Sentences with phrase «warmer future conditions»

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But under those future warmer conditions, monarchs raised on the tropical milkweed survived at only one fifth the rate of butterflies raised under current conditions.

The calculations are in line with estimates from most climate models, proving that these models do a good job of estimating past climatic conditions and, very likely, future conditions in an era of climate change and global warming.

«In order to sleep well during the summer when temperatures are warmer than normal, we may need to adapt by using more air conditioning, added fans at night and other technologies to counteract altered future temperatures.»

The rapid northerly shifts in spawning may offer a preview of future conditions if ocean warming continues, according to the new study published in Global Change Biology by scientists from the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon State University and NOAA Fisheries» Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

European wheat production areas have to prepare for greater harvest losses in the future when global warming will lead to increased drought and heat waves in southern Europe, and wet and cool conditions in the north, especially at the time of sowing.

Scientists anticipate that future oceans will be slightly warmer and contains less oxygen (a condition known as hypoxia).

«It's important for us to understand what's going on, especially as conditions are getting warmer and wetter, because it may give us an idea of what may happen to these penguins in the future,» Cimino said.

He looked at both average seasonal snowfall and extreme snowfall events under current climate conditions, and also following projected future warming.

On one hand, future Manhattanites may be on average older and thus more vulnerable; on the other, New York is already a leader in efforts to mitigate warming, planting trees, making surfaces such as roofs more reflective, and opening air - conditioned centers where people can come to cool off.

The study is the first to reveal the molecular processes that may help coral reef fishes and other marine species adjust to warmer conditions in the future.

Daniel Swain and colleagues model how the frequency of these rapid, year - to - year transitions from extreme dry to wet conditions — which they dub «precipitation whiplash events» — may change in California's future as a consequence of man - made warming.

Semi-continuous dilution growth experiments were conducted on Trichodesmium IMS101 under future high pCO2 and warming seawater conditions (800 µatm and 28 °C) and compared to the present - day situations (400 µatm and 24 °C).

Although climate patterns in the future may not exactly mimic those conditions, the period of warming allowed Petrenko to reveal an important piece of the climate puzzle: natural methane emissions from ancient carbon reservoirs are smaller than researchers previously thought.

Among the latest batch of papers accepted for future publication in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research is one on the effect static stretching during warm - up on jumping performance, by researchers from the University of Milan.

Over the next several months, massage was provided on a regular basis for her dog and Michelle learned how to be more proactive with massage, warm ups, cooling down and conditioning so that she may avoid similar injuries in the future.

So Greenland is probably a bit easier in that it melts when it gets warmer, but not enough melt in the near future to give you Eemian - like conditions.

In light of the recent IPCC report released this past week and stating essentially that global warming is a runaway train that can't be stopped for centuries, it may be tempting to give up hope for a brighter future... But like any patient who suffers from a chronic disease that is potentially fatal, not only is education about the condition itself essential, but also what we can do to help mitigate its impact.

So this based on an assumption that there was some validity to idea that we could have dangerously warming conditions in the future.

Heartland's spokesperson frequently say there is no scientific consensus that most of the global warming of the twentieth century was man - made, or that scientists are able to predict future climate conditions, or, finally, that there is a basis in science or economics for passing laws that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

«If we take our study and project forward in time when climate models are calling for warming and drying conditions, the implication is that forests will be increasingly water - stressed in the future and thus more vulnerable to fires and insect outbreaks.

This certainly justifies climatic evaluations of older, concluded warm interglacial cycles such as the last interglacial (LIG), i.e., Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e (Eemian), lasting from about 130 to 115 ka and often proposed as a possible analog for our near - future climatic conditions on Earth11, 12.

Arguing for or against what causes global warming isn't particularly useful, let's focus on how to improve the human condition and standards of living, indeed living for future generations and work cooperatively with nature and each other, not mindlessly pollute and degrade or diminish what we have, often to gratify wants, not just needs.

(02/25/2008) If past conditions are any indication of future conditions, the Amazon rainforest may survive considerable drying and warming caused by global warming, argue researchers in a paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Furthermore, significant warming during the satellite sea surface temperature record (1982 — 2009) is mainly limited to the summer months... we speculate that Bering Sea primary productivity is likely to rise under conditions of future warming and sea ice loss.»

Several climate predictions for future impacts of increasing radiative forcing suggest warming in the eastern Pacific and a more variable ENSO system, with ~ 70 % chance of stronger and / or more frequent El Niño conditions, and a ~ 50 % chance of increased frequency in La Niñas (Fig 1; [20,21]-RRB-.

The American Southwest has experienced a series of severe droughts interspersed with strong wet episodes over the past decades, prompting questions about future climate patterns and potential intensification of weather disruptions under warming conditions.

Given modern technological advances such as air conditioning that allow societies to adapt and cope with living in a warm environment, it is highly unlikely cities like Phoenix will become abandoned in the future if the temperature were to warm even a few more degrees.

«Fires that are followed by warm, dry conditions offer us a window into the future.

The report warns that, under global warming conditions, Irene - like storms of the future could put a third of New York City streets under water and flood many of the tunnels leading into Manhattan in less than an hour.

The convergence of prolonged warming and arid conditions suggests the mid-12th century may serve as a conservative analogue for severe droughts that might occur in the future.

Evolutionary ecologist Dr Ally Phillimore, of the university's school of biological sciences, said: «We know that birds use spring temperatures to adjust the timing of egg - laying, and the big question is whether this flexibility will allow birds to lay at the right time under future warmer conditions.»

Or I expect conditions in near future to become more like the Medieval Warm Period rather than more like the Little Ice Age.

The presence of normal larvae reared in near - future warming (ca +2 — 3 °C) and decreased pH (ca pH 7.8) conditions in several studies (table 1) indicate that a tolerant subset of embryos / echinoplutei are resilient to near - future ocean change conditions.

Although we can not say at present whether more or fewer hurricanes will occur in the future with global warming, the hurricanes that do occur near the end of the 21st century are expected to be stronger and have significantly more intense rainfall than under present day climate conditions.

This issue features a suite of articles outlining how these extreme events may increase in magnitude and frequency with anthropogenic warming, highlighting the increased need to mitigate and adapt to future conditions.

This paper by NRDC, CEEW and IGSD explores the energy efficiency and power sector benefits of air conditioning companies in India to «leapfrog» and phase down unsustainable technologies based on chemicals like HFCs with high Global warming potential and move to a future based on climate - friendly and energy - efficient refrigerants.

Scientists expect rainfall extremes to change in Europe under future climate conditions responding to changes in large - scale atmospheric circulation driven by global warming.

«A future challenge is to combine the proposed method with the simulation of tropical cyclones in order to predict the area of crop damages under global warming conditions,» said Masutomi.