Sentences with phrase «intense extreme events»

But climate change is almost certain to lead to more frequent and / or more intense extreme events like fires, floods, and storms.

Any place that is having it's 100 year flood / drought will be having a «more intense extreme event» in that region.

Not exact matches

When an extreme event collides with continually rising seas, it takes a less intense storm, such as a Category I hurricane, to inflict as much coastal damage as a Category II or III storm would have had when the seas were lower.

And the worst is yet to come: As the global thermostat rises, extreme weather events such as droughts and floods will become more frequent and intense in many regions, the United Nations warns.

«The loss of sea ice in the Arctic and changes to heat storage will lead to changes in weather patterns that could bring extreme heat and cold events to the continental United States similar to those seen in recent years, and possibly even more intense.»

«Dangerous» global warming includes consequences such as increased risk of extreme weather and climate events ranging from more intense heat waves, hurricanes, and floods, to prolonged droughts.

Overall, the chances of seeing a rainfall event as intense as Harvey have roughly tripled - somewhere between 1.5 and five times more likely - since the 1900s and the intensity of such an event has increased between 8 percent and 19 percent, according to the new study by researchers with World Weather Attribution, an international coalition of scientists that objectively and quantitatively assesses the possible role of climate change in individual extreme weather events.

«Previous scientific studies have shown that extreme weather events are becoming more common, more intense, and longer lasting in response to our changing climate.

The elderly and the very young are especially vulnerable to extreme heat events, which are poised to become more frequent and intense (ClimateWire, June 14).

With a changing global climate, the panel members said, what seem to be abnormally frequent, intense or otherwise extreme weather phenomena may become the new «normal» at the same time that humans, expanding to populate more geographical nooks and crannies, become increasingly vulnerable to these events.

Rising sea levels will make coastal areas more prone to flooding, regional droughts are likely to increase in frequency and intensity, summer months are likely to have more extreme - heat days, and thunderstorms and other weather events are likely to become more intense in some parts of the world.

They also contribute to more frequent and intense extreme weather events.

Such extreme rainfall events are likely to get even more intense as our climate warms.

However, combined measuring stations around the world suggest there has been a global trend towards more frequent and intense hot extremes since the 1950s, as well as more heavy precipitation events.

Nassim Taleb of «Black Swan» fame teaches us the very same basic principle with his «hockey stick» with intense life changing events on one extreme and small gentle changes on the other.

We are already seeing more intense storms and more heatwaves and higher extreme rainfall events, all at damaging levels so it can only get worse over the next 30 years imho.

The first thorough federal review of research on how global warming may affect extreme climate events in North America forecasts more drenching rains, parching droughts (especially in the Southwest), intense heat waves and stronger hurricanes if long - lived greenhouse gases continue building in the atmosphere.

Historically when there was an extreme weather event — an intense heat wave or a drought — we knew it was temporary and that things would likely be back to normal by the next harvest.

«Extreme events Global warming of 2C vs 1.5 C is likely to lead to more frequent and more intense hot extremes in most land regions as well as to longer warm spells.

Citing the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the ASEAN for a Fair, Ambitious and Binding Global Climate Deal (A-FAB) coalition said typhoons and other extreme weather events would become more intense and frequent unless governments took immediate steps to move toward a low - carbon economy.

According to Climate Communication, «All weather events are now influenced by climate change because all weather now develops in a different environment than before... climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.»

LUCKNOW: The intense heat wave condition that is sweeping across India currently could be another manifestation of an extreme weather event, said researchers from the New Delhi - based research and advocacy organisation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in a statement on Thursday.

«Australia is amongst those most exposed, extreme weather events, firestorms, more intense if not more frequent cyclones,» he said.

Projections suggest an increase in extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, more intense storms and heat - waves.

Observational data, evidence from field experiments, and quantitative modeling are the evidence base of the negative effects of extreme weather events on crop yield: early spring heat waves followed by normal frost events have been shown to decimate Midwest fruit crops; heat waves during flowering, pollination, and grain filling have been shown to significantly reduce corn and wheat yields; more variable and intense spring rainfall has delayed spring planting in some years and can be expected to increase erosion and runoff; and floods have led to crop losses.4, 5,6,7

2: Our Changing Climate, Key Message 7), 46 and climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent and intense in coming decades (Ch.

There is a pressing need to educate future researchers in the techniques given the prominence and importance of societal and scientific questions about extreme events that are receiving increasingly intense attention in the minds of the public and their policy makers.

Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, heavy downpours, floods, and other extreme weather events are projected to become more frequent and intense, with serious consequences for human health and well - being.

On extreme precipitation events over mid-latitude landmass and wet tropical regions becoming more intense and frequent, the CLAs clarified that the assessment was based on more than the RCPs, and that the conclusion was generally true for all these regions.

Looking ahead, the report notes, «Climate change, in tandem with people's increasing exposure and vulnerability, is expected to magnify this trend, as extreme weather events become more frequent and intense in the coming decades.»

«There is clear scientific evidence that climate change has led to sea levels rising and that extreme weather events will become more frequent and more intense,» Mr Davey said....

The early and intense fires we are seeing now represent just the beginning of what is likely to be an extreme fire event for these regions.

The World Health Organisation reports that climate change related variations to weather patterns such as more intense and frequent extreme events, changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, and to ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure, will all have an impact on health.

extreme weather events is undefined here, but strong tornadoes, a proxy for intense thunderstorms, have declined

If scientists can demonstrate to policymakers that we would see significantly fewer and less intense extreme weather events by putting the brakes on our emissions then it might lead to the necessary action to protect society and the environment from the worst outcomes of climate change.»

The economic and social costs of extreme weather events will increase substantially in areas where they become more intense or more frequent.

In his most recent State of the Union address, President Obama said that extreme weather events have become «more frequent and intense,» and he linked Superstorm Sandy to climate change.

And it found: «Where extreme weather events become more intense and / or more frequent, the economic and social costs of those events will increase, and these increases will be substantial in the areas most directly affected.»

Australia's food supply chain is highly exposed to disruption from increasing extreme weather events driven by climate change, with farmers already struggling to cope with more frequent and intense droughts and changing weather patterns.

So even if the State comments had properly considered the real effect of climate change on extreme weather events instead of the inappropriate total cost of a storm, there are a legitimate range of potential outcomes --(15 % more intense to 3 % more intense).

Certain types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become more frequent and / or intense, including prolonged periods of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts.

Many societies have taken measures to cope with historical weather extremes, but new, more intense extremes have the potential to overwhelm existing human systems and structures.18 More frequent and more severe extreme weather events are more likely to destabilize ecosystems and cripple essential components of human livelihood, such as food production, transportation infrastructure, and water management.

More extreme precipitation events (with 3 - hour duration) so intense than in the past they would be exceeded on average only once every 10 years are projected to occur on average three times as often in future in Metro Vancouver and about three and a half times as often in future in CRD.

The toll will continue to rise as climate change leads to more frequent and intense tropical storms, flooding, and extreme weather events such as heat waves and droughts.

That Earth's rising temperature will lead to more intense and more frequent extreme heat events is one of the basic tenets of climate change.

Burkina Faso has been facing, in the last decades, several extreme weather events, including droughts, flooding, heat waves and intense winds, and thus, is more than ever determined to fight climate change.

Changes in extreme episodes included positive trends in warm nights, and a positive tendency for intense rainfall events and consecutive dry days.

Climate change makes a variety of extreme weather events more likely and more intense, including heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and superstorms.

A number of modelling studies have also projected a general tendency for more intense but fewer storms outside the tropics, with a tendency towards more extreme wind events and higher ocean waves in several regions in association with those deepened cyclones.

First, climate change increases the risk of extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts, and intense storms.