Sentences with phrase «of extreme storms»

We are already experiencing the impacts of warming — from deadly heat waves to a greater risk of extreme storms and drought.

But even a mildly active sun could still generate its fair share of extreme storms that could knock out power grids and space satellites.

That's money the agency uses to improve climate models, maintain observation satellites, predict the scale and path of extreme storms, monitor the loss of sea ice, and track wildfires.

Mar. 18, 2013 — By examining the frequency of extreme storm surges in the past, previous research has shown that there was an increasing tendency for storm hurricane surges when the climate was warmer.

But even if such promises are fulfilled, European cities could face sea level rises of more than 50 cm by 2100, enough to put properties and lives at risk in cases of extreme storms and tidal surges.

The combined effects of sea level rise and more powerful storms could cause a 10-fold increase in the occurrence rate of extreme storm surges, but smart planning could prevent Katrina - level destruction

A new documentary captures the ravages of extreme storms and sea - level rise that threaten the tiny country.

«The State of Maryland is committed to taking the necessary actions to adapt to the rising sea and guard against the impacts of extreme storms,» said Governor Martin O'Malley.

Jeffrey Kiehl, PhD, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, in Boulder, points to volumes of studies exploring responses of extreme storms to a warming planet and concludes that «these systems that form in the tropics can propagate up to the polar regions.»

Also, unlike the bulk of climate models to date, the increase in odds of extreme storms found in the study stems both from a shift toward more intense hurricanes as well as an overall increase in hurricane frequency.

(The same issues attend discussions of extreme storms.)

The total fraction [of extreme storms] will increase even though the total numbers will decrease.»

And, in addition to the shoreline erosion, the costs, severity, and frequency of extreme storms like Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, and Typhoon Haiyan are expected to increase in those areas.

Cuomo announces Strategic Fuel Reserve On the one - year anniversary of superstorm Sandy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo went to a Hess gas station in Port Jefferson on Tuesday to discuss the State's Strategic Fuel Reserve an emergency plan to keep gas stations operational in the case of another extreme storm.

Both CO2 and temperature are continuing to rise, and with that, so do the dire risks of extreme storms, heat waves, floods, rising sea levels, forest fires and other catastrophes.

«So any increases in wave heights, and greater frequency of extreme storms, are going to have a major impact on thousands of communities along the Atlantic coastlines of Western Europe.

Some of the extreme storms are listed below:

The report recognizes that unabated climate change could bring an increased frequency of extreme storms, additional drought and flooding, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and the rapid spread of life - threatening disease.