Sentences with phrase «toward more rainfall»

Given that studies of past climate patterns have found evidence of super-deluges in the Northeast, and that scientists have observed a century - long trend toward more rainfall coming in heavy downpours in the world's temperate zones (a pattern matching what's expected in a greenhouse - heated world), the logic in planning for the worst case in designing everything from a dam to a basement to a rural road is growing ever stronger.

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(Nitrogen is a big problem in native plant areas because it's one of the limiting nutrients, and when it's supplied whether by fertilizer or grazing animals or rainfall, that tips the balance toward European and Asian annual grasses that are very shallow - rooted — they steal every drop of rain that falls, and then burn by midsummer when the N. American native perennials are just setting seed; after a few years the deep - rooted perennials are gone; after a few more years so is the topsoil).

The effects could be nuanced, with more rainfall north of the main alpine crest but a tendency toward drought on the southern face of the range.