«We conclude that extreme climatic events are key drivers of biodiversity patterns and that the frequency and intensity of such episodes have major implications for predictive models of species distribution and ecosystem structure, which are largely based
on gradual warming trends.»
John Philips (13:43:35) «Trends» have become virtually meaningless lately, since the word has been so variably used, but try this: Eyeball the temperature curve as correlated to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and you will see an excellent relationship with the cyclic cooling and warming phase of the PDO overlaid
on a gradual warming trend emerging from the Little Ice Age.
Not exact matches
A significant northward
trend (reduction of ice) in the winter - maximum ice edge is apparent, however, and appears to be caused by the
gradual warming of sea - surface temperatures in the region (paper available
on this if you want it).