Sentences with phrase «sea change in the number»

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Using records dating back to 1855, hurricane researchers say they have uncovered an ongoing rise in the number of Atlantic hurricanes that tracks the increase in sea surface temperature related to climate change.

The annual variability and trends in loggerhead nesting numbers in Florida are associated with long - term survival at sea from hatchling to maturity, combined with climate - driven changes in mature female foraging areas within a year or two before nesting.»

They have already seen changes in the numbers and types of deep - sea animals living at Station M that appear to result from the feasts of 2011 and 2012.

You would be very hard - pushed to find a large number of geologists who would argue that humans are creating modern climate change because in geology we've seen massive climate changes, we've seen sea levels go up and down like a yoyo.

In its latest assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that there wasn't sufficient evidence available to put an exact number on how much the collapse of marine - based ice sheets could add to sea levels by 2100.

A number of recent studies linking changes in the North Atlantic ocean circulation to sea ice extent led Yeager to think that it would also be possible to make decadal predictions for Arctic winter sea ice cover using the NCAR - based Community Earth System Model...

When geographical barriers — such as rising sea levels or retracting ice floes — separate populations, they may develop genetic, physiological, or behavioral differences; changes in chromosome structure or number; differently shaped genitalia; or incompatible mating times and rituals — any of which can prevent successful reproduction.

So in a sea of black leather jackets, this little number does the trick in changing things up.

The panel aims to explore topics such as empathy's place in the sea - change in the production and distribution of films, how increasing the number of women at all levels of the film industry will effect this, and its impact on film criticism and influence on society as a whole.

The outcome of a number of Senate and gubernatorial races could also mean a sea change in education policy in the coming years.

And considering the fact that it is unlikely that teacher union politics will undergo a sea change — certainly not in California — look for membership numbers to dwindle further.

The biggest news, though, is that we're working with a number of major publishers (and important smaller ones) to provide a storefront that contains deluxe digital graphic novels aimed at the «real mainstream,» the audience for graphic novels that reads Maus or Fun Home or Dotter of Her Father's Eyes but would never think of going into a comic shop guarded by a dodgy life - size statue of She - Hulk... We think the immersive «lean back» experience that tablets provide, along with purchase ease - of - use and the ubiquitous availability that app stores provide, can, if handled right, create a sea change in the consumption of graphic novels — and, if we have our way, the whole thing will have absolutely * nothing * to do with superheroes.

The Jane Sea Wreck is a 190 foot long cargo ship launched in 1959 and underwent a number of ownership changes until it remained in the hands of S&D Shipping Ltd. beginning in 1980.

The outbreak of sea star wasting disease caused significant changes to the ecosystem as sea stars are a keystone species that plays an important role in controlling the numbers of other creatures.

Whether you're seeking a leisurely trip to New Zealand, a relaxing sea - change to Queensland, or an exotic adventure to the Middle East, Oaks Hotels & Resorts has a range of comfortable and convenient long - term accommodation options available in a number of exciting and family - friendly destinations.

I can clearly understand that sea - level rise would result in a loss of real - estate (including many major cities); I can also understand that a faster than «normal» climate change might force a larger number of species into extinction.

Note that this sampling noise in the tide gauge data most likely comes from the water sloshing around in the ocean under the influence of winds etc., which looks like sea - level change if you only have a very limited number of measurement points, although this process can not actually change the true global - mean sea level.

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.

By hurt I mean changes in weather that cause major famines and sea level rises that cause dislocation of large numbers of people.

And while countries like Myanmar will have the largest number of displaced peoples from climate change, even countries like the US are likely to see a surge in internally displaced people as coastal communities come face to face with sea level rise and more destructive storms.

How quickly do we act to change energy choices now to limit chances that Arctic sea ice will disappear entirely in summers later in the century (something most biologists agree would greatly diminish bear numbers)?

«A number of recent climate change reports even failed to mention polar bears in their discussion of Arctic sea ice decline... Crockford, «Even Al Gore seems to have forgotten to include the plight of polar bears in his newest climate change movie.

So, since the 1990s, a number of groups have tried to calculate these various contributions to changes in sea levels, although typically most studies have concentrated on just one contribution at a time.

With an increasing number of people living close to the coast, deep ocean swell generation, and its potential modifications as a consequence of climate change, is clearly an issue that needs attention, alongside the more intensively studied topics of changes in mean sea level and storm surges.

I noted (as I have previously in this blog) the large number of states that are either divided on or hostile about claims of human - caused global warming that are nonetheless hotbeds of collective activity focused on counteracting the adverse impacts of climate change, including sea level rise.

«Not only is it extreme in any number of measures — air temperature, loss of sea ice and on and on — but there are so many things we haven't seen, particularly this extremely warm fall,» said study co-author Brendan Kelly, executive director of the Study of Environmental Arctic Change at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

The lower Chesapeake Bay is especially at risk due to high rates of sinking land (known as subsidence).96 Climate change and sea level rise are also likely to cause a number of ecological impacts, including declining water quality and clarity, increases in harmful algae and low oxygen (hypoxia) events, decreases in a number of species including eelgrass and seagrass beds, and changing interactions among trophic levels (positions in the food chain) leading to an increase in subtropical fish and shellfish species in the bay.66

The geochemist Wallace Broecker, to whom we owe a number of the important ideas about abrupt climate change, speculates that there is a chain of causation starting with more far - northern winter sea ice and (because of the ice preventing the winds from stirring up waves and evaporation and salt excess) thereby fewer sinks for the Gulf Stream, which in turn diminishes the big conveyor loop of currents linking the North Atlantic to the Pacific.

Alaska is home to 40 % (229 of 566) of the federally recognized tribes in the United States.171 The small number of jobs, high cost of living, and rapid social change make rural, predominantly Native, communities highly vulnerable to climate change through impacts on traditional hunting and fishing and cultural connection to the land and sea.

We could ask them to explain the change they made to the historical sea ice records in March 2007 (which contributed significantly to the record low sea ice area numbers in 2007).

We learned that bird populations in the North Sea collapsed last year, after the sand eels on which they feed left its warmer waters - and how the number of scientific papers recording changes in ecosystems due to global warming has escalated from 14 to more than a thousand in five years.

In its latest assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that there wasn't sufficient evidence available to put an exact number on how much the collapse of marine - based ice sheets could add to sea levels by 2100.

While that's a small number, «Small changes in sea levels in certain places mean very big changes in the kind of protection of infrastructure that you need to have in place,» said Erik Ivins, a geophysicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and one of the contributors to Thursday's study.

Though it may be a number of years before your life is personally impacted by climate change, for people in low - lying island nations and the world's great river deltas rising sea levels and saltwater ruining land is already a fact of life.

Though it may be a number of years before your life is personally impacted by climate change, for people in low - lying island nations and the world's great river deltas rising sea levels and saltwater ruining land

I think it is really important to make that distinction - that there are a number of factors that influence the extent of Arctic sea ice, some of them of course associated with changes in the radiative forcing from the atmosphere, as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gases and aerosols, but also changes in the atmospheric circulation and also the advection of heat into or out of the Arctic by the ocean circulation.

This number is subtracted from altimetry - derived global mean sea level in order to obtain the contribution due to ocean (water) volume change.

«It's plain that sea - level rise in the wake of climate change will inundate the homelands of huge numbers of people.»

The sea change in Samsung's design strategy seems to be because of the setback it suffered due to the Note 7 crisis, which makes it crucial that the next Samsung Galaxy device does well and generates high sales numbers, repairing the company's image and balance sheet.