Sentences with phrase «high storm activity»

We have experienced another year of high storm activity in Alberta.

«The carbon release during the latter 19th century was caused by a combination of high storm activity and the existence of larger forests during that period,» explained Fisk.

Not exact matches

In the past three years, the Sun has gone through periods of higher and lower solar activity, and Mars also has experienced solar storms, solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

The next peak cycle of sunspot activity is predicted for 2012 - 2014, bringing with it a greater risk of large geomagnetic storms that can generate powerful rogue currents in transmission lines, potentially damaging or destroying the large transformers that manage power flow over high - voltage networks.

Activity within the eyewall is closely connected to the hurricane's overall intensity, with the vertical updraft fed by an inward - spiraling, ocean - hugging wind whose average speed is the highest across the whole storm.

The seven - day rainfall total from Harvey was as much as 40 percent higher than rainfall from a similar storm would have been decades ago, before human activity caused atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to spike, according to a study published yesterday in Geophysical Research Letters.

An usually high level of spring storm activity is visible as a broad yellow region in the southern hemisphere near Antarctica, in an area sailors refer to as «the roaring forties.»

They are a common measure of solar activity — the higher the number of sunspots, the higher the probability of a major storm that could wreak havoc on Earth (see Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe).

It was hoped that El Niño would fuel continued storm activity in California, but a relentless high - pressure area kept rains away.

«With hurricane Sandy and [Typhoon] Haiyan, scientists found little contribution [from human activity] to the storm itself, but the main role of climate change was through the higher sea levels.»

High intakes of refined carbohydrates and omega -6-rich polyunsaturated oils, low antioxidant intake, lack of physical activity, and misguided avoidance of cholesterol and saturated fats combine to create a perfect storm for glycation and oxidative stress in the brain, ultimately resulting in severe cognitive decline that renders nearly impossible the tasks involved in everyday living.

Storms River village provides a number of adventure activities like the Canopy tours, bungi jumping from the Bloukrans River Bridge, which claims to the be the world's highest at 216 metres, biking trails, fishing excursions and Black Water Tubing and kloofing, but the star of the show is nature herself and the meeting place of forest, precipitous cliff and stormy seas.

1) The start date in 1923 is a relatively low period in landfalling and basin - wide hurricane / or tropical storm time series with relatively higher activity in the late 1800s.

The storm activity around Scandinavia during the most recent winter (2004 - 2005) was unusually high, and there was a great deal of media attention on the storm trains.

As to the second the answer is probably no specifically referring to hurricane activity mentioned by McHugh the actual frequency of severe hurricanes is less now than it has been in the past: Only 4 «highest category» storms have occurred in the last 10 years!

While many studies of the effects of global warming on hurricanes predict an increase in various metrics of Atlantic basin - wide activity, it is less clear that this signal will emerge from background noise in measures of hurricane damage, which depend largely on rare, high - intensity landfalling events and are thus highly volatile compared to basin - wide storm metrics.

Mid-latitude storms have decreased in frequency (e.g., in the United States overall) while high - latitude storm activity has increased (e.g., in Canada).4 It is likely that human influence contributed to these changes.5

There has been a substantial increase in most measures of Atlantic hurricane activity since the early 1980s, the period during which high quality satellite data are available.20, 21,22 These include measures of intensity, frequency, and duration as well as the number of strongest (Category 4 and 5) storms.

«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.

When solar activity is high — the sea level pressure at the poles is low and storms are constrained to a tight circle at high latitudes.

These changes combined with higher sea levels and associated storm surges, more intense droughts, and increased precipitation variability are projected to lead to increased stresses to water, agriculture, economic activities and urban and rural settlements (high confidence).

There has been a substantial increase in most measures of Atlantic hurricane activity since the early 1980s, the period during which high - quality satellite data are available.13, 14,15,16,17 These include measures of intensity, frequency, and duration as well as the number of strongest (Category 4 and 5) storms.

· In the mid - and high - latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere over the latter half of the twentieth century, it is likely that there has been a 2 to 4 percent increase in the frequency of heavy precipitation events [thunderstorms and large - scale storm activity].

Enhanced geomagnetic activity, including minor (G1) storm conditions will be possible after December 7th when a high speed solar wind stream is expected to arrive past Earth.

The AMO theory holds that an active period ended in 1900, followed by relative calm until 1930, high activity until about 1970, and calm again until the recent period of higher - than - normal storm activity began in 1995.

But Louisiana and Virginia offer a picture of how further sea - level rise and higher storm surges â $» just one set of climate - related risks â $» could seriously disrupt human activity.

Lastly, 2010 is part of a «high activity era» designated by scientists, who mark 2005 as first place in storm development for the last 15 seasons.

Still, residential construction activity in the region could move higher soon after, when builders begin replacing homes destroyed by the storm.