has looked only at data from the Pacific Ocean region, but if other tropical oceans have the same effect, Earth may be well equipped to handle global warming.

Those fluxes help drive a positive feedback effect, further intensifying warming in the region.

Professor Kug notes that further research is needed to obtain a general conclusion on the matter, but this research delivers important implications for climate adaptation because the analysis shows that if current warming trends continue, it is feasible to conclude that the ecosystems in regions affected by the anomalous climate will suffer greater damages due to the cold and dry spells.

In other words, although Arctic warming has increased carbon uptake in the Northern Hemisphere, this research has shown that the resulting interannual variability in Arctic temperatures can affect regions further away in North America and may counteract the initially observed increases in carbon uptake.

«The finding that this was not the case is alarming, because the Arctic is the most rapidly warming region on the planet, with conservative estimates predicting further warming of another approximately 4oC by the end of the century.»

Some regions of the country will be hit far harder by extreme heat than others, and some will experience rising temperatures in terms of warmer winters rather than unbearable summers.

Warm waters have been eating away at ice from below in this region, and once grounding lines retreat far enough inland, entire glaciers can become unstable and collapse.

Still, it all fits a by - now familiar picture of an Arctic warming up considerably faster than the mid-latitudes, with consequences that could extend far outside of the polar region, says Rafe Pomerance, a former deputy assistant secretary of state who sits on the National Academy of Sciences» Polar Research Board.

Even if climate change brings further warm winters to the region, however, experts think this infestation has probably peaked.

In far north regions where extreme cold is often the norm during the winter, shelters can be made warmer by lining the interior walls, floor and ceiling with Mylar blankets.

Winter (Jun - Aug): Although cooler weather may be experienced in winter, the temperatures are perfect for bush walking and Fraser Island and the Cooloola Coast are generally far warmer than the more inland regions of South Queensland, due to the proximity to the sea.

With its warm tropical weather, breathtaking beaches, tropical rainforest and rugged outback, it's no wonder people from all over the world flock to this region of Far North Queensland every year.

For those who seek to curtail travel in a feeble attempt to fight global warming: Given the non-emergency that climate change has thus far proven to be and the real and dire crises that presently plague the planet, should we also deny transportation (by aid organizations and concerned citizens) to regions, like the Darfur or Sierra Leone, that require our immediate attention?

She and I agreed that, if anything, folks should be far more concerned about the tropics in a warming climate, given how many regions are close to physical limits for heat now and other factors, like fragmentation of rain forests and pollution impacts on reefs, are adding stress.

The ambiguity over the definition of ice - free is not really important as far as the strong albedo feedbacks magnifying the warming of the region, so is kind of a red herring in the discussion.

A few days ago the «shocking» headlines came out, describing some new research on how much methane is now seeping out of the Arctic seafloor — a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide, but much shorter lived in the atmosphere — as the region warms and permafrost melts.

And looking further in the future, other researchers see greenhouse - driven warming becoming a big and harmful influence in that populous region: «A statistically predictive model for future monsoon failure in India.»

Computer simulations of the atmosphere and ocean, when run with rising greenhouse gases, show the warm pool heating at the same rate as other ocean regions, in contrast to what has been observed there so far, the researchers said.

Position on a Continent Temperature Precipitation Distribution of Climate Regions - Due to water's better ability to hold heat longer, areas around coastlines tend to have warmer climates than areas that are further away from water.

It is driving risks for crop yields in many regions and generally increases dangerous weather extremes around the globe, yet in the dry Sahel there seems to be a chance that further warming might indeed enhance water availability for farming and grazing.»

But mapping with ice - penetrating radar has revealed a low - lying region cut by glacially carved channels that drop as far as 8,500 feet below sea level — perfect for guiding warm ocean water deep into the heart of the ice sheet.

Since the darker ocean surface absorbs more sunlight than the bright ice, this warms the region even further.

If these warm ocean temperatures occur in combination with abnormally warm conditions near Alaska, the extra heat from the Arctic can intensify the ridge, causing it to reach farther northward, become more persistent, and pump even more heat into the region near Alaska.

Our analysis further shows that how the ENSO related teleconnection to the Indian Ocean region differ under warm and cold phase of PDO.

We believe that global warming since 1850 may have triggered decreases in fire frequency in some regions and future warming may even lead to further decreases in fire frequency....

Since CET is about.01 % the area of the Earth, with a far higher level of technology during 1600 - 1800 than over 95 % of the rest of Earth's surface, it should not be surprising that such a tiny region so dense with technology would see global warming in the 17th century.

«Glaciers in higher colder mountainous regions will be slower to melt even as temps rise, the lower tundra areas will respond more quickly to such changes and this is shown by the quicker responses in tree line to the lesser warming periods like the MWP at ground level further north from him, and not just fossil remains but old farming settlements uncovered, and so on.»

If that is the case, here is the problem: existing policy proposals do not, as far as I know, supply even «fuzzy» benefits — something like (don't pick on the numbers — I pulled them out of my nether region as an example only): Best case: RCP8.5, TCS 6.0, estimated reduced warming: 5C GMST by 2100 Worst case: RCP2.0, TCS 1.4, estimated reduced warming: 0.2 C GMST by 2100 Estimated costs per 1C increase in GMST: $ 150B p.a.

This warm water brings heat not just to the ocean (melting the ice from below) but that heat is then released to the atmosphere from the ocean and further warms the entire region.

«The authors write that «the Mediterranean region is one of the world's most vulnerable areas with respect to global warming,»... they thus consider it to be extremely important to determine what impact further temperature increases might have on the storminess of the region... produced a high - resolution record of paleostorm events along the French Mediterranean coast over the past 7000 years... from the sediment bed of Pierre Blanche Lagoon [near Montpellier, France]... nine French scientists, as they describe it, «recorded seven periods of increased storm activity at 6300 - 6100, 5650 - 5400, 4400 - 4050, 3650 - 3200, 2800 - 2600, 1950 - 1400, and 400 - 50 cal yr BP,» the latter of which intervals they associate with the Little Ice Age.

If polar vortices are driven further and further south, drawing up warmer air from middle latitudes toward the pole and supplanting them with Arctic chill, then many nations might experience cooling, while the generally unmonitored Arctic Circle region experiences substantial restructuring of sea ice as well as surface warming and deep ocean warming too.

For these regions, current warming, and the further warming (at least 0.5 degree C) guaranteed by CO2 already emitted, constitutes damaging climate change today.

Arctic warming alters weather patterns far from the region and also accelerates sea level rise globally with the melting of the massive Greenland ice sheet.

As the aerosol particles rise on the warm, convecting air, they produce more rain over northern India and the Himalayan foothill, which further warms the atmosphere and fuels a «heat pump» that draws yet more warm air to the region.

«The dramatic changes in lake ice may also contribute to further warming of the entire region, because open water on lakes contributes to warmer air temperatures, albeit to a lesser extent than open seawater,» Surdu said.

Penguin species from farther north, the Chinstrap and Gentoo, have started moving in, while Adélie numbers are increasing farther south in a region that hasn't experienced as much warming.

One third of current streams may be too warm to support salmon by the end of the century, further impacting the region's fishing industry.

As further warming is anticipated in this region of the Pacific and elsewhere, enhanced hydroclimatic variability might be expected across southwestern North America in the coming century.

«As a result of rising temperatures, it is expected that plant diseases and pests so far only found in warmer regions will spread.

Further west, in the Niño 4 region, it was quite a bit warmer.

It is worth noting that wildfire incidences like this one, which are occurring across the globe now more frequently, with greater severity, and causing more damage than ever, also function as yet another feedback loop in regard to ACD: As the planet warms, arid regions dry further, causing more wildfires, which warm the planet further, and so the cycle amplifies itself.

Warm SSTs in this region, and the enhanced deep convection, have been connected to a standing - wave pattern in the atmosphere from the tropics to higher latitudes in a manner similar to that associated with ENSO, but with roots farther west.

Also, as far as temperature changes across the year are concerned, in the polar regions right at the surface, the main warming will be in the winter months.

At the same time, they point towards below normal ice extent in the Barents / Kara Sea, also compared to the record minimum in 2007, which they see coupled to oceanic processes and promoting further warming of surface waters in the region.

Whereas the Arctic has warmed far more than any other region and has steadily lost sea ice, Antarctica has cooled in most places and gained sea ice.

As the Arctic region warms, Greenland glaciers such as Jakobshavn have been thinning and «calving» — or breaking off — icebergs further and further inland.

They found that open oceans are much less efficient than sea ice when it comes to emitting in the far - infrared region of the spectrum, a previously unknown phenomenon that is likely contributing to the warming of the polar climate.