Sentences with phrase «positive feedback processes»

We should be happy there are not more positive feedback processes on our planet.

Though it is hard to pick it out exactly, section 8.6 of the fourth IPCC report seems to imply these positive feedback processes increase temperature 2 degrees for every one degree from CO2.

Does this mean that, under positive feedback processes that release very large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere, there is a limit to the increase in the average temperature of Earth?

Principal positive feedback processes in the model are changes in atmospheric water vapor, clouds and snowlice cover.

It is not that the polar regions are amplifying the warming «going on» at lower latitudes, it is that any warming going on AT THE POLES is amplified through inherent positive feedback processes AT THE POLES, and specifically this is primarily the ice - albedo positive feedback process whereby more open water leads to more warming leads to more open water, etc..

It is not that the polar regions are amplifying the warming «going on» at lower latitudes, it is that any warming going on AT THE POLES is amplified through inherent positive feedback processes AT THE POLES, and specifically this is primarily the ice - albedo positive feedback process whereby more open water leads to more warming leads to more open water, etc. *** «Climate model simulations have shown that ice albedo feedbacks associated with variations in snow and sea - ice coverage are a key factor in positive feedback mechanisms which amplify climate change at high northern latitudes...»

«When the melting starts, there are positive feedback processes that can lead to even faster melting.»

A positive feedback process.

I agree other things are also going on — letting any positive feedback process get established is a mistake.

-- In his calculations of the GE, he realized the important positive feedback process caused by concomitant changes in water vapor (4)....»

The melting of Arctic ice provides an example of a positive feedback process.

I can illustrate this with an example: Nuclear fission is a positive feedback process.

Not exact matches

As I describe in Survival +, there is a positive feedback in the process of concentrating wealth and thus political power: the more wealth one acquires, the more political influence one can purchase, which then enables the accumulation of even more wealth as the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthy.

They feel if they keep things (mostly) positive, the process becomes easier to bear, and the person receiving the feedback won't hate them.

User feedback isn't nearly as positive either, with common complaints that the steaming process is long and that the food doesn't grind down to a fine enough texture.

Earth's crust is now understood as a complex system of fault surfaces, with rises and drops in stress reflecting the interplay of positive and negative feedbacks operating in the rupture process.

We accept positive feedback about ourselves readily, Takahashi says: «Compared with guilt or embarrassment, pride might be processed more automatically.»

Self - organized vegetation patterns are widespread in arid lands and elsewhere, and Rietkerk et al. [11]--[12] as well as Couteron and Lejeune [13]--[15] proposed that such patterns are the result of nearby positive and distant negative feedbacks created by plants and physical processes occurring at different scales and intensities.

The glacial retreat induced by this or any other process can be amplified by similar inverse positive feedbacks as for glacial advances.

She works hard to ensure a time - saving and worry - free process, and she gets loads of positive feedback as a result.

Use the feedback process to reinforce positive aspects of an assignment.

Focus on the positives: Enter the feedback process with a mindset that has you looking for what students did well instead of what needs to be fixed.

You may choose to delay the feedback, so that learners have time to reflect on their actions, resulting in a positive cognitive processing.

Good feedback focuses on both the work and the student's process; relates feedback to a learning goal; describes work products rather than passes judgment; and is positive and specific.

Although positive feedback from others is important, how students interpret and process the feedback ultimately determines its effect on their self - esteem.

To give feedback that strengthens learners» motivation and persistence, teachers should keep five principles in mind: A learning context in which students are truly engaged makes feedback more palatable; fostering peer feedback is important; good feedback focuses on the processes a learner used; praise isn't the best way to give a positive message; and feedback focused on judging the learner (even positively) can backfire.

Based on positive feedback from the training sessions, a number of participants requested support and follow - up for using the PTLC process in their school districts.

After months of work, and positive community feedback across Los Angeles, we were proud to announce funding would be made available to schools through a two - phase grant process

As teachers, it is essential that we make the process of providing feedback a positive learning experience for each student.

So, it's much more likely those authors will get positive feedback during the querying process, in the form of requests for more material.

We guarantee that positive feedbacks from every customer of our site will say more than any words and once you give it a shot — you will never go back to this boring and complicated process yourself!

We take great pride in our customer service and we encourage you to contact us with positive feedback or if you experienced any issues during the loan process.

If there's some positive feedback, perhaps I'll boil this down (quite appropriately) to a brief checklist in due course — so you don't have to wade through a few thousand words again if you're incorporating any of these techniques into your investing process.

Too often the statistics cited are from small data sets, or unstable distributions generated by processes that are influenced by positive and / or negative feedback effects.

Positive feedback loops and natural human tendencies toward herd behavior keep the process going until a point of excess is reached and the debt becomes a major problem.

This includes responding to positive and negative reviews — in our process, we analyze all feedback and gather additional information from your hospital before we decide on a course of action.

The average service score received by the group during 2014 was 98 % positive; this score was compiled from genuine feedback from customers that booked with the group and rated the service received during the booking process, gathered by Feefo's feedback system.

After receiving positive initial feedback and promising future bookings, the German flag carrier's recently decided to speed up the inauguration process and have premium economy fitted on all of its long - haul aircraft rather than just its flagship B747 - 8.

Whether he was basking in the glow of positive feedback or gritting his teeth through some of my more blunt critiques, he processed the information and it resonated in his work.

A conceptual model is presented where, through a number of synergistic processes and positive feedbacks, changes in the ultraviolet / blue flux alter the dimethyl sulphide flux to the atmosphere, and in turn the number of cloud condensation nuclei, cloud albedo, and thus sea surface temperature.

I'm not sure about this, but if it's true then it would be another positive feedback loop in the GW process.

Desertification is a «creeping phenomenon» involving many positive feedbacks which tend to accelerate the process to the point of irreversibility, as is observed in the Sahel of Africa.

Of course, what is true is that as we warm the atmosphere, the not - well - understood processes by which CO2 and methane seem to get released as the earth warms may come into play again and create a positive feedback.

I think it as arrogant to declare, based on our understanding of positive and negative feedbacks — both physical and biological — that our influence in these feedbacks are negligible and insignificant, as it is to declare that we understand exactly how we influence those same processes.

Granted, it is «slow» right now, but the melting has been increasing quite substantially, and whereas the IPCC had been speaking in the neighborhood of a sea level increase of 50 cm, figures between one to two meters are becoming common as the result of observed changes, and with the nonlinear processes and resulting positive feedback, Jim Hansen has suggested that a sea level doubling per decade and increase of several meters (up to 5 m) by the end of the century is more realistic.

Granted, it is «slow» right now, but the melting has been increasing quite substantially, and whereas the IPCC had been speaking in the neighborhood of a sea level increase of 50 cm, figures between one to two meters are becoming common as the result of the observed higher rates since, and with the nonlinear processes and resulting positive feedback, Jim Hansen has suggested that a sea level doubling per decade and increase of several meters (up to 5 m) by the end of the century is more realistic.

MacKinnon says the lack of sea ice changes the dynamics of that process by enabling the ocean to absorb more heat, creating a positive - feedback loop that begets more rapid sea ice melting.

The notion of an H2O positive feedback (which probably is present on a clear day) is squashed by this process.While warmer air can hold exponentially more water vapor, presumably increasing greenhouse effects (an process the IPCC hangs its collective hat on), it is also this exact same property that vastly improves the chances of convective and phase change heat transport by thunderstorms.

Following a minimalistic philosophy, the model comprises the necessary processes for a positive feedback and thereby demonstrates the possibility of an abrupt transition of monsoon circulations from a state with strong rainfall to a weak precipitation state.

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