Sentences with phrase «higher air temperatures»

The cause of the present flood has to do with the mass of water vapor in the air, which is partly the result of higher air temperature.

Higher levels of oxygen 18 generally indicate higher air temperatures.

See how increased ocean acidification from global warming threatens the Carribean's coral reefs — and find other hot spots threatened by higher air temperature on the Climate Hot Map.

There is evidence that the effect of higher air temperatures in the lower Arctic atmosphere in fall is contributing to changes in the atmospheric circulation in both the Arctic and northern mid-latitudes.

See how rising ocean temperature has killed off coral reefs in the Florida Keys — and find other hot spots threatened by higher air temperature on the Climate Hot Map.

In turn, unusually low pressure on the Pacific side centered roughly over the western Bering Sea brought southerly winds over the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, contributing to unusually high air temperature there.

Warmer winter water around Greenland will certainly warm the air and cause higher air temperatures.

They defined heat waves as summertime periods with five days in a row of persistently high air temperatures in a certain area, and found 5,900 U.S. heat waves over that 12,000 - year simulation.

Others have reported that certain kinds of artificial light can improve sleep and reduce depression and agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease; that higher air temperatures seem to curb calorie consumption; that employees take more sick leave when they work in open - plan offices; and that children in daylight - drenched classrooms progress faster in maths and reading than do those in darker ones.

Then higher air temperatures set up the process of so - called dynamic thinning.

Asked by the Climate News Network whether higher air temperatures alone were likely to cancel the gains from increased rainfall, one of the study's authors, Hakim Abdi, a doctoral student in physical geography and ecosystem science at Lund, said: «The short answer is yes.

Some African savanna trees are sensitive to seasonal high air temperature extremes (Chidumayo, 2001).

One of the most well - known effects of global warming is an intensification of the water cycle, with higher air temperatures leading to increased evaporation from the seas and soils, and more atmospheric water vapor contributing to more frequent heavy precipitation events.

This study revealed regional changes to the snowpack caused by soot, whereas other studies looked at the uniform changes brought by higher air temperatures due to greenhouse gases.

Causality is always tricky to assign in cases such as this one, since it's entirely possible that the ridging itself has led to warm surface water though decreased oceanic mixing by wind and unusually high air temperatures.

However, unusually high sea level pressure centered over northern Scandinavia brought southerly winds from the East Siberian and Barents Seas, contributing to high air temperatures in these regions.

See how global warming increases the risk of forest fires in western Siberia — and find other hot spots threatened by higher air temperature on the Climate Hot Map.

See how global warming has imperiled salmon in the Columbia River, Oregon — and find other hot spots threatened by higher air temperature on the Climate Hot Map.

-- Mike Mike: Flower drop is usually caused by over-fertilizing, drought, or high air temperatures.

We get a higher air temperature (i.e. by increased sensible heat flux) and increase in evapotranspiration (i.e. increased latent heat flux).

Death Valley's record is for the highest air temperature.

It says several forecasts suggest that harvests will be reduced as a result of the higher air temperatures the region is now experiencing, even though climate change is predicted to result in the Sahel receiving more rain in future.

Higher air temperatures cause roadway surfaces to deteriorate more rapidly.

«Reduced sea ice conditions and unusually high air temperatures have facilitated the ice shelf losses,» said Luke Copland of the University of Ottawa.