Sentences with phrase «north likely increased»

The resulting temperature gradient from south to north likely increased the pressure gradient that drives the winds.

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And in the environmental impact statement, Pilgrim officials wrote: «While crude oil shipment downriver is a relatively recent phenomena on the Hudson River, the increasing production of crude in North America because of fracking, and Canadian tar sands, is likely to result in increasing demand to move the crude oil to coastal areas for shipment to refineries.

It's likely any wage increase would occur faster in New York City than the rest of the state, especially north of the metropolitan region.

The BBC's Jeremy Cooke reports from North Yorkshire on the likely impact of fuel prices increases on people living in rural areas.

They found that large landslides in the southern, lower elevation ranges of the Himalaya are more likely to increase flood risk than those in the high mountains further north.

A new study shows immense increases in shipping are likely over the North Pole and Arctic Ocean in the coming years, alerting scientists who study invasive species

A new study from North Carolina State University finds a significant shortfall in the amount of «refuge» cropland being planted in North Carolina — likely increasing the rate at which crop pests will evolve the ability to safely devour genetically engineered Bt crops.

Lead researcher Prof Paul Hunter, from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said: «Our study has shown that the risk of dengue fever is likely to increase in Europe under climate change, but that almost all of the excess risk will fall on the coastal areas of the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas and the North Eastern part of Italy, particularly the Po Valley.»

What we * do * suggest is that the weakened poleward temperature gradient owing to the rapidly warming Arctic relative to mid-latitudes (Arctic amplification) should increase the north - south component of the upper - level flow, making highly wavy jet - stream patterns (like the one this winter) more likely.

Emanuel found a close correlation between increases in this measure of hurricane activity (which is likely a better measure of the destructive potential of the storms than previously used measures) and rising tropical North Atlantic SST, consistent with basic theoretical expectations.

I don't think it's on its face unreasonable for Trenberth to point to the 2004 North Atlantic and (the even nastier, although it didn't get much play in the US media) East Pacific seasons, plus the anomalous hurricane in what I guess we now must call the South Atlantic season, and speculate as to whether there might not be a climate connection and that in any case this is the sort of thing we're likely to see with increased 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.»

«It really increases the range of how far people can bike, and how likely they are to bike, especially in a hilly city,» said Nicole Freedman, president of the North American Bike Share Association (NABSA).

The observed North Atlantic sulfate aerosol optical depth has not increased (but shows a modest decline) over this period, suggesting the decline of the Atlantic major hurricane frequency during 2005 — 2015 is not likely due to recent changes in anthropogenic sulfate aerosols.

The study finds that climate change will likely force many vineyards to move either north or to higher altitudes, leading to habitat loss, biodiversity declines, and increased pressure for freshwater.

As it spreads north, its hybridization with Glaucous - winged Gull is likely to increase still further.

More extreme precipitation has also likely increased worldwide, particularly in North America and Europe.

While the AMO has not changed much in the past 10 years, the strong increase in North Atlantic temperatures between 1970 and 2000 may have contributed to the rapid rise in global temperatures over that period, and the leveling - out of the AMO may help make the observed pause in warming more likely.

The first idea is supported by published research suggesting an increasing frequency of late - season storms like Sandy (persisting into November or later), and the latter is simply a deduction from principles of physics: If oceans are hotter, hurricanes are more likely to be able to travel north out of the tropics and still have their energy source sustained.

In a similar vein, an Observer poll published earlier this month found that people from London were most likely to agree that increasing frequency of extreme weather was a sign of climate change, while those living in the North West were least likely to agree.

Chp 11 pp 850 «Snow season length and snow depth are very likely to decrease in most of North America except in the northernmost part of Canada where maximum snow depth is likely to increase» Box 11.1, Figure 2.

The better your North Beach Maryland driving record looks to insurance providers, the less likely you are to incur increased insurance premiums.

Further, if you are enrolling in the North Adams Massachusetts driver retraining program to avoid insurance premium increases or to voluntarily have your insurance premiums reduced prior to receiving a traffic violation, a North Adams Massachusetts online traffic school or online driver improvement program will likely satisfy your requirements.

The routine of North Korean hackers trying to target Bitcoin exchanges is likely to only increase.

Planned Parenthood Health Systems in North Carolina and South Carolina experienced a more than 100 percent increase in clients (both male and female); in the St. Louis Region, Planned Parenthood reported a 100 percent increase in less - likely - to - test males, as well as a 61 percent increase in female clients.

These financial pros told pollsters their clients preferred North American real estate (67 percent expected increased purchases there) and that money would most likely flow into residential real estate (72 percent expect clients to add to this slice of their portfolios.)