Sentences with phrase «periods of extreme heat»

Periods of extreme heat are directly related to higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and heat stroke, particularly among the elderly and low - income communities who tend to be disproportionately affected by the impacts of all types of extreme weather.

• Risk of mortality and morbidity during periods of extreme heat, particularly for vulnerable urban populations and those working outdoors in urban or rural areas.

The risk of mortality and morbidity is also going to go up during periods of extreme heat, a major consequence of the ongoing climate change.

Due to climate change, hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will experience rising sea levels, inland floods, more frequent and intense storms, and more frequent periods of extreme heat and cold in the coming years.

However, periods of extreme heat and drought can trap pollution in the region, making bad ozone days worse.

The period of extreme heat is thought to be the warmest for up to 500 years, and many European countries experienced their highest temperatures on record.

Not exact matches

The heat and ongoing abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions have occurred during the pollination period of the corn.

Other notable examples of extreme heat during that period have increasingly been linked to climate change.

The researchers found that over a 15 - day period, the water temperatures were most extreme when the low tide period drifted to align with maximum sun heat during noon, and these conditions caused the warming of the shallow water on the reefs.

What they found was that the average annual exposure to extreme heat during the study period is expected to be between 10 and 14 billion person - days, compared to an annual average of 2.3 billion person - days between 1971 and 2000.

Another reason to upgrade would be if you regularly drive in extreme weather or for longer periods of time, as that can heat up your tires considerably.

During periods of hot and / or humid weather and when dogs are new to Austin's extreme heat (for up to the first two months), avoid long periods of running and playing with them outside while they fully acclimate to summer temperatures.

That length of time suits most dogs since you wouldn't want them to be exposed to extreme summer heats for long periods of time.

Including spending an extended period of time outdoors in all weather, including extreme heat and cold.

Dogs should not be walked in extreme heat, unless for very short periods of time (10 - 15 minutes).

In the case of this summer, to make it familiar, the NE North American Coast and most of Canada is cooler by extensive periods of cloud coverage, cooling caused by this region clashes with the US South extreme heat, given less bouts of clouds up North, the North American warming record would have been amazingly strong, but permanent cloud episodes over one region or another travel, never last forever, as such not causing a permanent shift in the temperature record (unless the clouds cover or not wide swats of the Polar regions).

There has been, in my opinion, a trend, not really appreciated by most, which is stable extreme weather, one can name many zones of the world having some extreme fascet of continous drought, rain, heat and mostly changes in dominant wind directions for extended periods of time, which is in itself unusual.

Hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will be affected by rising sea levels, increased precipitation, inland floods, more frequent and stronger cyclones and storms, and periods of more extreme heat and cold.

The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice and snow is one of the most profound signs of global warming and has coincided with «a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters,» according to the conference organizers, who are posting updates under the #arctic17 hashtag on Twitter.

The period as described in the BOOTY site from the mid 12th century though the 13th century and into the first third of the 14th century was incredibly variable and extreme in storminess, cold, heat, rainfall and drought and the consequent severe famine and disease.

These profound changes to the Arctic system have coincided with a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters.

This map shows peak land surface temperatures between February 7 and 14, 2017, a period when some of the most extreme heating occurred.

In particular, in the European Mediterranean region, increases in the frequency of extreme climate events during specific crop development stages (e.g., heat stress during flowering period, rainy days during sowing time), together with higher rainfall intensity and longer dry spells, are likely to reduce the yield of summer crops (e.g., sunflower).

Certain types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become more frequent and / or intense, including prolonged periods of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts.

As global temperatures rise on average in the coming decades — as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase with the continued use of fossil fuels — so regions such as the American southwest will experience greater extremes of heat and longer periods of drought.

The report explores attitudes toward policies that relate to climate change due to extreme weather events such as extended periods of high heat, flooding, and storms resulting in the transmission of disease and decreased air quality.

«It appears that parts of Russia are on the cusp of a period in which the risk of extreme heat events will increase rapidly,» said co-author Martin Hoerling, a research meteorologist, also from ESRL.