Sentences with phrase «moderate climate warming»

«Plants can moderate climate warming, new research shows.»

The findings were not a total surprise, with future projections showing that even with moderate climate warming, air temperatures over the higher altitudes increase even more than at sea level, and that, on average, fewer winter storm systems will impact the state.

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The Mediterranean - like climate is marked by long, warm days moderated by the ocean breeze that blows through the mountain range, creating cool nights.

McLaren Vale's climate is Mediterranean and characterised by warm summers, moderate winters, winter - dominated rainfall, low relative humidity and relatively high evaporation.

«Global warming boosts the probability of really extreme events, like the recent US heat wave, far more than it boosts more moderate events,» point out climate scientists Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou in a blogpost on RealClimate.org.

It's the perfect place to investigate the thorniest problem in all of climate science: how haze and clouds interact to boost or moderate global warming.

It's the perfect place to investigate the thorniest problem in all of climate science: how haze and clouds interact to influence global warming, either boosting or moderating it.

Traditionally, the Gulf Stream moves warm water north toward western Europe, says Moore, where it loses heat and moisture to the atmosphere, acting to moderate the climate in this region.

Early used a moderate climate change scenario of 2 degrees Celsius warming by the end of the century.

Using these much smaller climate sensitivities, which are drawn from careful and long - running observations of the natural world, the projected warming will be moderate and beneficial for the foreseeable future.

Using these much smaller, observationally based climate sensitivities, the projected warming from continued use of fossil fuels will be moderate and benign for the foreseeable future.

They are best suited to warm to moderate climates, especially the hairless variety.

They are most suited for warm to moderate climates, especially the hairless variety.

The Hearst Castle area has a warm - summer mediterranean climate (Köppen csb) that is moderated by its relative proximity to the Pacific coastline.

Austria enjoys a moderate continental climate: summers are warm and pleasant with cool nights.

It offers all the amenities of a large prosperous city, as well as excellent Oceanside climate of warm winters and moderate summers.

Home to one of the nation's fastest - growing and most acclaimed wine regions, a stretch of relatively uncrowded yet spectacular beach communities, the legendary Hearst Castle, a sunny and moderate to warm year - round climate, and the lively and welcoming college town for which it is named, San Luis Obispo County occupies a gorgeous stretch of California's legendary Central Coast and ranks among the best spots in the state for a fun, action - packed weekend getaway.

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Here we show the climate impacts from removing present - day anthropogenic aerosol emissions and compare them to the impacts from moderate GHG - dominated global warming.

In fact, the I.P.C.C. WGII report, in the chapter on North America says «Research since the [last IPCC report] supports the conclusion that moderate climate change will likely increase yields on North American rain fed agriculture... Most studies project likely climate - related yield increases of 5 - 20 % over the first decades of the century... Major challenges are projected for crops that are near the warm end of their suitable range or depend on highly utilized water resources.»

While it is worth continuing study of global climate engineering to control warming if the rising concentrations of GHGs can not be halted over the next several decades, the potential for climate engineering approaches to moderate impacts in the particularly exposed regions being affected merits investigation.

It represents in a simple way how ocean currents carry warm surface waters from the equator toward the poles and moderate global climate.»

The two most important ones relate to a) the impact of natural climate variability and forcing factors and b) the sign and magnitude of the net overall feedback that could be expected to occur, which could either amplify or moderate the warming expected from a climate forcing.

They used a number of climate models and made a «moderate estimate» of future emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are widely believed to be contributing to the recent warming trend of the Earth's climate.

While I accept that we are likely influencing climate, I do not see any compelling evidence that it is as large an issue as it is made to be or that if moderate warming is even bad for mankind.

This puts me roughly in the same camp as James Annan, though possibly I am less skeptical that there could be benefits for moderate warming, and I am probably more skeptical of claims about the supposedly significant level of damage from the current level of anthopogenically induced climate change.

Moderate climate change in the coming decades is projected to increase overall yields by 5 - 20 % on agricultural lands that rely of rainfall, although major challenges are projected for crops that are near the warm end of their suitable range.

Carlos Curbelo, the cochair of the Climate Solutions Caucus and a Republican whose district includes the Florida Keys, seemed to exemplify the tensions faced by moderate, climate - concerned Republicans this week as he voted «yes» for the tax bill — right after calling President Trump's refusal to recognize global warming as a national - security threat «unacceptable.Climate Solutions Caucus and a Republican whose district includes the Florida Keys, seemed to exemplify the tensions faced by moderate, climate - concerned Republicans this week as he voted «yes» for the tax bill — right after calling President Trump's refusal to recognize global warming as a national - security threat «unacceptable.climate - concerned Republicans this week as he voted «yes» for the tax bill — right after calling President Trump's refusal to recognize global warming as a national - security threat «unacceptable.»

I am not a climate expert but do know enough to believe global warming is being anthropogenically influenced and is of at least moderate concern.

Even if climate skeptics are right about the most likely scenario being a moderate warming, the possibility remains that the unlikely will occur.

Jeff «Id» Condon moderates a small blog called the Air Vent which is frequented by lukewarmers — a group of global warming enthusiasts that believe that CO2 does trap energy and could be warming the planet, but questions the magnitude of the problem and the certainty of climate science.

The aim of this paper is to discover which representations of climate engineering (CE)[note] The terms «climate engineering» and «geoengineering» were considered to be interchangeable, and both are here defined as «deliberate large - scale intervention in the Earth's climate system, in order to moderate global warming» (Shepherd, Cox, Haigh et al. 2009, ix).

A rate of warming of 0.07 oC / decade implying moderate climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide and centuries — in a worst case scenario — to reach an impossibly misguided target of 2OC.

The saga of the global warming movement's jihad against skeptical scientists — including those whose skepticism of man - made climate change orthodoxy is moderate enough to make them dislike the «skeptic» label — has grown to include the formidable Dr. Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Peter Sinclair: Sherwood's paper shoots more holes into lingering hopes that climate sensitivity, the amount of warming we expect for a given rise in CO2, might be lower than we thought — that maybe temp rises could be more moderate in the future.

The Real Climate scientist bloggers strongly articulate that cautionary view: «We feel compelled to note that even a «moderate» warming of 2 degrees C stands a strong chance of provoking drought and storm responses that could challenge civilized society, leading potentially to the conflict and suffering that go with failed states and mass migrations.»

Canadian climatologist Tim Patterson says the sun drives the earth's climate changes — and Earth's current global warming is a direct result of a long, moderate 1,500 - year cycle in the sun's irradiance.

This study finds that global warming of 0.6 ºC in the past 30 years has been driven mainly by increasing greenhouse gases and only moderate additional climate forcing is likely to set in motion disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet and Arctic sea ice.

Furthermore it's not necessary to have reliable estimates of the climate sensitivity, it's enough to have moderate evidence to support the expectation of significant warming.

This study finds that global warming of 0.6 °C in the past 30 years has been driven mainly by increasing greenhouse gases, and only moderate additional climate forcing is likely to set in motion disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet and Arctic sea ice.

Tipping points can occur during climate change when the climate reaches a state such that strong amplifying feedbacks are activated by only moderate additional warming.

«Global warming boosts the probability of really extreme events, like the recent US heat wave, far more than it boosts more moderate events,» point out climate scientists Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou in a blogpost on RealClimate.org.

The recent transient warming (combined with ocean heat uptake and our knowledge of climate forcings) points towards a «moderate» value for the equilibrium sensitivity, and this is consistent with what we know from other analyses.

• Most people say that they understand either a moderate amount or a great deal about the issue of global warming or climate change.

From the article:... The saga of the global warming movement's jihad against skeptical scientists — including those whose skepticism of man - made climate change orthodoxy is moderate enough to make them dislike the «skeptic» label — has grown to include the formidable Dr. Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

In 2017 all well informed, open minded people of at least moderate intelligent accept the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and with record storms, floods and wildfires and almost every year being warmer than the previous the urgency of action in reducing greenhouse emissions is equally obvious.

If they follow a path with slowly decreasing immigration of darkside CO2, and if they clean other warming pollutants from the air, climate change will be moderate, within the range of recent millennia, with added global warming less than 2 °F (1 °C).»