Sentences with phrase «runaway effect»

The phrase "runaway effect" refers to a situation where something starts to happen and then accelerates quickly, often becoming out of control or difficult to stop. It's like a small problem that gets worse and worse, creating a domino effect of negative consequences. Full definition
The blooming leads to a runaway effect: The more glaciers and snow fields thaw the more algae bloom which in turn results in a darkening of the surface which again accelerates melting.
That runaway effect, Scambos says, could quickly lead to a warmer climate along the Arctic perimeter and to the loss of Arctic permafrost.
«To some extent it's a runaway effect.
Another useful purpose of the TXV is to prevent evaporator icing, which has a runaway effect if left unchecked.
Reason assuming one is aware that CO2 levels in Earth history has been much higher than today's levels, would inform you that there can not be a runaway effect due to CO2.
«The good news is that increased melting [with continued global warming] doesn't seem like it's going to cause a runaway effect like some people had predicted,» Joughin says.
This runaway effect would presumably continue until the entire planet froze over, with even the oceans covered with as much as a kilometer - thick layer of ice.
3 °C and more means that we already triggered that runaway effect, less than 3 °C means it has not happened yet.
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