Sentences with phrase «likely by climate change»

«We know that the largest damages are through extreme weather events... [By] linking event attribution with the damages we see and say [ing] which ones of those are made more likely by climate change (and it is by no means all of them), we can get an inventory of the impacts of anthropogenic climate change, which can then inform the loss - and - damage debate.»

Another study in the report found that high heat indices in separate heat waves in India and Pakistan were made at least 800 percent more likely by climate change.

There is growing evidence that the crazy weather we're seeing in the Arctic and surrounding regions is made far more likely by climate change.

The rains behind the devastating floods of 2013/14 were one of a number of weather events in the UK made more likely by climate change

If it was predicted in the real - world seasonal forecast but not in the scenario which is stripped of emissions, then it was made more likely by climate change — a likelihood that can be calculated.

Some events have been made less likely by climate change.

Not exact matches

While it's hard to say if the punishing number and intensity of storms were due to climate change, climate scientists have now determined — in two separate research efforts — that Hurricane Harvey's record - blasting rains (best measured in feet for much of Houston) were likely amplified by climate change.

«Human - induced climate change likely increased Harvey's total rainfall around Houston by at least 19 percent, with a best estimate of 37 percent,» Michael Wehner, a co-author on an attribution study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, said at the American Geophysical Union conference in December.

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Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

While the effects of climate change have already transformed parts of New York City — particularly its waterfronts, as documented by Camera Obscura columnist Nathan Kensinger in the years since Hurricane Sandy — things will likely only get worse in the years to come.

David Cameron betrayed anxiety about the coincidence — and its impact on potential Ukip supporters opposed to overseas aid or sceptical of climate change — by refusing to say how much Britain is likely to offer and stressing the funding would come from existing government funds.

By more than three - to - one, likely New York voters both support a pathway for citizenship for those now here illegally and believe that climate change is a significant threat to our planet.

«Logistically, negotiations on the agreement's detailed rules will likely take another year or two to finalize, and all countries will need to raise the ambition of their commitments under the agreement if we're to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and reach a goal of net - zero global warming emissions by midcentury,» said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

«Agriculture is the sector most likely to be affected by changes in climate of all sectors of society,» Nelson adds.

Since the algal species is native to eastern Canada, its recent blooms and rapid proliferation in rivers since 2006 — which have angered anglers looking for pristine waters — have been caused by an environmental trigger, with climate change a likely culprit, said Michelle Lavery, a master's degree student at the Canadian Rivers Institute and lead author of the research, published in theCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

By improving the understanding of how much radiation CO2 absorbs, uncertainties in modelling climate change will be reduced and more accurate predictions can be made about how much Earth is likely to warm over the next few decades.

Because of the sheer complexity in the way parts of an ecosystem work together, just how places like the forest floor will be influenced by climate change will most likely remain difficult to predict, Lensing says.

Clovis» likely nomination, reported by the farm magazine Agri - Pulse and ProPublica, raised caution among advocates for agricultural research, who say they worry the administration will pay less attention to the effects of climate change on wheat and other vital crops, among other issues.

People who recently experienced severe weather events such as floods, storms and drought are more likely to support policies to adapt to the effects of climate change, according to a new study co-authored by an Indiana University researcher.

The simulations showed that while dingoes had some impact, growth and development in human populations, possibly intensified by climate change, was the most likely extinction driver.

While I appreciate that Peter Aldhous's article was primarily concerned with the immediate health questions raised by the process of fracking, or cracking rock to extract natural gas from shale beds (28 January, p 8), its effects on climate change can not be ignored since that, too, is likely to be bad for our health.

Simultaneously, the city's freshwater supply is being contaminated by saltwater intrusion — a problem that was not created by climate change, but that is likely being accelerated by it, according to researchers.

«The West and Southwest are likely to become drier, while the eastern United States is likely to experience increased rainfall,» says the report, which was put out by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, coordinated by the White House.

The most likely scenario studied was based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's projections of sea level height by 2100 and corresponding changes in reef structure.

Future scarcity affected by climate change will most likely lead to different water pricing needs than the schemes we know from the past.»

Those heat extremes, the hottest in the country's observational record, were likely caused by man - made climate change, according to a new study accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

If it turns out climate change is making extreme weather events more likely, it is important to help locals build resilience, for instance by building irrigation systems to cope with drought, says Grainne Moloney, a chief technical adviser with FAO Somalia, a division of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

Many such disturbances are more likely now than in years gone by due to changing climates.

While many factors, including weather and geology, likely played into their rare collapse, the glaciers were also weakened by ongoing climate change, the researchers noted.

USGS looked at the likely effects of climate change using two models, one where the temperature rises 2 degrees Fahrenheit by 2099 and the other where it climbs 7 degrees by century's end.

Already, the planet's average temperature has warmed by 0.7 degree C, which is «very likely» (greater than 90 percent certain) to be a result of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Although global warming is likely to change the distribution of species, deforestation will result in the loss of more dry forests than predicted by climate change damage.

Extreme weather does not prove the existence of global warming, but climate change is likely to exaggerate it — by messing with ocean currents, providing extra heat to forming tornadoes, bolstering heat waves, lengthening droughts and causing more precipitation and flooding.

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.

Its diplomats noted that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fourth assessment calls for developed countries to curb emissions 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, a goal they will likely miss.

The new study finds human - induced climate change likely increased Hurricane Harvey's unprecedented rainfall by at least 19 percent and potentially as much as 38 percent.

The European Union needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of climate change, according to a British government paper, likely to fuel debate on whether deeper cuts are affordable.

By Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney OSLO / LONDON (Reuters)- World governments are likely to recoil from plans for an ambitious 2015 climate change deal at talks next week, concern over economic growth at least partially eclipsing scientists» warnings of rising temperatures and water levels.

Those shifts most likely stem from the copious quantities of carbon dioxide spewed by fossil fuel — fired power plants that are changing the climate and, thus, the tiny plants known as phytoplankton that serve as the base of the oceanic food chain.

David North, head of People and Wildlife at Norfolk Wildlife Trust, said:» «The likely impacts of climate change on our wildlife, shown by this detailed research, are hugely worrying.

For example, it is likely that poorer farmers would get hit much harder by a climate change catastrophe — such as a drought or flooding — thereby significantly reducing their income.

In future work, the researchers hope to examine individual species to determine which ones are most likely to struggle with the changing climate, and which areas of the country are likely to be most impacted by conflicts between humans and relocating animals.

If the same processes and threshold govern the future, their results suggest that more widespread die - offs of aspen forests triggered by climate change are likely by the 2050s.

And it is none too soon, says paper co-author Kristofer Helgen of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, as the low - lying atolls this bat calls home are likely to be increasingly affected by rising ocean waters brought on by climate change.

At this point, people's views on climate change are most likely to be influenced by what their neighbors and friends think, he said.

«Some fungal outbreaks over the past couple of decades, such as Dothistroma needle blight, could likely have been anticipated by tracking how temperature and precipitation were changing together,» said Mahony, who has worked as a forester in British Columbia for 10 years and has witnessed the impacts of climate change on the ground.

The habitat of this brown lemur in Madagascar is likely to shrink by half before the end of the century due to climate change, finds a Duke University study.

They have concluded that climate change from about 4000 years ago, in particular more drought - prone seasons caused by the onset of the El Niño - Southern Oscillation, was the likely main cause of mainland extinction.

Along with data from the few studies like Yokelson's, Wiedinmyer used guidelines for calculating trash burning emissions produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to determine how much waste was being generated and burned, what exactly was in that waste, and what types of chemicals were likely generated.