Sentences with phrase «severity of storms»

Droughts in the West, floods in Texas, tornadoes in the Midwest and increasing severity of storms along the East Coast and in the South are all evidence that climate change — whatever the cause — is real, and will have l...

Droughts in the West, floods in Texas, tornadoes in the Midwest and increasing severity of storms along the East Coast and in the South are all evidence that climate change — whatever the cause — is real, and will have lasting effects on owners, inve...

If the extra heat stored in the oceans is released into the atmosphere, then the severity of storms will inevitably increase.

Warm humid air will not dump it's load unless it is cooled down so if the globe warms evenly or cools evenly there will be no change in the frequency or severity of storms.

While Heartland continues politicizing science, demonizing credible scientists and using tobacco industry tactics to forge doubt over global warming, Americans are feeling the real toll climate change is already taking on society, by increasing the severity of storms like hurricane Sandy or pushing droughts, wildfires and heatwaves to new extremes.

... The most significant mechanisms of displacement are sea - level rise, higher temperatures, disruption of water cycles, and increasing severity of storms.»

They are also more at risk of being affected by the ever - growing number and severity of storms tied to climate change, such as Hurricane Sandy.

Scientists agree that even a small increases in the global temperature lead to significant climate and weather changes, affecting cloud cover, precipitation, wind patterns, the frequency and severity of storms, and the timing of seasons.

Warmer temperatures and more moisture intensify the convective events, and studies show there has been a long - term increase in the number and severity of storms in both the U.S. and Europe.

But with the shift in the Southern Oscillation from El Nino to La Nina and the long - term effects of global warming starting to become apparent, we can expect more severe cyclones for at least the next few years, and a general increase in the severity of storms and similar events.

Rising sea levels and the increasing severity of storms may help to moderate population growth.

As an example — and again I do not know if Professor Emanuel or anyone has done anything like this — in the case of tropical storms, there are «out of main season» tropical storms historically, and if the propensity on numbers of storms or severity of storms were to increase, that special population, if big enough historically, might serve as a sensitive means of finding this.

«Evan has compiled data from records covering more than a quarter of a century and found a distinct correlation between the amount of dust in the atmosphere and the severity of storms.

Both the overall estimates of the number and severity of storms for the season and the individual estimates of likely severity seem to be biased high.

While Heartland continues politicizing science, demonizing credible scientists and using tobacco industry tactics to forge doubt over global warming, Americans are feeling the real toll climate change is already taking on society, by increasing the severity of storms like hurricane Sandy or pushing droughts, wildfires and heatwaves to new extremes.

Depending on the severity of the storms, another tornado watch could be issued closer to Fort Worth on Wednesday night.

«The severity of those storms is uncertain.»

It also means that when Sandy first made landfall, east coast residents only experienced partial wind load and might have misjudged the severity of the storm.

I had seriously underestimated the severity of this storm!

Giant haboobs are taking the Phoenix Area by storm and scientist are unsure how to warn residents of the severity of the storm.»

The law spcifically defines flood, and distinguishes it from damage caused by rainwater or stormwater, that is, rain that accumulates on the ground because of the severity of the storm.

The severity of the storm meant lots of trees blew down, and there was nothing she could have done.

With winds reaching 160 miles per hour, it's hard to argue the severity of this storm, and for the 6.6 million homes at risk, this may be a best - case scenario.

Snow is a critical part of the weather system (did you know there's a whole «cryosphere»), and the ways in which it forms and melts can help meteorologists predict, for example, the likelihood or severity of a storm.

Depending on the severity of the storm, the parent transporting the children might not physically be able to do it.

Frenkil also keeps tapes of local news and clippings from the paper to document the timing and severity of each storm.

Not exact matches

The National Center for Atmospheric Research has a hurricane severity scale that factors in wind speed, hurricane size, and forward speed (whether it stalls or not) to rate the potential destructiveness of a storm 1 - to - 10 scale.

As a relative newcomer to national politics, he didn't have a network of economic experts of his own to choose from, and given the severity of the economic storm, there wasn't time for his team to learn on the job.

To predict the severity of a surge, forecasters tend to rely on factors such as the size and the intensity of the storm.

«Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 years: Warmer tropical waters impact weather from Alaska to Florida.»

The National Hurricane Center's new maps, released as the storm approached the U.S., predicted the location and severity of the surge

Past observations of such unusual auroras can therefore allow us to determine the frequency and severity of magnetic storms.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rated the geomagnetic storm 4 out of 5 on its scale of storm severity.

What is the point in predicting the severity of the season if you can't say where a storm will hit, or when?

Solar storms of this severity are rare, and so don't come in to the picture very much on a climatic basis.

We hypothesize that both the quality and timing of DENV - specific antibody and T lymphocyte responses influence whether their overall effect is beneficial (controlling DENV replication and reducing the severity of illness) or harmful (creating a «cytokine storm» leading to plasma leakage).

The root cause for the poor data is the severity of the TC conditions (e.g. high wind, rough seas) and the remoteness of these storms — the vast majority of which form and remain well away from most observing networks.

Fig. 1: Number of storms every 5 - year interval since 1850 divided in 6 different categories of severities, with «Tropical Storm» as the least and «Category 5» as the most powerful cyclones.

As with other environmental hazards, from earthquakes to storms, any societal impact will always be a function of the severity and frequency of the danger (in this case periods of high heat), the number of people exposed and their capacity to withstand the threat.

India could witness an increase in the severity and frequency of dust storms and thunderstorms due to rising global temperatures, experts say.

Possible increases in storm intensity, rising sea levels, and changes in ice duration and concentration, are projected to increase the severity of negative impacts progressively, particularly by mid-century (Forbes et al., 2004).

The storm was drought - related — and there may be more such storms to come, as global warming is expected to increase the frequency and severity of drought in southeastern Australia in coming decades.1

The completely engineered weather «whack - a-mole» is winding up with «winter storm Ajax» In recent years, the naming of «winter storms» adds to the geoengineered winter weather theater that is the last ditch effort of the power structure to mask the severity of the rapidly accelerating global meltdown.

While individual storms or successions of storms can not be linked directly to climate change, there are some aspects of a warming climate that are relatively well understood and have implications for the severity of impacts we suffer.

This is a lowball estimate, but even at this level you're going to see increased coastal erosion, and much more damaging storm surges — even at the present frequency and severity of tropical cyclones.

Ongoing coastal development and population growth are projected to exacerbate the risks resulting from sea - level rise and increases in the severity and frequency of storms and coastal flooding by 2050.

A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami - like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.

The impact of such storms, even if their frequency or severity remains the same, is magnified for low lying and coastal zone communities because of rising sea level [medium confidence].

They agree global warming will bring higher sea levels and an increase in the frequency and severity of damaging storms (how much and how soon they don't know yet).

Not sure if any of the really great storms were recorded as we were entering the warmer more benign modern period rather than experiencing the severity of the depths of the LIA when most extreme weather seemed to have occurred.