Sentences with phrase «more rain runoff»

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They were especially alarmed after heavy rains created serious flooding in the Southern Tier, adding to the worries that runoff from fracking fluid would make the process even more dangerous.

A shorter period covered by snow, more spring rain and faster snow melt can combine to release large amounts of runoff that have the potential to stress urban hydrologic systems and cause flooding in urban areas.»

At his own research stations in the northern Andes, Ruiz noticed increasing incidences of extreme rains, which are likely to cause more runoff and soil erosion.

Native New Yorkers know not to swim on Coney Island after a rain because of the sewage polluted storm water runoff, but if more people put out plants and grow green roofs, that might change.

Alpine runoff throughout the Pacific Northwest is increasing in the winter (Nov. - March), as more frequent rain on snow events enhance melting and reduce snow storage.

Scientists already know how climate change is impacting the Western United States — higher temperatures have translated to earlier spring snow melts, precipitation is falling more as rain instead of snow at higher elevations and there's reduced runoff and streamflow.

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Those effects include more rainfall that occurs in heavy downpours, meaning less is absorbed into the earth and more becomes runoff; more rain and less snowfall in the mountains, which means less melting snow to feed rivers in the spring and summer; and higher temperatures causing more evaporation.

According to http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1934/85.full my area is likely to see 30 % lower precipitation in DJF (that's when it rains here) and warmer temperatures, decreasing runoff more.