Sentences with phrase «increase as the planet»

«We don't really have a good conceptual model for why SRH should increase as the planet warms.»
-- How about THIS: «Thus the weight of evidence points to increasing potential intensity in the region where Pam developed, and consistent with this, increasing intensity of the highest category storms based on satellite - derived measurements» — How about THIS: «All of this is consistent with the strengthening consensus that the frequency of high category tropical cyclones should increase as the planet warms (Knutson et al., 2010).»

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Meanwhile, Discovery, which runs cable channels such as Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel, saw its share price plummet in 2014 even though full - year revenue increased 13 %, as domestic ad sales dropped.
«As the planet warms, we have a good basis to think that the extreme rainfall should increase
The first is that our planet's oceans act as a massive watery heat - sink, and currently absorb more than 90 percent of increased atmospheric heat that are associated with human activity.
- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.
Accordingly, we may make the theological statement that God wants us to enjoy ourselves, to enjoy one another, to increase the enjoyment of other people — all other people — and of the other creatures with whom we share this planet as well.
How are we to prevent this compression of Mankind on the closed surface of the planet (a thing that is good in itself, as we have seen, since it promotes social unification) from passing that critical point beyond which any increase in numbers will mean famine and suffocation?
As population pressures increase around the globe, and the pace of conversion from forests to farmland accelerates, current farming and grazing practices will only continue to intensify the cycle of poverty experienced by most farmers, especially in and around our planet's most sensitive and unique ecosystems.
With a brand new cover, vegan and gluten - free recipes marked in the index plus a note about dairy and eggs, The Meat Free Monday Cookbook is handy for anyone hoping to increase the amount of seasonal fruit and vegetables in their diet as well as make a positive difference to the planet.
Join us as we invoke the Pope's encyclical Ladauto Si and pray for Governor Cuomo to find the courage to save New Yorkers and the planet by stopping the dangerous AIM Pipleine and CPV Power Plant and that he shuts down Indian Point without any increased gas dependency in our state.
As hydrocarbon gases sink toward their cores, increasing pressure squeezes out the hydrogen atoms and presses the remaining carbon into diamond, which travels through the planet's heart as very pricey precipitatioAs hydrocarbon gases sink toward their cores, increasing pressure squeezes out the hydrogen atoms and presses the remaining carbon into diamond, which travels through the planet's heart as very pricey precipitatioas very pricey precipitation.
In fact, scientists have found increasing evidence of water on numerous moons, planets, and asteroids in recent years — an encouraging trend for those who see the familiar substance as the backbone of a future space - based economy.
While an increase in population from 6.8 billion today to closer to 10 billion by mid-century will make sustainable living on the planet a challenge, especially since the bulk of that growth will be among those living in poverty who have a moral claim to economic development, the real problem may not be human numbers so much as human behavior.
As you can imagine, there's a lot of demand for this kind of person, given that our whole society seems centered around financial worth — we're all reliant on the stock market for our retirement, cures to diseases only happen if they increase shareholder value, and the latest murder has been replaced by the latest merger on the front page of every major newspaper on the planet.
Consumer tip - of - the - day: increasing efficiency of fuel economy on a miles - per - gallon scale is not linear, as more miles - per - gallon (mpg) are initially better for your wallet and the planet than you might expect, and eventually trail off with diminishing returns.
Holman says the changes in the transit times of these planets were enhanced by the fact that one of the planets orbits the star in almost exactly half of the time that it takes the other, as such «orbital resonances» increase their gravitational interaction.
As the size of the planets we looked for decreased, the number that we found increased: We found more planets with 3 times the mass of the Earth than planets with 10 times Earth's mass, more planets 10 times as massive than 100 times, and so oAs the size of the planets we looked for decreased, the number that we found increased: We found more planets with 3 times the mass of the Earth than planets with 10 times Earth's mass, more planets 10 times as massive than 100 times, and so oas massive than 100 times, and so on.
In addition to the dip in starlight as HAT - P - 7 b passed in front of its star, Kepler was able to detect the exoplanet's glow, which appears in the data as increased emission from the star when the planet is visible alongside of it.
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that the planet's warming oceans are inducing fish to get smaller as a strategy to deal with increased temperature.
Such one - step oxygen formation could be happening now as carbon dioxide increases in the region of the upper atmosphere, where high energy vacuum ultraviolet light from the Sun hits Earth or other planets.
Global warming is increasing temperatures twice as fast in the Arctic as elsewhere on the planet.
Since methane is a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide, such a scenario would trigger a «climate catastrophe», they say, increasing the methane content of the planet's atmosphere twelve-fold, and raising temperatures by 1.3 ˚C.
Hoerling said the study did not prove that the high - pressure ridge was exceptional when compared with pressure increases taking place across the globe as the planet warms.
As the average temperature of the planet goes up and as humanity encroaches on wilderness, pathogens and the organisms they infect are moving into new habitats, increasing the risk of infecting native hostAs the average temperature of the planet goes up and as humanity encroaches on wilderness, pathogens and the organisms they infect are moving into new habitats, increasing the risk of infecting native hostas humanity encroaches on wilderness, pathogens and the organisms they infect are moving into new habitats, increasing the risk of infecting native hosts.
It moves outward as the stellar orbit increases, enveloping planets and making their orbits unstable, and ultimately tossing them from the system.
Even the seemingly pristine Galápagos Islands, one of the most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems on the planet, face increasing threats as a result of climate change, water pollution, invasive plants and animals and other challenges related to human activities.
Though astronauts could be exposed to higher radiation levels, there is no increased danger on Earth, as the planet's magnetic field deflects these particles.
This implies that the circumference of the planet has increased as a result of a shift of mass from high altitudes to lower ones.
From the basic physics of the atmosphere, scientists expect that as the planet heats up from ever - mounting levels of greenhouse gases, net global precipitation will increase because a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture.
A better understanding of the constituents of the atmosphere, as well as various natural processes on Earth and on the sun, has allowed scientists to sum the various forcings — factors that can increase or decrease the retention of heat on the planet — for the first time.
Co2 is.04 % of all green house gas and increased levels are the result of the sun heating up, as evidence points to the other planets and moons heating up at the same rate.
But as emissions increase and the planet warms, that storage capacity could be compromised, scientists warn.
A recent upsurge in planet - warming methane may not be caused by increasing emissions, as previously thought, but by methane lingering longer in the atmosphere.
The researchers suspect that the presence of orbiting planets may increase convective mixing in the host star, plunging the lithium into its hotter regions where nuclear reactions consume the light element as fuel.
However, as we move closer to the limits of the planet's resources, our vulnerability to poor yields arising from climate change increases,» concludes Dermody.
Deep - sea vents, first directly observed only 20 years ago, have become of increasing interest as a possible origin of the planet's life.
As new sea routes open and sea - level rises at increasing rates, it becomes ever clearer that amplified climate change in this remote corner of our planet will impact the lives of many around the world.
Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand on water, food, and land of a growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined impacts of climate change and global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.
As the size of the planet increases, the atmosphere's «metallicity» decreases.
An Earth - like planet tends to increase its water vapor content as its mean temperature increases.
They tend to believe that as the planet warms, low - level cloud cover will increase, thus increasing planetary albedo (overall reflectiveness of the Earth), offsetting the increased greenhouse effect and preventing a dangerous level of global warming from occurring.
As viewed from a hypothetical planet around either star, the brightness of the other increases as the two approach and decreases as they recedAs viewed from a hypothetical planet around either star, the brightness of the other increases as the two approach and decreases as they recedas the two approach and decreases as they recedas they recede.
[Response: weaker cosmic ray flux - > fewer low clouds - > decrease in sunlight reflected back to space), then you need to explain why the night temperatures appear to increase faster then day temperatures (for any amplification mechanism involving te albedo, you'd expect the opposite, as there is no sunlight to reflect on the dark side of the planet...).
As a result, the planet's average temperature has been increasing since the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s.
«As we develop the technique further we will be able to study wind flows in increasing detail and make weather maps of smaller planets,» co-author Peter Wheatley from the University of Warwick's Astrophysics Group, explained, in the statement.
On Earth as well as on other planets in our solar system such as Jupiter and Saturn, the stratosphere exhibits «temperature inversion» — wherein the temperature increases with altitude.
As our planet warms, the speed difference between upper and lower altitude winds — known as «wind shear» — should increasAs our planet warms, the speed difference between upper and lower altitude winds — known as «wind shear» — should increasas «wind shear» — should increase.
As the planet warms from increasing greenhouse gases, more energy is going into the oceans, which is an important component in the strength of hurricanes (also known as tropical cyclonesAs the planet warms from increasing greenhouse gases, more energy is going into the oceans, which is an important component in the strength of hurricanes (also known as tropical cyclonesas tropical cyclones).
There are very different estimates for the increase in northern fires as the planet warms.
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