Sentences with phrase «many extreme weather»

One degree may not sound like much, but Stefan Rahmstorf, a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute in Germany, says, «Every tenth of a degree increases the number of unprecedented extreme weather events considerably.»

But research has shown Guam is among the top five most vulnerable US military installations worldwide due to coastal erosion, extreme weather and rising sea levels linked to climate change.

«We have constructed really strong buildings (with hurricane blinds) that should be able to handle extreme weather pretty well,» he wrote.

The most frequent cause of delays were late - arriving aircraft (7.4 %) followed by aviation - system delays (6.9 %), maintenance or crew problems (5.2 %), extreme weather (0.4 %) and for security - related reasons (0.02 %)

While massive blizzards and extreme weather in places like New York can leave hotels and airlines scrambling to alternate staff and schedules, the tourism industry in Bali has a somewhat similar challenge every year: Day of Silence.

Similarly, the Northeast is expected to experience more extreme weather events, like hot summers and, in the short run, super cold winters.

More customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard International.

These financial impacts will mostly be felt in the poorest parts of Africa, Asia, and South America — causing loss of crops, droughts and other extreme weather, and increasing sea level rise.

Well, extreme weather events are known to move climate change up Americans» priority list.

Climate change, driven by use of fossil fuels like tar sands, is causing extreme weather events around the globe.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

We know that storms will continue to come — extreme weather events are increasing in frequency all over the world.

Made in Derbyshire, England, the A-frame tents are constructed to withstand extreme weather conditions.

Hurricane Irma, for its part, spotlighted another kind of housing risk — the low - quality homes and trailers where many poor Floridians live, which offer little protection from extreme weather events.

«The safety of our community is the primary consideration on whether to close the university or cancel classes during extreme weather conditions or other emergency situations,» Hanigsberg told me.

Add in expectations for extreme weather, and you get an explosive cocktail of supply constraints pushing everything higher.

Slow economic growth, increasing extreme weather events and volatility in capital markets made the insurance business tumultuous in recent years, with employees facing upheaval in their day - to - day roles as well as layoffs.

There are the obvious ways: building and constantly improving the infrastructure necessary to predict hurricanes and other extreme weather, collecting images of disasters to guide emergency response workers, and tracking sea level changes around the world that affect coastlines and the Navy.

As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.

THIS MONTH has seen extreme weather conditions hit Western Australia, causing devastation the like of which I hope I never witness again.

The closures have come as a result of the extreme weather, which in some cases has flooded facilities or rendered them inaccessible.

Over the next two weeks, academics, innovators, business leaders, public officials and youth organization representatives will convene at workshops in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, London, Johannesburg, Oslo, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Shanghai to identify tangible opportunities related to five risks threatening our communities: extreme weather, continued lock - in to fossil fuels, urban breakdown, lack of fresh water and continued rise in non-communicable diseases.

With risks ranging from extreme weather, water shortage, and unsustainable urbanisation to non-communicable disease, youth unemployment, and the global food crisis, we recommend you consult all three Global Opportunity Reports and seek out the risk areas most relevant for you.

This implies that risks are not too big or overarching (like resource scarcity, rising levels of atmospheric CO2, or global warming) but are more focused e.g. extreme weather, increased greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture or from energy use, or a lack of fresh water.

As the event opened, the panellists were presented with five global risk scenarios: uncontrolled city growth, lack of fresh water, extreme weather, continued fossil fuel lock - in and rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

For instance, local and national governments would receive the help they need to meet the vast capital costs of investments required to protect cities and infrastructure from increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

This is in part due the fact that populations are growing and more are living in harm's way, increasing the impact of extreme weather.

That means that just about every estimate is an underestimate, and the damage totals from extreme weather events are rising.

These companies have been paying close attention to the variables that influence extreme weather and have long sounded the alarm on climate change and disasters.

There are few signs at the local or federal level that policymakers are taking the risks of climate change and extreme weather seriously, and some forces are even exacerbating the risk.

If, as seems inevitable, the poor suffer first and worst from the impacts of extreme weather, what role should equity play in decisions about relocation?

Climate change is «playing an increasing role in the increasing frequency of some types of extreme weather that lead to billion - dollar disasters, most notably the rise in vulnerability to drought, lengthening wildfire seasons and the potential for extremely heavy rainfall and inland flooding,» Smith said.

As Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria plowed through unusually warm oceans this summer, each one broke records, startling even the scientists who study extreme weather.

A new federal infrastructure package presents a critical opportunity to strengthen America's infrastructure against the growing risks posed by extreme weather and other impacts of climate change.

Increased extreme weather and climate - related impacts are imposing significant costs on society and on companies.

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It could also stretch further and handle extreme weather conditions.

Recent extreme weather events, such as the flooding in Ontario and Quebec last summer and the forest fires in British Columbia and Alberta, are directly connected to climate change, McKenna says.

The winning proposal at this year's Challenge will help communities in Southeast Asia prepare for extreme weather events in the region.

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These variables can include regulatory changes, extreme weather or natural disasters, changes in management — the list goes on.

With wild price swings, massive up - cycles, exciting resource discoveries and extreme weather events all playing into things, there's rarely a dull day in the sector.

Whether the financial crisis is extreme weather, or a layoff at work, being prepared to bounce back from a financial emergency is crucial.

We can rebuild Puerto Rico's electrical system to be more resilient to extreme weather.

The insurance industry has been pricing extreme weather - related risks for many years.

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Online, more than 11,000 Global Citizens have called on world leaders to help the millions of people affected by extreme weather around the world in the past year.

Natural gas is used as the primary heating fuel in about half of U.S. households, and prices can rise rapidly when extreme weather comes.

While numerous relief organizations have brought support to people affected by extreme weather, All Hands and Hearts focuses on working in areas with the «greatest need,» Muldowney said.