Sentences with phrase «major effect on the weather»

Known as the Roof of the Earth, the Tibetan Plateau rises to altitudes of up to five miles and as well as a mystical magnet for travelers of all sorts it has a major effect on the weather of much of Asia.

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This ability could make them better at determining current speed and direction, which have major effects on the shipping industry, oil and gas operations, and global weather.

If weather were found to have a major effect on seismic activity, it would be published by the people who are working on earthquake prediction.

The weather effects like mentioned earlier are also quite impressive and have a major impact on how the race should be handled.

With national and local computer models forecasting a major winter storm — including heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding — for Long Island this coming weekend, Central Veterinary Associates (CVA) is reminding pet owners that freezing temperatures and blustery weather can have an adverse effect on the well - being of their animal.

If weather were found to have a major effect on seismic activity, it would be published by the people who are working on earthquake prediction.

While the effects of higher temperatures are still poorly understood, scientists are concerned that climate change could have a major impact on weather patterns, the distribution of ice, ecosystems, and ocean currents and sea levels.

OxfamAmerica said that a «major contributor» to this price surge has been the disastrous effect of extreme weather events on harvests of certain crops.

Two major weather issues that relate to climate change's effects on coastal areas, often with disastrous effects: El Niño and Superstorms.

Recommendation 7: Federal and academic research programs should encourage the development and implementation of monitoring technologies that could provide advance warning of pending failures due to the effects of weather and climate extremes on major transportation facilities.

The data does suggest a plateau, he admitted, and without a major El Nino event — the sudden, dramatic warming of the southern Pacific which takes place unpredictably and always has a huge effect on global weather — «it could go on for a while».

Other factors being investigated are the impact of lakes on Greenland's glacial surfaces, the effect of dust and soot on the ice sheet (which have been shown to have a major impact in accelerating melting in Himalayan glaciers), and how surface meltwater affects ice flow into the ocean (previous research has shown that is speeds it and is increased by short term weather extremes).

The first of the TAR chapters (Chapter 7) was largely devoted to impact issues for human settlements, concluding that settlements are vulnerable to effects of climate change in three major ways: through economic sectors affected by changes in input resource productivity or market demands for goods and services, through impacts on certain physical infrastructures, and through impacts of weather and extreme events on the health of populations.