Sentences with phrase «recent weather extremes»

Because of the press on the recent weather extremes in the NH and focus on the polar jet stream, including Holdren's public remarks giving credence to the hypothesis that global warming may be responsible for weakening the polar jet, there is greater public consciousness of the topic (and some minor controversy).

Both nations have been affected by recent weather extremes, including flash flooding and landslides earlier this year.

Not exact matches

Slow economic growth, increasing extreme weather events and volatility in capital markets made the insurance business tumultuous in recent years, with employees facing upheaval in their day - to - day roles as well as layoffs.

Recent extreme weather events, such as the flooding in Ontario and Quebec last summer and the forest fires in British Columbia and Alberta, are directly connected to climate change, McKenna says.

The issues that have dominated news cycles in recent weeks — North Korea, along with extreme weather in the southern United States — should not obscure the robust underlying fundamentals of the US economy, in our view.

CNN: Survey: One in three Americans see extreme weather as a sign of biblical end times More than a third of Americans see recent extreme weather as a sign that the world is in biblical «end times,» according to a survey released Thursday.

Both the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers» Association (ICMSA) and the Irish Farmers» Association (IFA) have condemned the severity of the drop — particularly the timing, in light of recent extreme weather conditions.

The ability of the transport network to withstand or recover from disruptions, such as those caused by extreme weather in recent years, is also key.

The panel is expected to discuss topics ranging from the impact of climate change on New Yorkers» health, the increase in extreme weather such as heightened flood risk, and recent efforts by the state to respond.

The recent extreme weather events have highlighted how everyone relies on or uses the UK's transport network daily and it is fundamental to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the community.

He said recent extreme weather like the floods in Gloucestershire had demonstrated the need to ensure back - up systems were «similarly proofed against extreme weather events».

He argued that climate change meant more extreme weather is forecast and that recent floods in Australia, earthquakes in New Zealand and Haiti and a famine in Africa were set to be repeated around the world in the future.

The environment secretary showed little patience with climate change sceptics, pointing to recent examples of extreme weather as proof climate change is already happening.

According to a recent article published in Weatherwise, titled «The Weather and Climate of Arizona,» extreme weather events, ranging from «heat to cold and dryness to floods... dust storms, forest fires, and unparalleled lightning displays» are all too common in Arizona.

In December, a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society included a selection of studies investigating the influence of climate change on a variety of recent extreme weather and climate events, including marine heat waves.

But now, for the first time, climate scientists are systematically examining recent extreme weather events to determine whether climate change played a role.

All three policies enjoyed considerable support, but respondents who had experienced recent extreme weather expressed only modestly stronger support than other respondents.

«The loss of sea ice in the Arctic and changes to heat storage will lead to changes in weather patterns that could bring extreme heat and cold events to the continental United States similar to those seen in recent years, and possibly even more intense.»

Its core is a flurry of recent research proposing that such extreme weather events in the midlatitudes are linked through the atmosphere with the effects of rapid climate change in the Arctic, such as dwindling sea ice.

In recent years, many studies have sought to unsnarl the role of anthropogenic climate change from natural variability on extreme weather events (SN: 1/20/18, p. 6).

Martin Hoerling, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory who researches the connections between climate change and weather extremes, said a link between a warmer Arctic and the recent cold is unlikely.

During recent periods in which several major weather extremes occurred, the trapping and strong amplification of particular waves — like «wave seven» (which has seven troughs and crests spanning the globe)-- was indeed observed.

«What we found is that during several recent extreme weather events these planetary waves almost freeze in their tracks for weeks.

Tools for forecasting extreme weather have advanced in recent decades, but researchers and engineers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working to enhance radars, satellites and supercomputers to further lengthen warning times for tornadoes and thunderstorms and to better determine hurricane intensity and forecast floods.

In recent years, U.S. transportation infrastructure has taken a beating from extreme weather.

In recent years, extreme winter weather events such as heavy snowfalls and severe winters have been occurring frequently in regions such as East Asia, North America and Europe.

Climatologist John Christy of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, emphasized that it was not scientifically defensible to tie the recent droughts or specific extreme weather events to climate change, and highlighted the limitations of historical temperature records.

The extreme cold weather observed across Europe and the east coast of the US in recent winters could be partly down to natural, long - term variations in sea surface temperatures, according to a new study published today.

As for whether the world's recent extreme weather was made worse by human influence, that answer likely won't be available for years — and only if a research effort similar to the one that analyzed the 2000 U.K. floods is undertaken.

Oklahoma has been battered by extreme weather events in recent years and much of the discussion focused on adaptation toward maximizing benefits and minimizing losses for the state.

«We came as close as one can to demonstrating a direct link between climate change and a large family of extreme recent weather events,» said Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State.

China's aging population and rapid migration to coastal urban centers will make the country more susceptible to effects of climate change like rising sea levels and extreme weather events, recent research by scientists at University College London and experts from the United States, China and India has found.

«We are now able to connect the dots when it comes to human - caused global warming and an array of extreme recent weather events,» said Mann.

Changing climate patterns have had considerable impact in Texas in recent years in the form of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, extreme heat.

Climate extremes: challenges in estimating and understanding recent changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme climate and weather events [chapter].

Outdated knowledge systems have exacerbated recent disasters and contributed to growing financial losses from extreme weather.

Professor Allen will explore the role of human influence on climate in recent extreme weather events.

Monday 27th February, 18.30 - 20.00 Room 1.07 Western Gateway Building Western Road, UCC, Cork Tickets free Eventbrite Professor Allen will explore the role of human influence on climate in recent extreme weather events.

In the face of so many extreme weather events rocking the world in recent weeks, Gerard Butler recently sat down with CinemaBlend and explained what he thinks audiences will take away from Geostorm.

From fires and floods to recent snowstorms, extreme weather has eaten into many schools» campus maintenance budgets and contingency budgets too.

In a recent release, Jaguar outlined the extreme heat testing of the new F - PACE in Dubai and cold weather testing in Northern Sweden.

These reports come out in the wake of recent extreme weather in North America.

Gavin, what do you make of the recent WSJ article claiming that Gilbert Compo's research proves that there is not a relationship between more extreme weather and AGW?

There is a section on recent research pointing to a connection between expanded open water on the Arctic Ocean in summers and extreme winter weather in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.

This metric comes follows on from work that Hansen did a decade ago exploring the question of what it would take for people to notice climate changing, since they only directly experience the weather (Hansen et al, 1998)(pdf), and is similar to metrics used by Pall et al and other recent papers on the attribution of extremes.

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Joanna Walters links extreme weather events with climate change in a recent article in the Guardian, however, some reservations have been expressed about such links in past discussions.

«To the contrary, our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change.»

SPIEGEL / Axel Bojanowski claim that the Science world is upset about a recent Munich Re study, when it comes to extreme weather and growing cost from climate change.

One of the lead researchers in the Yale project, Edward Maibach of George Mason University, was interviewed in a Climate Access video on the role of recent extreme weather in shifting (at least for the moment) American attitudes on climate change.