The new study, coupled with NASA's previous findings, confirms that Arctic greening is indeed an alarming trend and global warming has been greatly affecting the vegetation
in high latitude areas.
We talk about temperatures
in high latitude areas, like the Arctic, because, as a general rule, high latitude areas are much more sensitive to human stress than the global average.
However, even just 1 degree warming was huge
in high latitude areas where polar amplification is occurring (early Jan 2006 post at RC).
Not exact matches
For example: if you live
in a far northern
latitude, if you live
in an urban
area where tall buildings and pollution block sunlight, if baby is always completely covered and kept out of the sun, if baby is always inside during the day, or if you always apply
high - SPF sunscreen.
In Finland and other
high -
latitude countries, warmer winters could also mean the disappearance of ice roads, which help connect
areas difficult to reach on regular routes.
Assistant Professor Yuzo Miyazaki of Hokkaido University, who led the research, said «
In recent years, some studies have pointed out that the amount of organics emitted from the forest floor is similar to, or even larger than, that emitted from tree leaves in cool - temperate or other higher - latitude forested area
In recent years, some studies have pointed out that the amount of organics emitted from the forest floor is similar to, or even larger than, that emitted from tree leaves
in cool - temperate or other higher - latitude forested area
in cool - temperate or other
higher -
latitude forested
areas.
The faster increases
in AP are more significant
in low
latitude areas (tropical and sub-tropical regions) than the middle and
high latitude areas.
The regions that exhibit cooling are mainly
in the shallow equatorial
areas and
in some
high -
latitude regions.
It's also more prevalent
in areas of
higher latitude.
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latitude it allows for freedom to innovate.
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«Whales feed
in highly productive and
high latitude areas and then they migrate to low productivity, low
latitude areas.
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in Reproducing Satellite Derived Leaf
Area Index over the
High -
Latitude Northern Hemisphere.
That fluctuation is amplified by land surface temperatures
in the same
latitude band of about the same
area, because the land surface temperatures are at a
higher average altitude with a lower average specific heat capacity and the (Tmax + Tmin) / 2 method of determining «average» amplifies the variance.
The regions that exhibit cooling are mainly
in the shallow equatorial
areas and
in some
high -
latitude regions.
That many of the
areas of the world with
high ranges of tides are
in the
areas of Alaska, Canada, and northern Europe has created a misconception that the range of tide increases with increasing
latitude (as one moves farther from the equator and closer to the poles).
So what you really want is a good canary
in the coal mine and the
high latitude areas are canaries, whereas the global average hides real stress.
In high -
latitude areas like Alaska, frozen ground known as permafrost can trap large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane produced by layers of decayed plant and animal matter.
Since large portions of the mid - and
high latitude land
areas have had increasing precipitation during the last half the 20th century, the question arises as to how much of this
area is affected by increases
in heavy and extreme precipitation rates.
As a result,
in 2007 one can observe northward inflow of warm air to the Eastern Arctic through the Russian Far East
area, and
in 2008, similar inflow via
high latitude domain of North America.
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in field / process studies or model development
in one or more of the following
areas: (a) clouds, (b)
high - frequency ocean - atmosphere interaction (diurnal to sub-seasonal), (c) coastal ocean processes, (d)
high -
latitude processes (i.e., Arctic, Antarctic, ocean - ice interactions), or (e) ocean biogeochemical cycles / ecosystem interactions.
Another element left out of the comparison of temperature change by
latitude is that there is much less global
area in the
higher latitudes than
in the lower latitudes.
High latitude areas are tending to see more significant increases
in rainfall, while precipitation has actually declined
in many tropical
areas.»
This «forced» cell is heavily impacted by the dynamic processes
in the much larger tropical
area, with geostrophic winds enhanced by a larger Coriolis force at a
higher latitude.
Even for HadCRUT4v2, used
in [Lewis and Curry], the increase
in GMST over the period concerned actually exceeds the
area - weighted average of increases for ten separate
latitude zones, so underweighting of
high -
latitude zones does not seem to cause a downwards bias.
The disease causes devastating birth defects
in fetuses when pregnant women are infected, and climate change could make
higher -
latitude areas habitable for the mosquitos that spread the disease, experts said.
Yet even
in winter the
area between Norway and Svalbard is ice - free, notwithstanding its
high latitude (about 77 N), on account of the Gulf Stream.
In fact, the orbit is such that the
highest latitude areas can not be seen at all.
The culprit behind much of the extreme heat
in each case has been large, strong, and persistent
areas of
high pressure, which have set up shop over these
high latitude locations, keeping cooler weather and precipitation at bay.
Three, the temperatures are NOT
higher in areas with very
high levels of GHGs (e.g., Atlanta, GA) than
in areas with very low levels of GHGs that are at the same
latitude and altitude.
The results of Samson's study showed that, while
areas typically associated with hot, tropical climates will be severely affected, those
high -
latitude areas which currently have a milder, less temperate climate will experience an even greater upwards shift
in temperature.
Because the cooler climates of
high -
latitude regions have something of an inhibitive effect on the migratory population; by 2050, migration
in these
areas will increase as those living
in these countries find the weather more permitting of a transient lifestyle.