Sentences with phrase «other climate change episodes»

This further evidence of episodic emissions of volcanic CO2 as the likely driver of the extinction enhances our understanding of this event, and potentially of other climate change episodes in Earth's history.»

Not exact matches

Worldwide, most reefs were «substantially degraded before 1900,» they report, long before recent episodes of coral bleaching caused by climate change or other factors began.

In other words, Mars was cold and dry throughout its history and only had abundant liquid water at its surface during short episodes of climate change.

[The «permanent El Niño» hypothesis, from which one would conclude climate change would lead to a decrease of dry episodes in East Africa, has been largely disproven by other recent research - including Pliocene ENSO reconstructions.]

«Using the series as a tool to bring attention to the poles and the effect climate change has had on them, the organizations are planning various activities around the FROZEN PLANET premiere including: hosting sneak peek screenings for their members, where attendees will see the premiere episode Ends of the Earth before it's U.S. debut; engagement on Facebook, Twitter, GetGlue and other social media platforms; letter writing campaigns and other grassroots efforts to ensure our polar regions are protected for generations to come.

He and other scientists testifying before the Senate panel today said that projections of the climate change that is now apparently occurring mean that the Southeastern and Midwestern sections of the United States will be subject to frequent episodes of very high temperatures and drought in the next decade and beyond.