Sentences with phrase «lower rainfall»

The report also notes that China was not able to maintain high levels of hydropower generation due to lower rainfall levels.

Of course, evidence of a shift to a new lower rainfall climate regime is needed, and evidence of large areas of forest close to that rainfall threshold would be required for the IPCC statement to be reasonable; there is ample published evidence for both.

If the Pacific Decadal Oscillation has switched we are likely to have 20 - 30 years with lower rainfall that we have had since the late» 70's.

It might just be lower rainfall or less snow.

Extreme weather events, temperature rise and lower rainfall all threaten to...

There will be heavier rainfall in already heavy rainfall months and lower rainfall during dry months.

River levels are likely to fall during Sunday with lower rainfall totals forecast.

So an obvious question presents itself: if the warming of about 0.4 degrees C in temperatures in southeastern Australia in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s caused the lower rainfall of the recent past, why was the warming of 0.4 degrees C in the 1950s and 1960s followed by a period of above - average rainfall?

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Coming back to the main point, if you want to continue the dispute over the conclusion that the weather is, as I said at the start of all this, getting hotter and drier [as we have discovered in the discussion, as a result of higher evaporation as well as lower rainfall], I suggest you move the discussion to the thread on «Drying out».

The longer that period of lower rainfall extends, the higher the posterior probabilities for the latter combinations become.

Daily maximum temperatures are rising, as are minimum temperatures, except for cooler nights in autumn in the southwest of SEA closely related to lower rainfall.

Belize's dry season is between February and May and has significantly lower rainfall than the rest of the year.

Environment 1 is characterized by moderately high temperatures and high rainfall, being ideal conditions for plant growth, as opposed to extreme environments, which have lower rainfall and comparatively higher temperatures (Furze et al., 2013b).

The Canadian Prairies, the Mediterranean region, Somalia, Mongolia, Gabon and southwestern South Africa all received lower rainfall than average.

Rather than focusing just on lower rainfall, the team measured three types of drought as they affect Jordan: rainfall decrease, agricultural soil moisture loss and declines in freshwater streams.

The recent paper, published August 30 in Science Advances, found that without significant changes, Jordan could face lower rainfall, much higher temperatures and as much as a 75 percent decline in water flowing into the country from Syria.

According to Barker; its presence indicates that the water at that time was relatively salty, which in turn reflects either a hotter climate or lower rainfall than today.

Western Australian wheat growers face higher temperatures and lower rainfall in the future, which will challenge the profitability of wheat production on farm.

She analyzed samples that had broken off the formations to see what periods of time during a period called the last glacial period had high rainfall, and which had low rainfall.

An immediate concern is that Egypt could face a water shortfall if the reservoir is filled during years of low rainfall.

Even a dip in revenue caused by spider mite infestations is nothing when considering the damage wrought by this year's abnormally low rainfall.

Inland areas with low rainfall and more open vegetation had higher cat densities than most coastal, wetter areas, but only after extensive rain.

By analyzing the levels of titanium, which is indicative of the amount of rainfall, the scientists determined that the area around the Yucatán peninsula (now part of Mexico) suffered three periods of very low rainfall around A.D. 810, 860 and 910.

Other high - risk hot spots include Mexico, northeast Brazil, southern Africa and West Africa, assessed by indicators like future water availability, number of days above 30 degrees Celsius, length of the growing period, reliable growing days and high or low rainfall.

Low rainfall that contributed to the hot conditions does not appear to have been caused by climate change, one of the research teams concluded.

Because of low rainfall and lack of irrigation infrastructure, water management is often not an option for rainfed lowland rice farmers.

So in this sense, the 2002 drought and associated heat waves were more extreme than the earlier droughts, because the impact of the low rainfall was exacerbated by high potential evaporation (Karoly et al., 2003; Nicholls, 2004).

«Direct seeding into the residue of previous crops is one of the best options for planting spring wheat in low rainfall regions of the state.

The 2002 drought came after several years of good rainfall (averaged across the country), rather than during an extended period of low rainfall such as occurred in the 1940s.

Barring any major natural disasters, October and November typically see some of the lowest rainfall throughout the year — and the crowds of the festival - packed spring season will be long gone.

Regional climate is arid to semi-arid with low rainfall reliability.

The Dry Season is between May and December and is generally characterised by low humidity, low rainfall and temperatures ranging between 24 and 29 degrees Celsius.

Average temperatures range from 17.5 — 26 °C (63.5 — 78.8 °F) and there is low rainfall.

Average temperatures range from 17.5 - 26 °C (63.5 - 78.8 °F) and there is low rainfall.

I THINK THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO VISIT IS May, BECAUSE this is the month with the lowest rainfall, low humidity and warm sunny days.

The area is blessed with a uniquely dry climate with a remarkably low rainfall and over 340 days of glorious sunshine each year.

It experiences the lowest rainfall in June and the highest in October, with average midday temperatures ranging from 18.6 ° in July to 26.6 ° in January.

These pleasantly warm temperatures combined with low rainfall and low humidity, make spring and winter the best times to visit Riviera Maya in terms of weather.

The easternmost of Spain's Canary Islands, Lanzarote boasts a wonderful climate with low rainfall and warm temperatures all year - round.

With cloud free days and low rainfall, it's the ideal weather to enjoy Noosa's famous beachside resorts and apartment style accommodation.

Australian meteorologists link El Ninos to periods of very low rainfall in southern Australia.

Texas also had its lowest rainfall on record.

Abstract: Southeastern Australia (SEA) has suffered from 10 years of low rainfall from 1997 to 2006.

1) My impression is that it is pretty well established that El Nin ~ os cause low rainfall in Venezuela and La Nin ~ as cause heavy rainfall there.

Savory is about management of relatively low rainfall areas that can support grasses but not forests or agriculture without irrigation.

Low rainfall in eastern Europe and extreme temperatures in western Europe, which topped 40 degrees centigrade in France, for example, combined to hinder plant growth in a way that was unprecedented over the past century.

They have also found that there is substantial variability within the monsoon season, including fluctuations between periods of heavy rainfall (wet spells) and low rainfall (dry spells).

In Australia, less frequent flooding from early last century to the mid 1940's, more frequent flooding to the late 1970's and again a low rainfall regime to recent times.

Semi-arid regions - Regions of moderately low rainfall, which are not highly productive and are usually classified as rangelands.