Sentences with phrase «precipitation increases in»

Climate model simulations for the 21st century are consistent in projecting precipitation increases in high latitudes (very likely) and parts of the tropics, and decreases in some subtropical and lower mid-latitude regions (likely).

Although the current study is limited by the fact that the authors looked only at runoff and held other variables such as land cover constant, the results could be relevant to other regions that are likely to experience precipitation increases in a warming world.

Not exact matches

«We do see signs of precipitation extremes increasing in these regions.»

Climatic variability like precipitation changes or increase in extreme events such as storms and tropical cyclones is known to significantly modify the Earth's surface.

Indeed, Arctic change in the last two decades has been profound — not just dwindling sea ice, but also noticeably increased precipitation, and thus snow cover, over Eurasia.

It also has seen a 71 percent increase in the frequency of extreme precipitation events — more than any other region in the United States, according to the paper.

The Northeast and the Pacific Northwest may see only a slight increase in annual precipitation, maybe one or two percent, but storms are likely to become more intense.

For instance, though about 30 percent of farmers surveyed agreed that extreme weather events will become more frequent in the future, 52 percent agreed that farmers should take additional steps to protect their land from increased precipitation.

Precipitation is very variable locally but has increased in several large regions of the world, including eastern North and South America, northern Europe, and northern and central Asia.

The aerosols catalyze the formation of ice in the clouds, which could increase precipitation, although more research needs to be done on that linkage, Creamean said.

Although precipitation in Nebraska at the northern end of the aquifer will likely increase, scientists predict the southern parts of the region will get even less than the 16 inches of annual precipitation they now receive.

According to research in the September Nature Climate Change, precipitation patterns in the area have increased, which may help larger glaciers such as this one stick around a while longer.

Losing Amazon forest had a significant positive impact on the neighboring forests in eastern South America, mostly by increasing the precipitation there during the Southern Hemisphere summer.

«Of course, weather is naturally chaotic, and extremes are a normal part of our highly variable UK climate, but globally there has recently been an increase in the incidence of high temperature and heavy precipitation extremes.

«We realized in 2013 that there was almost no data on the drought resistance of Amazonian canopy trees, and several recent droughts raised the question of how these trees would fare if climate change caused increased anomalies in precipitation.»

A 12 percent increase in the rate of aquifer recharge from added precipitation, combined with a projected 3 - foot rise in sea level by the end of the century, would raise groundwater levels in some parts of the city by an additional foot — up to 4 feet higher than current levels.

«The winter discharge of the Tanana River has increased since the record keeping began in the»70s, but there are no increasing trends in precipitation,» she said.

«Furthermore, our work focuses on increases / decreases in temperatures, but similar analyses are needed to estimate consensus changes in other meteorological variables such as precipitation.

To see how increased temperatures might contribute to the reductions in the river's flow that have been observed since 2000, Udall and Overpeck reviewed and synthesized 25 years of research about how climate and climate change have and will affect the region and how temperature and precipitation affect the river's flows.

«In general, the amount of precipitation is increasing but also the kind of precipitation is changing,» said McFadden, an associate professor in UCSB's Department of GeographIn general, the amount of precipitation is increasing but also the kind of precipitation is changing,» said McFadden, an associate professor in UCSB's Department of Geographin UCSB's Department of Geography.

«If we look at precipitation events over the long term, there is an increase in frequency of extremes.

It also will expand impervious surfaces as precipitation is expected to increase in some areas.

The Midwest has seen a 37 percent increase in the amount of rain falling in heavy precipitation events since the late 1950s, the second - highest increase in the U.S. over that period.

The monsoon precipitation intensified, and the increase caused erosion along the Tibetan Plateau and lower elevation areas nearby in what today is China, researchers found.

«Microbes involved in the nitrogen cycle, which are still active today, could have played a major role in calcite precipitation because of their ability to increase the pH,» explains Dr Stinnesbeck.

Climate model results have long suggested that we would see increased precipitation in the tropics as a result of climate change.

Wahl published a paper in Nature Communications in 2015 on the effects of compound flooding, which is when increased river discharge, precipitation and storm surges happen at the same time.

The increased production in these crops is driven by higher precipitation predicted to occur in the central U.S., combined with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which reduces a plant's water requirements.

The models also projected an increase in intensity of the ARs, meaning an AR impacting the UK in the future is projected to deliver more moisture, potentially causing larger precipitation totals.

In addition, strong biosphere - radiation feedbacks are often present in several moderately wet regions, for instance in the Eastern U.S. and in the Mediterranean, where precipitation and radiation increase vegetation growtIn addition, strong biosphere - radiation feedbacks are often present in several moderately wet regions, for instance in the Eastern U.S. and in the Mediterranean, where precipitation and radiation increase vegetation growtin several moderately wet regions, for instance in the Eastern U.S. and in the Mediterranean, where precipitation and radiation increase vegetation growtin the Eastern U.S. and in the Mediterranean, where precipitation and radiation increase vegetation growtin the Mediterranean, where precipitation and radiation increase vegetation growth.

Loss of the afternoon data would mean a «50 % error increase in [forecasting] precipitation rates in southern US,» according to a NOAA presentation.

Even if vineyards relocate northward in search of cooler climes, increased precipitation in areas like the Pacific Northwest could make crops more susceptible to fungus and rot.

Given the revised timeline in this region, Willenbring and colleagues determined that the increased precipitation resulted from changes in the intensity of the sun's radiation on the Earth, which is based on the planet's tilt in orbit.

Acknowledging the effects of decreasing precipitation requires changes in how resource specialists approach climate change adaptation for water resources and forest management compared to preparing for increased temperature alone,» he said.

They found that regional differences in the timing of precipitation, and the resulting increase in local vegetation and plants («greening»), could best explain the source of genetic differences.

Our study shows is that increases in the number of extreme heat and extreme precipitation events, particularly during summer months, lead to more asthma hospitalizations in Maryland.»

Under various climate and land - use scenarios, coniferous stands are expected to lose 71 percent to 100 percent of their current range to deciduous stands across New England by 2085, particularly in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, due to increased temperature and precipitation and changes in timber harvesting.

By analyzing data from 270 monitoring sites around the country, Zhang and his colleagues found that the amount of nitrogen deposition, as measured in precipitation, had increased by 60 % — or 8 kilograms per hectare per year — between 1980 and 2010.

«But because precipitation has to be balanced by evaporation, we expect a [corresponding] increase in dry regions,» Marvel said.

Because the models predict little average precipitation increase nationwide over this period, the product of CAPE and precipitation gives about a 12 percent rise in cloud - to - ground lightning strikes per degree in the contiguous U.S., or a roughly 50 percent increase by 2100 if Earth sees the expected 4 - degree Celsius increase (7 degrees Fahrenheit) in temperature.

Still, he says, «One of the clearest signals we see is that an increase in global temperatures leads to an increase in extreme or heavy precipitation events.»

Indeed, conventional wisdom held that higher levels of aerosol pollution in the atmosphere should cool the earth's climate because aerosols can increase cloudiness; they not only reduce precipitation, which raises the water content in clouds, but they also increase the size of the individual water droplets, which in turn causes more warming sunlight to be reflected back into space.

However, unlike the climate model simulations, the new precipitation reconstruction does not show an increase of wet and dry anomalies in the twentieth century compared to the natural variations of the past millennium.

As climate change raises summer temperatures around the world, increases in precipitation could offset drought risk in some regions.

«We expect a widespread increase in heavy precipitation due to greenhouse gas warming leading to a moister atmosphere,» explains climatologist Gabriele Hegerl of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

During an El Niño, satellites often observe a shift in precipitation over the ocean, specifically an increase in rain over the eastern Pacific, said Huffman.

The predictions matched actual rainfall measurements during the 75 - year period, both in the magnitude (amount) and the trend (increase or decrease) of precipitation.

The panel finds that humans have already contributed to an increase in the frequency and duration of heat waves and an intensification of heavy precipitation events.

The amount of precipitation in the White Mountains has steadily increased in the period from 1900 to 2000, but the increase does not seem to have been sufficient to stimulate the growth of trees below the tree line.

Zhibin Zhang, an ecologist at the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Zoology in Beijing and a co-author of the paper, says that in the event of a plague outbreak, «monitoring and prevention measures should be taken in regions facing an obvious increase in precipitation or flooding events, and with close transportation connections with plague [centers].»