Sentences with phrase «strong lake effect»

Cuomo also activated the state's Emergency Operations Center Thursday evening and ordered the readying of state resources in anticipation of another strong lake effect snowstorm.

Not exact matches

They call it the Lake Wobegon Effect, named for Garrison Keelor's fictional hometown from the National Public Radio show, «where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all of the children are above average.»

This winter, Sachs got a rapid - response grant from the National Science Foundation to measure the effect on Galápagos lakes of the first strong El Niño event in 18 years.

The «lake effect» moderates the climate in the spring and fall, but isn't strong enough during the winter since it freezes over.

I have a paper in press on very strong effects of climate warming on the food chain of a large Italian lake.

Lake - effect snow is produced by the strong flow of cold air across large areas of relatively warmer ice - free water.

Thawing permafrost also delivers organic - rich soils to lake bottoms, where decomposition in the absence of oxygen releases additional methane.116 Extensive wildfires also release carbon that contributes to climate warming.107, 117,118 The capacity of the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and adjacent Canada to store carbon has been substantially weakened since the 1960s by the combination of warming and thawing of permafrost and by increased wildfire.119 Expansion of tall shrubs and trees into tundra makes the surface darker and rougher, increasing absorption of the sun's energy and further contributing to warming.120 This warming is likely stronger than the potential cooling effects of increased carbon dioxide uptake associated with tree and shrub expansion.121 The shorter snow - covered seasons in Alaska further increase energy absorption by the land surface, an effect only slightly offset by the reduced energy absorption of highly reflective post-fire snow - covered landscapes.121 This spectrum of changes in Alaskan and other high - latitude terrestrial ecosystems jeopardizes efforts by society to use ecosystem carbon management to offset fossil fuel emissions.94, 95,96

Their strong cleaning performance, however, has increasingly been overshadowed by their harmful effects on rivers, lakes, streams, and other fresh waters.