Sentences with phrase «less snow cover»

North America, Europe and Asia have all seen a trend toward less snow cover between 1960 and 2015, according to 2016 research published in the journal Current Climate Change Reports.

Warmer winters and less snow cover in recent years have contributed to increased deer populations62 that degrade forest understory vegetation.82

And if there's less precipitation that could mean less snow cover as well - on the short time scales of a year or two while the effect is still being felt.

A model by the Purdue Climate Change Research Center in West Lafayette forecasts, by 2050, the full growing seasons will expand by one month; there will be 33 to 45 more days with temperatures above 90 degrees; an increase in precipitation between 14 percent and 22 percent; and 24 days to 36 days less snow cover.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, the projections suggest that future average winter snowfall will be ten times less than present day amounts, virtually erasing all snow cover.

This past September the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., which collects polar and ice information for the government, announced that there was less sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean than at any time since satellite measurements began in 1979.

In urban areas during the winter when snow cover is less pervasive, temperatures are higher than rural areas in the daytime by an average of 2 °F.

But some skiers — perhaps the less experienced or less lucky — will fall, often hitting obstacles covered in snow.

Unless you live where the roads are regularly covered in snow and ice or the noted compromises are worth the over-the-top security during a wicked storm, I'd seriously consider a less aggressive winter tire.

Of course this is all probably of less import on the high - speed, paved corners of Big Willow than the snow - covered roads of Sweden above the Arctic Circle, where the Golf R was introduced to the European media this past winter.

On Tuesday, Harlan posted this photo of a 2019 Corvette ZR1 Coupe, outfitted with the ZTK Performance Package no less, in a snow - covered driveway.

I had the best relationships in Pallanza, Italy, because there are few foreigners and because I showed up at the local tennis courts day one (on the lake in view of the snow - covered Alps, no less) and had my first tennis match the next day.

The accumulation of packed snow in the concrete's seams made opaque grids, grids that were again defined by planes of less dense, more transparent layers of snow that covered the higher surfaces.

The celebrated, sweeping, blue carpets at Wave Hill this time of year are usually attributed to the thousands of lesser glory - of - the - snow (Chionodoxa sardensis) covering the hillsides.

Things that used to happen a lot, like consistent winter snow cover, are happening less reliably.

Less snow / ice cover can lead to colder winter temps; the Dry Valleys of Antarctic are among the coldest places on Earth.

But as warming turns tundra shrubs, which can be covered by snow, into tall trees, researchers fear that less light will be bounced back creating a feedback loop that will worsen climate change.

Keep in mind there's a dearth of insolation at high latitudes so albedo becomes increasingly less important so snow cover over land doesn't mean as much.

But with several factors combining to increase temperatures in Greenland and reduce the reflectivity of the snow and ice cover, the ice sheet is becoming less efficient at reflecting that heat energy, and as a consequence melt seasons are becoming more severe.

I know PVs are more efficient when they are cold, but I would suspect they are less efficient when covered with snow or frost.

Accordingly, there will be less precipitation in form of snow too, and snow covers will be prone to melting faster.

These stem from a diversity of site - specific conditions, including, but not limited to: local vegetation; presence of building structures and contributions made by such structures involving energy use, heating and air conditioning, etc; exposure to winds, the wind velocities determined by climatic factors and also whether certain wind directions are more favored than others by terrain or the presence or absence thereof to bodies of water; proximity to grass, asphalt, concrete or other material surfaces; the physical conditions of the CRS itself which include: the exact location of the temperature sensors within it, the degree of unimpeded flow of external air through the CRS, the character of the paint used; the exact height of the instrument above the external surface (noting that when the ground is covered by 3 feet of snow, the temperature instrument is about 60 % closer to, or less than 2 feet, above an excellent radiating surface, much closer than it would be under snow - free conditions).

In 2011, annual snow cover extent over Northern Hemisphere continents (including the Greenland ice sheet) averaged 24.7 million square kilometers, which is 0.3 million square kilometers less than the long - term average.

Polar bears are one of the most sensitive Arctic marine mammals to climate warming because they spend most of their lives on sea ice.35 Declining sea ice in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.45

Shallow snow cover over birthing lairs, which are built against pressure ridges as shown in the diagram above (considered to be less than 25 - 32 cm over the lair, or less than 20 cm over flat ice), 1 can mean the snow caves are easier for polar bears to break into (and consume the pup)-- that's good news for polar bears (in the short term) but bad news for ringed seals.

What is clear is that a warming world will also be a world with less ice and snow cover.

This year was less than the previous record by a million square kilometres — so no help there, In fact reduced snow cover has been compounding the problem.

You won't do it of course because I suspect you know just as well I that merely changing 70 % of the planet's surface albedo from the less than 1 % of the ocean to the 15 % of dirt and rocks will reflect enough additional shortwave energy away from the planet that the bloody thing will be covered in snow faster than you can say Al Gore's Momma Wears Combat Boots.

It should be easy enough for you to do... You won't do it of course because I suspect you know just as well I that merely changing 70 % of the planet's surface albedo from the less than 1 % of the ocean to the 15 % of dirt and rocks will reflect enough additional shortwave energy away from the planet that the bloody thing will be covered in snow faster than you can say Al Gore's Momma Wears Combat Boots.

Add in the jokers — less melt ponds, more snow cover, stressed / weaker ice pack, the volume perhaps more concentrated in areas that melt out — and the height of the 2017 melt season could go any - which - way.

We have lost lives because of less predictability in ice and snow cover.

More: National Snow and Ice Data Center Arctic Sea Ice Melting Arctic Sea Ice Melt 20 Years Ahead of Schedule - Scientist Maintains Tipping Point Assertion Melting Arctic Ice Increases Permafrost Melting Farther Inland Than Previously Thought Arctic Sea Ice Not Only Covers Less Area, It's Thinner Too: New Data Shows

Not even 10 % snow cover here for miles around much less 39 % so why does it show up yellow on the Rutgers map?

Less often considered, but just as important, Syracuse renters insurance also covers your liability for snow.