Sentences with phrase «of global drought»

That's hardly a characterization of global drought.

Burke, E.J., S.J. Brown, and N. Christidis, 2006: Modelling the recent evolution of global drought and projections for the 21st century with the Hadley Centre climate model.

The paper prompted a MailOnline headline of, «Projections of global drought and flood may be flawed», while the Australian followed suit with, «Climate model projections on rain and drought wrong, study says».

Not exact matches

New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall invoked the dangers of climate change, noting that severe droughts and wildfires put his state «in the bull's - eye of global warming.»

If the spring and summer don't bring some wet relief, the U.S. might well face another year of very low yields after last year's summer drought — with the difference that global wheat, corn and soybean stocks this time around would already be depleted.

«We are committed to our mission to be a globally responsible company and to support the people of the state of California as they face this unprecedented drought,» said John Kelly, Starbucks senior vice president of Global Responsibility and Public Policy.

Since mid 2003, however, global demand has picked up and drought conditions have eased, which has resulted in a recovery in some components of the volume of exports.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

In case you haven't heard, the popularity of «Pulses» in the food industry is dramatically on the rise, not only for their nutritional benefit, but also as the leading front - runner to help solve global food issues like food security, drought protection and agricultural sustainability.

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

The impact of global warming has been linked to the severity of droughts, water scarcity, and food shortages in war - torn Syria.

As global climate change continues, scientists expect more droughts, heat stress and insect pests — creating need for new varieties of agricultural plants with diverse qualities that will let them cope and adapt to quickly changing conditions.

Previous research has suggested a connection between coal - burning and the Sahel drought, but this was the first study that used decades of historical observations to find that this drought was part of a global shift in tropical rainfall, and then used multiple climate models to determine why.

Taken together, the research data provides a picture, from the leaf scale to the global scale, suggesting that droughts in the Amazon basin are affecting levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere globally, both on a short - term basis though decreasing photosynthesis and on a longer term basis, by increasing tree mortality.

With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows that another kind of climate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree recovery after drought events — the microclimate.

Global warming is causing not only a general increase in temperatures, but also an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as flooding, heat waves and droughts.

In 2010, for example, one - fifth of the global land area experienced extreme maximum temperature anomalies that coincided with heat waves and droughts in Canada, the United States, Northern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China and unprecedented droughts in tropical rainforests.

The impact of global warming has been linked to the severity of droughts, water scarcity, and food shortages in war - torn Syria, but now an internationally recognized expert on water resources has identified climate change as a factor contributing to political turmoil in the region.

Drier means more dangerous for the forestry industry, as global warming increases drought problems and raises the chances of wildfires.

It is the first study of this scale to investigate the effects of global warming and drought on decomposer soil animals.

Given that the country is the world's top exporter of maize and one of the largest growers of soya beans, Nature explains how the drought could have ramifications for global food supplies, and what science is doing to help.

Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or prolonged drought, new research has shown.

«The heat waves and drought that are related to such jet stream extremes happen on top of already increasing temperatures and global warming — it's a double whammy.»

If trees die because of those droughts, the carbon they store will be released into the atmosphere, where it will further exacerbate global warming.

It has been unclear, however, how the effects of drought co-vary with legume species, soil condition, agroclimatic region and drought timing, said Lixin Wang, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences in the School of Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and the corresponding author of «Global synthesis of drought effects on food legume production.»

Unseen by the human eye, plants interact with many species of fungi and other microbes in the surrounding environment, and these exchanges can impact the plant's health and tolerance to stressors such as drought or disease, as well as the global carbon cycle.

«Which of those is correct at this stage is unknown, but the droughts being driven by atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations is in line with some of these global circulation models,» Lewis said.

As contemporary signs of global warming, Schneider and his colleagues point to rapidly melting polar icecaps, ocean acidification, loss of coral reefs, longer - lasting droughts, more devastating wildfires, and rising sea level.

Their optimistic goal: keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid doomsday scenarios of rising seas, widespread droughts and melting ice.

As the amount of rice needed to help feed the global population increases, the consequences of drought - related crop reduction are becoming more severe.

The researchers also looked at other extreme events, like the southeast Australian drought of 2006 and the rain events that led to widespread flooding in Queensland in 2010, to see whether they would occur more often as global temperatures increased.

The US government is creating seven new «climate hubs» designed to help farmers handle the effects of global warming, such as droughts and invasive pests

New research shows that the current drought plaguing the American West is likely the beginning of a new trend brought on by global warming.

«Dangerous» global warming includes consequences such as increased risk of extreme weather and climate events ranging from more intense heat waves, hurricanes, and floods, to prolonged droughts.

The hottest part of the region has been drought - stricken Arizona, where average temperatures have risen some 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit — 120 percent greater than the global rise — between 2003 and 2007.

One of the major thrusts of the report, which was discussed at PCAST's 15 March meeting in Washington, D.C., was to emphasize «climate preparedness» — a relabeling of the idea that the government should be doing more to prepare the nation to adapt to changes expected to be caused by global warming, such as rising seas, droughts, and floods.

The findings also suggest that previous techniques using satellites to measure drought stress in rainforests may be missing dire impacts of a warming global climate, which many scientists believe will cause more droughts in those critical habitats.

European wheat production areas have to prepare for greater harvest losses in the future when global warming will lead to increased drought and heat waves in southern Europe, and wet and cool conditions in the north, especially at the time of sowing.

Extreme weather does not prove the existence of global warming, but climate change is likely to exaggerate it — by messing with ocean currents, providing extra heat to forming tornadoes, bolstering heat waves, lengthening droughts and causing more precipitation and flooding.

And a large majority of Americans believe that global warming made several high profile extreme weather events worse, including record high summer temperatures nationwide, droughts in Texas and Oklahoma, catastrophic Mississippi River flooding, Hurricane Irene and an unusually warm winter.

Known for its beauty and also as an important source of food, the sunflower is a global oil crop that shows promise for climate change adaptation because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of environmental conditions, including drought.

The U.S. and Australia also share a changing global climate that is increasing the risk of drought.

My colleagues at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, for example, have used both theoretical reasoning and 1,000 years of tree - ring data to argue that global warming will likely intensify droughts in the American West.

That leaves less than 1 percent of all freshwater for humans and animals to drink and for farmers to use to raise crops — and that remnant is shrinking as rising global temperatures trigger more droughts.

Todd Dawson, professor of integrative biology at the University of California - Berkeley, said the research provides a holistic understanding of tree die - off at a time when global temperatures — and possibly drought conditions — are expected to rise.

The authors caution that Amazonian forests and reserves still face a barrage of threats, from dam construction and mining to wildfires and droughts intensified by global warming, and direct invasions of indigenous lands.

Stirling co-author and Professor of Ecology, Alastair Jump, said: «By pinpointing specific traits in trees that determine how at risk they are from drought, we can better understand global patterns of tree mortality and how the world's forests are reacting to rising temperatures and reduced rainfall.

Warmer winters, prolonged drought, and other effects of global warming multiply the threat of fire in these communities

«Atlantic / Pacific ocean temperature difference fuels US wildfires: New study shows that difference in water temperature between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans together with global warming impact the risk of drought and wildfire in southwestern North America.»

The chance of major global crop failures of this magnitude will increase with climate change, as drought, flooding, and heat waves strike fields more often.