Sentences with phrase «resulting aridity»
According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have — an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined.
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«This agrees with our results from DNA, which indicate that modern desert - living bandicoot groups pre-date the onset of aridity by as much as 40 million years,» says Prof. Westerman.
The results clearly indicate that HP populations were capable, despite the pronounced aridity that characterised the period in which they lived, to exploit territories and ecosystems that the preceding Still Bay people did not occupy.
«This agrees with our results from DNA, which indicate that modern desert - living bandicoot groups pre-date the onset of aridity by as much as 40 million years.»
Changes in aridity — the ratio between evaporation and precipitation — are expected in many regions as a result of climate change.
I conclude that the observed global aridity changes up to 2010 are consistent with model predictions, which suggest severe and widespread droughts in the next 30 — 90 years over many land areas resulting from either decreased precipitation and / or increased evaporation.
The authors conclude: «Ultimately, the consistency of our results suggests an exceptionally high risk of a multidecadal megadrought occurring over the Central Plains and Southwest regions during the late 21st century, a level of aridity exceeding even the persistent megadroughts that characterised the Medieval era.»
The result would be a crescendo of glacial outburst floods followed by a period of drastically increased aridity for the lands around Tibet.