Sentences with phrase «observed changes in the region»

Hence, studies of observed changes in regions influenced by an oscillation may be able to attribute these changes to regional climate variations, but decades of data may be needed in order to separate the response to climate oscillations from that due to longer - term climate change.

What's most intriguing is what is causing the dramatically warm waters — and how this may relate to other observed changes in the region.

Not exact matches

Jesus would say that all that great host do not belong to him... they are an offended bunch for whatever region... if you were to observe Christianity through all those four forms you would change your mind and say that all Christians should strive to be what Jesus said of the good ground... good Christians in that parable are out numbered 3 to 1...

The data, collected by aerial survey missions flown in the Southern Hemisphere in the summer of 2014 - 2015, provide detailed topography of the perpetually ice - free region, where surprising landscape changes, such as rapid erosion along some streams, have been observed in recent years.

In particular, the modelers could now reproduce in detail the pattern of warming, changes in rainfall, etc. actually observed in different regions of the world over the past centurIn particular, the modelers could now reproduce in detail the pattern of warming, changes in rainfall, etc. actually observed in different regions of the world over the past centurin detail the pattern of warming, changes in rainfall, etc. actually observed in different regions of the world over the past centurin rainfall, etc. actually observed in different regions of the world over the past centurin different regions of the world over the past century.

To see how increased temperatures might contribute to the reductions in the river's flow that have been observed since 2000, Udall and Overpeck reviewed and synthesized 25 years of research about how climate and climate change have and will affect the region and how temperature and precipitation affect the river's flows.

Taking factors such as sea surface temperature, greenhouse gases and natural aerosol particles into consideration, the researchers determined that changes in the concentration of black carbon could be the primary driving force behind the observed alterations to the hydrological cycle in the region.

The research has also contributed to answering the important question whether the increase in rainfall observed in the tropics was simply caused by the fact of a warmer atmosphere or whether the underlying circulation in that region had changed.

«Eavesdropping on Bering Strait marine mammals: Researchers are eavesdropping on marine mammals within the Bering Strait via «passive acoustic monitoring» to observe changes in the ecology of the Pacific Arctic by documenting the use of this region by species previously excluded by sea ice.»

The changes in these regions can account for about 90 percent of the observed variation in the river's streamflow over the last century, with one to four months lead - time.

The assessment describes effects of climate change that have already been observed; projected changes in the climate and the landscape; and forest vulnerabilities in a 23.5 - million - acre region of forest in northeastern Minnesota.

In the present work, physicist Patrick Schuenke and physician and physicist Daniel Paech have been able to observe the changes of glucose signals in healthy brain regions as well as pathogenic changes in human brain canceIn the present work, physicist Patrick Schuenke and physician and physicist Daniel Paech have been able to observe the changes of glucose signals in healthy brain regions as well as pathogenic changes in human brain cancein healthy brain regions as well as pathogenic changes in human brain cancein human brain cancer.

Although this region is far too deep for researchers to ever observe directly, instruments that can measure the propagation of seismic waves caused by earthquakes allow them to visualize changes in Earth's interior structure; similar to how ultrasound measurements let medical professionals look inside of our bodies.

Scientists are still only just beginning to understand the myriad mechanisms that control the seemingly dramatic melting observed in regions of West Antarctica, and how climate change is affecting all the moving parts.

Thus the study shows that that iRAM simulates recently observed cloud cover changes in this the eastern Pacific more accurately than the GCMs, and iRAM also successfully simulates the main features of the observed interannual variation of clouds in this region, including the evolution of the clouds through the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.

Consistent with observed changes in surface temperature, there has been an almost worldwide reduction in glacier and small ice cap (not including Antarctica and Greenland) mass and extent in the 20th century; snow cover has decreased in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere; sea ice extents have decreased in the Arctic, particularly in spring and summer (Chapter 4); the oceans are warming; and sea level is rising (Chapter 5).

POLENET (The Polar Earth Observing Network) is a global network dedicated to observing the polar regions in a changiObserving Network) is a global network dedicated to observing the polar regions in a changiobserving the polar regions in a changing world.

b shows regions that have experienced changes in the frequency of long fire weather seasons (> 1σ above historical mean) during the second half of the study period (1996 — 2013) compared with the number of events observed during the first half (1979 — 1996).

Based on these observations and experiments, Harker and Pevtsov conclude that the observed magnetic transient is not an artifact created by the SDO / HMI observation process, but instead represents a real change in the vector magnetic field; since the active region was located so close to the solar limb, this suggests that the transient manifested in the horizontal component of the magnetic field (relative to the solar surface).

But with recent advances in technology, we can now observe regions changing over time, for a deeper understanding of how stars form.

In addition to its descending outputs, the PPN has ascending connections to the neocortex, either directly or indirectly via the thalamus, and so pathological changes in this region may be partly responsible for the cognitive disorders of aging or those observed in various neurodegenerative conditionIn addition to its descending outputs, the PPN has ascending connections to the neocortex, either directly or indirectly via the thalamus, and so pathological changes in this region may be partly responsible for the cognitive disorders of aging or those observed in various neurodegenerative conditionin this region may be partly responsible for the cognitive disorders of aging or those observed in various neurodegenerative conditionin various neurodegenerative conditions.

This is further compounded by elevations in metabolic efficiency (whereby energy expenditure declines beyond that predicted from the change in metabolic mass) and appetite which accompany weight - loss, and may ultimately predispose to weight re - gain.82 Moreover, changes in neural activity within brain regions known to be involved in regulatory, emotional and cognitive control of food intake have also been observed following weight - loss.83

It is possible that the different regional hypertrophy observed after training at long or short muscle lengths could in fact be closely related to the changes in muscle fascicle length, because changes in muscle fascicle length have been linked to greater increases in muscle size in the distal regions of the muscle (Franchi et al. 2014).

The U.S. Global Change Research Program, composed of 13 federal agencies, reported in 2009 that climate - related changes are already being observed in every region of the world, including the United States and its coastal waters.

The workshop focused on linking these fields to better understand how changes observed in the cryosphere affect lakes and streams in mountain regions.

The observed temperature change is in the region of just under 0.7 °C (1.3 °F) with errors of ± 0.05 °C (± 0.1 °F).

climate - related changes are already being observed in every region of the world, including the United States and its coastal waters.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

This technical document explores available data on the observed and projected linkages between climate change and health in the Asia - Pacific region.

«Climate data coverage remains limited in some regions and there is a notable lack of geographic balance in data and literature on observed changes in natural and managed systems, with marked scarcity in developing countries.

Maya Sherpa, a 35 - year - old mountaineer from Okhaldhunga district, said they observed the impacts of climate change in the high Himalayan region during their K2 expedition.

«In my decade - long career in mountaineering so far, I have observed noticeable changes in weather patterns of the high Himalayan region,» said Pasang Lhamu, a 30 - year - old mountaineer from Solukhumbu districIn my decade - long career in mountaineering so far, I have observed noticeable changes in weather patterns of the high Himalayan region,» said Pasang Lhamu, a 30 - year - old mountaineer from Solukhumbu districin mountaineering so far, I have observed noticeable changes in weather patterns of the high Himalayan region,» said Pasang Lhamu, a 30 - year - old mountaineer from Solukhumbu districin weather patterns of the high Himalayan region,» said Pasang Lhamu, a 30 - year - old mountaineer from Solukhumbu district.

A method of dealing with the lack of mass balance measurements is to estimate the changes in mass balance as a function of climate, using mass balance sensitivities (see Box 11.2 for definition) and observed or modelled climate change for glacier covered regions.

The overall glacier change behaviors are similar to glaciers observed in other part of the Himalayan region.

The table that accompanies the above passage from the IPCC's report, captioned «Extreme weather and climate events: global - scale assessment of recent observed changes, human contribution to the changes, and projected further changes for the early (2016 — 2035) and late (2081 — 2100) 21 st century `'» has the following entries for «Increases in intensity and / or duration of drought»: under changes observed since 1950, «low confidence on a global scale, likely changes in some regions `'» [emphasis added]; and under projected changes for the late 21 st century, «likely (medium confidence) on a regional to global scale».

Larger - scale aggregation offers insights into the relationships between the observed changes assessed in Section 1.3 and temperature, by combining results from many studies over multiple systems and larger regions.

(I have always been careful to note that, scientifically, we can not say that climate change caused a particular drought, but only that it is expected to increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of drought in some regions, and that such changes are being observed.)

Average precipitation is changing in many regions with both increases and decreases and there is a general tendency for increases in extreme precipitation observed over land areas.

There is increasing evidence that farmers in some regions are already adapting to observed climate changes in particular altering cultivation and sowing times and crop cultivars and species.

(d) Scherhag stressed: «such kind of climate changes as could now be observed in Spitsbergen and along the western coast of Greenland were certainly not restricted to a small region but must be global» (Scherhag, 1937).

Slow variations in upper ocean heat content that have been observed in the subpolar and marginal ice zone regions of the Atlantic since the mid-twentieth century are thought to be related to changes in the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

The new research uses multiple runs of a coupled ocean - atmosphere computer model to simulate global temperature changes in response to climate forcing when the sea surface temperature (SST) in the el Niño region follows its historically observed values.

Summary of estimated impacts of observed climate changes on yields over 1960 - 2013 for four major crops in temperate and tropical regions.

Tree mortality has been observed to increase over the past decades in many regions, but the causes of this increase are not well understood, and we know even less about long - term changes in growth and recruitment rates.

The pace and magnitude of the changes observed in this region match the expectation that Amundsen Sea embayment glaciers should be less stable than others.

Observed bleaching in response to warm tropical waters invading cooler regions aroused fears that climate change had contributed to this «unprecedented» event.

It appears that moderate levels of atmospheric CO2 rise and climate change relative to current conditions may be beneficial in some regions (Nemani et al., 2003), depending on latitude, on the CO2 responsiveness of plant functional types, and on the natural adaptive capacity of indigenous biota (mainly through range shifts that are now being widely observed — see Chapter 1).

Anthropogenic influences have contributed to observed increases in atmospheric moisture content in the atmosphere (medium confidence), to global - scale changes in precipitation patterns over land (medium confidence), to intensification of heavy precipitation over land regions where data are sufficient (medium confidence), and to changes in surface and subsurface ocean salinity (very likely).

The observed pattern of ocean temperature change created a propensity for drought in some regions around the globe — perhaps including California, which has been experiencing drought conditions more often than not over the past decade and a half.

(I have always been careful to note that, scientifically, we can not say that climate change caused a particular drought, but only that it is expected to increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of drought in some regions — and that such changes are being observed.)»