Sentences with phrase «types of extreme events in»

Extreme weather attribution is however an emerging and rapidly advancing science, and there is increasing capacity to estimate the change in magnitude and occurrence of specific types of extreme events in a warming world.

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Since then, studies have shown that clade D symbionts, in particular types D1 and D1a, are prevalent in a wide variety of corals that have survived extreme bleaching events.

An unprecedented study titled, «Lifecycle Assessments of Railway Bridge Transitions Exposed to Extreme Events,» published in Frontiers in Built Environment, benchmarks the costs and carbon emissions for the life cycle of eight mitigation measures and reviews these methods for their effectiveness in three types of extreme environmental conditions.

According to a poll conducted by researchers at Yale University's Project on Climate Change Communication, four out of five Americans reported personally experiencing one or more types of extreme weather or a natural disaster in 2011, while more than a third were personally harmed either a great deal or a moderate amount by one or more of these events.

The WWA analysis factored in both types of changes, examining how warming changed the odds of such an extreme event using three independent methods.

This is the first time this type of analysis is being piloted specifically to inform developing country efforts in the aftermath of an extreme weather event.

Cities need to better anticipate what would happen in the case of these types of unprecedented extreme weather events.

I believe that I understand the method used to derive the increase in likeliness of a type of extreme event due to global warming, but the trouble begins when the results are used to say something meaningful about real extreme events, or at least what the media make of it.

«Climate change will affect our agricultural productivity, our forests, fisheries, the types of pests and diseases we face, the frequency of extreme weather events, and even our capacity to generate hydroelectricity ---- and policymakers must make decisions in the face of all of these.»

These types of extreme events are projected to increase in the future, putting at risk Oregonians» access to safe and adequate water supplies, hydropower, and transportation.

Additional research is examining other types of climate extremes in precipitation and event intensity.

According to Climate Communication, «All weather events are now influenced by climate change because all weather now develops in a different environment than before... climate change has shifted the odds and changed the natural limits, making certain types of extreme weather more frequent and more intense.»

We are now seeing the rise of a new, supercharged type of drought, in which global warming - related temperature extremes combine with dry conditions to transform what would otherwise be an ordinary drought event into a far more severe event.

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It remains the only paper to assess global economic losses from all types of extreme weather events, not just a single source of hazard in one region.

Luterbacher et al. (13) estimated a return period for this type of extreme event as being about 100 y in the European region, taking climatic warming into account.

Such multihazard events may not even be exceptional; they may be at least as common, and perhaps more so, than the simplest scenario in which a single extreme event exerts a single type of load.

The significance of attributing the role of climate change in an extreme event comes from situating that hazard in the context of long term climate change for a country or region, and thus creating a robust narrative for decision - makers and the public around the degree to which a disaster of this type will represent the «new normal».

Certain types of extreme weather events with links to climate change have become more frequent and / or intense, including prolonged periods of heat, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts.

This is the first time this type of analysis is being piloted specifically to inform developing country efforts in the aftermath of an extreme weather event.

One of the major findings is an increase in key types of extreme weather events, especially in heat waves and large precipitation events, in the U.S. and around the world over the last 50 years.

How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these extremes.

This possibly explains the greater incidence of extreme weather events of all types noted in the historic records compared to today, especially the prolonged periods of heavy rain leading to flooding.

Changes in some types of extreme events have already been observed, for example, increases in the frequency and intensity of heat waves and heavy precipitation events (see FAQ 3.3).

The European heat wave of 2003 is an example of the type of extreme heat event lasting from several days to over a week that is likely to become more common in a warmer future climate.

In our view, this type of deals only serves as a band - aid on a very serious issue because they can not prevent Haiti from being hit by climate change influenced weather events such as extreme floods or severe hurricanes.

Just about every type of extreme weather event is becoming less frequent and less severe in recent years as our planet continues its modest warming in the wake of the Little Ice Age.

The recent flooding of homes, coal mines and power plants across the Balkans, caused by the type of extreme weather event that will become more frequent with mounting climate impacts, demonstrate that sustainable energy policies are crucial components of security and sustainability in the region.

Examples of these types of events include serious vehicle, boating, pedestrian or passenger accidents, extreme sports activity accidents, a vicious personal attack or being caught in an explosion or fire.