Sentences with phrase «major climatic warming»

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We know, however, that rapid warming of the planet increases the risk of crossing climatic points of no return, possibly setting in motion large - scale ocean circulation changes, the loss of major ice sheets, and species extinctions.

The quest for the «single figure» that shows anthropogeneic warming ignores the fact that (with the possible major exception of sea level) the direct impact of climate change will vary between regions and climatic zones.

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It's hard to find an explanation for the global temperature record in the El Niño / La Niña Southern Oscillation (ENSO), although that climatic oscillation did play a major role in influencing weather patterns worldwide throughout 2010, as ENSO switched from a warm El Niño in early 2010 to a powerful La Niña somewhere from July — showing little interest in the intermediate.

At this depth, the age - depth profile predicts an age of 1845 A.D. Results indicate the termination of the LIA was abrupt with a major climatic shift to warmer temperatures around 1845 A.D. and continuing to present day.

This major change in ocean circulation, along with a climate that had already been slowly cooling for millions of years, may be what led to ice accumulation most of the time — but also to climatic instability, with flips every few thousand years or so between warm - and - wet and cool - and - dry.

«We conclude that extreme climatic events are key drivers of biodiversity patterns and that the frequency and intensity of such episodes have major implications for predictive models of species distribution and ecosystem structure, which are largely based on gradual warming trends.»

Richard is particularly interested in understanding how the marine biosphere and key organism traits, such as body size, responded to the major climatic and environmental changes of the past, particularly those associated with the key extinction and warming episodes of the Phanerozoic.