Sentences with phrase «very moderate climate»

Not exact matches

Because these moderate extremes are by definition more common, and because the authors looked at global statistics rather than those for highly localized, rare events, the conclusions are extremely robust, said Peter Stott, leader of the Climate Monitoring and Attribution Team at the Met Office Hadley Centre, in the U.K. «I think this paper is very convincing,» said Stott, who was not involved in the research.

Surface life is abundant and very successful because of the availability of sunlight, surface water, generally moderate climate conditions, and the protection of our magnetic field.

But, of course, a «very bad case» living scenario could easily be brought about via rather moderate climate changes.

This kind of forecast doesn't depend too much on the models at all — it is mainly related to the climate sensitivity which can be constrained independently of the models (i.e. via paleo - climate data), moderated by the thermal inertia of the oceans and assuming the (very likely) continuation of CO2 emissions at present or accelerated rates.

The consequences for ecosystems, both natural and man - made (agriculture, forestry), of even relatively small or moderate changes in climate have a potential to be very large, especially if the change occurs rapidly.

The very strong correlation between observed dryness and high temperatures over land in the tropics during summer highlights the important role moisture plays in moderating climate.

Because heat pumps simply move heat around rather than creating heat, they can be a very efficient method of space conditioning, especially in moderate climates.

Eli and yours truly haven't been all that persuaded with Kahan's interpretation of his own work, which is very critical of climate hawks and pretty silent about the denialists, but in Lewandowsky's presence he moderates it and comes off much more persuasively.

Historical records indicate that moderate to strong El Nino events dampen hurricane activity — whereas years with very weak El Niño conditions can be associated with active hurricane seasons if a Climate Pulse Hurricane Enhancement Cycle is in place — and it is.»

Remember that unlike here where all sorts of views are tolerated, Real Climate is heavily moderated to keep the discussion within very narrow bounds of True Belief.

These climate scientists need to be debating the «consensus» climate scientists in a moderated debate, perferably by someone very knowledgeable in the field.

Yes, I deliberately glossed over the state / path - dependence issue and «real» stochasticity, this can indeed lead to a small uncertainty in the equilibrium achieved in a given experiment, but this uncertainty is very small indeed in model world, and I am sure that most scientists think it to be small in the real world too - so long as we are only talking about moderate differences in climate state, compatible with the present day climate.