Sentences with phrase «term weather extremes»

New research indicates that short - term weather extremes and not global warming are the cause of Greenland ice sheet melt.

Other factors being investigated are the impact of lakes on Greenland's glacial surfaces, the effect of dust and soot on the ice sheet (which have been shown to have a major impact in accelerating melting in Himalayan glaciers), and how surface meltwater affects ice flow into the ocean (previous research has shown that is speeds it and is increased by short term weather extremes).

Either way, as Schoof also points out, climate change is causing both the gradual warming and the short - term weather extremes.

Not exact matches

«Current long term predictions indicate that these extreme weather variations will continue and situations such as the current flood events, and disruption caused, underline how adequate maintenance and funding of the network must be a fundamental part of UK transport policy.

Unless... Suppose David Cameron and Nick Clegg announced that they agreed with Ed Miliband's warning over the weekend that Britain is «sleepwalking to a crisis», and that «climate change threatens national security» — and went on to commit themselves to working together on a long - term plan to protect the nation not just from extreme weather conditions but the other consequences of climate change.

They have shown that there is substantial genetic variation in nature for both long - term seasonal acclimation and short - term acclimation associated with rapid extreme weather events.

Understanding the balance between climatic changes and weather - driven mortality requires data on both long - term climate trends and the toll taken by extreme weather.

The IPCC report does suggest that extreme weather events should be expected as the world warms but the prediction is couched in cautious terms and the risk is assessed as «medium» confidence.

But Foley hopes that, after the election, Hurricane Sandy will spur a long - term discussion about climate change and extreme weather events.

While the majority of climate change scientists focus on the «direct» threats of changing temperatures and precipitation after 2031, far fewer researchers are studying how short - term human adaptation responses to seasonal changes and extreme weather events may threaten the survival of wildlife and ecosystems much sooner.

Although snowstorms and rising sea levels garner more of the headlines about extreme weather driven by climate change, drought is quickly rising as the most troublesome, near - term impact.

The extreme cold weather observed across Europe and the east coast of the US in recent winters could be partly down to natural, long - term variations in sea surface temperatures, according to a new study published today.

Dr Li said the latest research findings give a better understanding of changes in human - perceived equivalent temperature, and indicate global warming has stronger long - term impacts on human beings under both extreme and non-extreme weather conditions, suggesting that climate change adaptation can not just focus on heat wave events, but should be extended to the whole range of effects of temperature increases.

Predicting how increasing atmospheric CO2 will affect the hydrologic cycle, from extreme weather forecasts to long - term projections on agriculture and water resources, is critical both to daily life and to the future of the planet.

Neither case allows planners to project extreme weather events or long - term trends that can affect everything from crops to building codes.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are applying atmospheric science research capabilities to improve our understanding of long - term weather trends and better predict extreme weather events like these — and it all starts with studying clouds.

We are at a remarkable juncture where (i) the price of oil and nitrogen - based fertilizers is expected to increase, (ii) the long term availability of phosphorus for fertilizers is in doubt, (iii) the erosion of soil is reducing yields, and (iv) climate change brings extreme weather that impacts crop survival and productivity.

An NPR analysis of grants awarded by the National Science Foundation found a decreasing number with this phrase and a slight increase in the term «extreme weather.»

Senior people over 50 will also often take their daily exercise walk at the mall, doing what is termed as «mall walking» when the weather outside is inclimate, whether it's rain, sleet, snow or extreme heat.

To the extent extreme bearishness persists in the near term, its impact on global equities may be fairly indiscriminate, and we would expect our portfolios to weather some temporary volatility.

The terms «climate event» and «extreme weather» have only recently entered common usage, yet the meteorological occurrences they refer to are as old as our planet's atmosphere.

Thus, whenever any extreme weather event occurs, it is interpreted as evidence of «climate change,» which term has become equivalent to AGW, despite the fact that the relation between the two has never been established, but merely assumed.

And I've shown you evidence repeatedly, evidence indicating that there has been no long - term warming trend, evidence that the current spate of extreme weather events is nothing new.

It's a daunting task to try to detect any links between short - term fluctuations in extreme weather events and the rising influence of accumulating greenhouse gases on climate, given that extreme weather is, by definition, rare.

«Those who continue to talk in certain terms of how local weather extremes are the result of human climate change are failing to heed all the available evidence.»

Averaging smoothes out day - to - day and year - to - year natural weather variability and extremes, removing much of the chaotic behavior, revealing any underlying long term trends in climate, such as a long term increase or decrease in temperature, or long term shifts in precipitation patterns.

I know in general terms that the hydrological cycle should intensify with warming and that one event is hard to pin on climate change, but it would be good to do a catch up on how the broad trend of extreme weather fits the models.

Additionally, the publication aims to highlight the full range climate - related health issues and risks (i.e. nutrition, NCDs, air pollution, allergens, infectious diseases, water and sanitation, extreme temperatures and weather, etc.) where health decision - making can benefit from climate and weather knowledge at historic, immediate, seasonal, or long - term time scales.

However, there are other equally or more important climate forcings in terms of altering climate patterns such as droughts, floods and extreme weather.

1 — In the short term (say next 5 to 10 years), it is most probable that any climate changes will have little effect (i.e. any changes will be slow and progressive), but extreme weather events will still occur, and these will be more detrimental in the developing world.

For example, after an extreme weather event, scientists often carry out single attribution studies to determine how the likelihood of such an event could have been influenced by climate change and short - term climate variability.

Yes, much more useful to «frame» the discussion with unequivocal terms such as global warming / climate change / climage disruption / global wierding / extreme climate / extreme weather / climate disruption / climate chaos.

The U.S. DoD is specifically confronting the issue of regional vulnerabilities and security implications to extreme weather events and climate change, in terms of food, water and energy security, and the impacts of disruptions or longer term decreases in per capita availability.

When weather - related damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in the frequency or severity of extreme weather related to global climate change.

However, it is still unclear how a decline in long - term variability could affect the frequency of extreme weather events, she adds.

Over the longer term, this kind of weather isn't totally unexpected — extreme swings in precipitation are becoming the new normal.

The way reduce vulnerability to extreme weather events (or other natural disasters, such as earthquakes) is long - term and sustained economic growth.

Natural disaster damage has not been considered in past analyses, but, «assuming that extreme weather events are on the rise in terms of frequency and destruction, how this trend could feed through to our ratings on sovereign states bears consideration,» S&P analysts wrote.

«The start of the year 2007 was a very active period in terms of extreme weather events,» Omar Baddour of the agency's World Climate Program told journalists in Geneva.

The record snows across the United States this winter may be seen as a harbinger of the extreme weather expected from global warming, but figuring out how much the planet is warming and what the impact might be will take long - term studies.

Documented long - term climate changes include changes in Arctic temperatures and ice, widespread changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity, wind patterns and extreme weather including droughts, heavy precipitation, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones.

As extreme rains (and extreme weather, in general) become more frequent, so will the terms we use to describe them.

You see it's hard for people to understand «climate change» when it takes a century to reveal itself, so «climate» has to be turned into «weather»... which is a short term event people can relate to... and if you make extreme weather «weird»... well then the weather (climate) isn't what it used to be and can be fingered out as «real time climate change».

What Nye called «informing» the public about the social and economic cost of things that are already happening, like extreme weather and sea level rise, Cupp termed «scare tactics.»

Similarly, there has been no long - term change in «normalized» extreme weather damages (weather - related losses adjusted for increases in population, wealth, and inflation).

We run long - term, global experiments looking at climate change into the 21st century and short - term, regional experiments looking at how climate change has altered the risk of extreme weather events.

«While scientists routinely find themselves explaining that day - to - day weather patterns are not the same as long - term climate trends, they also widely agree that human - caused climate change is exacerbating extreme weather.

Records show that current weather extremes are well within long - term natural variability.

we have grown infrastructure exponentially in such a short space of time that we have no idea what any of the extreme weather patterns mean for the long term survival of life on Earth.

Risks posed by weather extremes are the most important in terms of requiring society's preparedness (Ebi, 2005; Hassi and Rytkönen, 2005; Menne, 2005; Menne and Ebi, 2006).