Sentences with phrase «major lake effect»

Just in time for the first major Lake Effect snow storm of the season - the Buffalo Police Department has rolled out new all - wheel drive cars.

As Buffalo braces for its next dose of snow following the city's first major lake effect storm, officials say plows are ready and traffic conditions should be better, compared to Wednesday afternoon's gridlock.

Not exact matches

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — Governor Andrew Cuomo made it very clear Monday: He feels Plan 2014 — the guide that went into effect in December and was designed to help Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River ecosystems by keeping levels higher, longer and allowing for more fluctuation — was a major blunder.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made it very clear Monday: He feels Plan 2014 — the guide that went into effect in December and was designed to help Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River ecosystems by keeping levels higher, longer and allowing for more fluctuation — was a major blunder.

In other areas, the lake - effect snow was causing some minor crashes or vehicles off the road, but no major issues.

The two major dams, the Hoover Dam near Las Vegas and the Glen Canyon Dam below Lake Powell in Utah, have had major effects on wildlife and fish in the Colorado River, altering their natural ecosystems, drowning their habitat, and changing the temperatures of the waters in which they evolved.

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Following graduate school, he led teams of biologists studying the effects of pollutants on the ecology of many of the major rivers, lakes and estuaries in the United States.

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No one who grew up in the Lake Effect snowbelt fears 5 ′ snowfalls, and I don't live in London, Paris, the major Asian population centers or Georgia, so no emotional attachment there.

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).

In the case of the largest Arctic - flowing river in North America, the Mackenzie River, separating the effects of climate change from regulation has proven difficult because of the additional dampening effects on flow produced by natural storage - release effects of major lake systems (e.g., Gibson et al., 2006; Peters et al., 2006).