Sentences with phrase «more dramatic sea»

Its disappearance, driven by warming waters and rising air temperatures, means the region is losing a bulwark against even more dramatic sea ice loss.

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Now, marine scientists are wondering whether a dramatic, global shift in seawater chemistry could make some deep - sea hermit crabs bolder — or rather, more foolhardy.

The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change is unlikely to lead to more severe winter weather across Northern Europe, new research has shown.

Leaving aside the collapse of the Larsen - B ice shelf and other ice shelves in Antarctica, is it too simplistic to expect that dramatic changes should be anticipated first in the Arctic because it is sea covered by a few meters of sea ice and therefore more susceptible to change, in comparison to Antarctica (which is obviously land covered by glacial ice up to several kilometers thick in places)?

The revised mass loss estimates will provide an important tool for researchers going forward as they estimate sea level rise as well as the potential for an even more dramatic slowdown in Atlantic ocean circulation.

See the layers of pastel pinks, yellows and blues that cling to the dramatic sea cliffs of... Read More

You probably couldn't get a more dramatic departure from the traditional blue - rinse image of cruising than a rock - themed voyage on which 2,300 fans of the Warped music festival will be united at sea.

Cruise through Tracy Arm, with one of Alaska's most dramatic glacier settings; the gorgeous Inside Passage, with its whales, soaring eagles, and more; and Glacier Bay National Park, where you'll witness the huge slabs of ice break off and «calve» into the sea.

The sea and sunset views here are superb, made even more dramatic when framed by Samira's grand entrance.

Pilgrims and visitors alike enjoy the magnificent historical structures and dramatic sea backdrop, all the more beautiful at dusk.

Stranded sea lions and dramatic rescue operations have been in the news more than ever in California.

Here, you are welcomed to beautiful sea views from atop the cliffs or down at this small sandy cove, which is dramatic during Read More...

Paintings of land and sea by Sean Fingleton present a dramatic reading of nature and its elemental forces, while works by Sean Scully and Patrick Scott look to the essence of the landscape in their more abstract depictions.

The irony seems to be that the real world shows signs of more dramatic changes than the GCMs project, especially if you look at the sea - ice extent.

Leaving aside the collapse of the Larsen - B ice shelf and other ice shelves in Antarctica, is it too simplistic to expect that dramatic changes should be anticipated first in the Arctic because it is sea covered by a few meters of sea ice and therefore more susceptible to change, in comparison to Antarctica (which is obviously land covered by glacial ice up to several kilometers thick in places)?

I've been criticized by some environmentalists in recent years for writing that the long - term picture (more CO2 = warmer world = less ice = higher seas and lots of climatic and ecological changes) is the only aspect of human - caused global warming that is solidly established, and that efforts to link dramatic weather - related events to the human influence on climate could backfire should nature wiggle the other way for awhile.

Fourteen research teams studying the impacts of warming on the Arctic Ocean have issued independent projections of how the sea ice will behave this summer, and 11 of them foresee an ice retreat at least as extraordinary as last year's or even more dramatic.

While non-SLR consequences like drought, flooding, crops, ecosystem migration and species loss look bad enough, 2m or more sea level rise should be the most dramatic, a good place to focus attention.

For example, the area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

When the extent of the pack of sea ice drifting around the North Pole hit a remarkable low in 2007 (animation below), the resulting, and persistent, front - page thought was that the system was in a «death spiral» far more dramatic than any climate model had foreseen.

The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice and snow is one of the most profound signs of global warming and has coincided with «a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters,» according to the conference organizers, who are posting updates under the #arctic17 hashtag on Twitter.

Assuming we still don't reform our ways, the 40 years after 2040 could then see another sharp 2 degree increase in temperatures — to 4 degrees Celsius — and another dramatic surge in sea level, culminating in a rise of 2 feet averaged across the globe, or more if we're unlucky.

Warming over 2 degrees celsius would have dramatic consequences: the planet's ice sheets would be far more likely to melt, triggering more sea level rise, than at 1.5 degrees, which is considered the safer limit, according to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a physicist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.

Is the dramatic decline of Arctic sea ice, spurred by manmade global warming, making the weather where we live more extreme?

The hidden valley below Ferrigno Ice Stream in West Antarctica is contributing to the area's dramatic ice loss and could provide more clues to the effect global warming has on sea level rises.

Fast - forward through two decades of swelling seas and more powerful storms and the call has moved from the need to study global warming to the necessity of dramatic action to stabilize climate.

This partly explains why the seasonal loss and growth of Antarctic sea ice is more dramatic than its Arctic counterpart.

And the decline has accelerated, becoming far more dramatic, since about the year 2000, leading to annual average sea ice loss of around three million square kilometers.

The Philippines, a low - lying country of over 100 million people, faces threats from more intense typhoons, dramatic changes in rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and increasing temperatures as a result of man - made climate change, experts said.

Now climate scientists project that we risk up to 10 times as much warming this century as in the last 50 years — with many devastating consequences from dramatic sea level rise to Dust - Bowlification (see my review of more than 60 recent studies).

Dramatic and unprecedented warming in the Arctic is driving sea level rise, affecting weather patterns around the world and may trigger even more changes in the climate system.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says: «Dramatic and unprecedented warming in the Arctic is driving sea level rise, affecting weather patterns around the world and may trigger even more changes in the climate system.

Furthermore, surprise outcomes, such as the unexpectedly rapid loss of Arctic summer sea ice, may entail even more dramatic changes than anticipated.

This dramatic change may have led to widespread ocean acidification and increased sea temperatures by 10 degrees Celsius or more, killing the majority of sea life.

Their analysis presents a more complex picture of sea - level change and suggests that the rate of change has been more dramatic than previously thought.

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But ahead there could be even more dramatic developments, like the huge circular supergrid ring main around the edge of the North Sea, with nodal links to wind farm arrays, as proposed by the Dutch Society for Nature and Environment: www.we-at-sea.org/index.php?keuze=n&nummer=5 5