Sentences with phrase «warmer ocean»

Rising Seas: Warmer ocean water temperatures, the pumping of ground water, and melting of the polar ice sheets have added water to the oceans, contributing to sea level rise.

A 2016 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggested that warmer ocean temperatures may be fueling the growth of dangerous bacteria — including Vibrio — in northern seas.

I've also been reading some reports about much warmer ocean temperatures in the Arctic, another reason sea - bed methane could be released.

A new paper from the Sea Around Us Project published in the journal Nature reveals that warmer ocean temperatures are driving marine species towards cooler, deeper waters, and this in turn, has affected global fisheries catches.

The warmer ocean waters mean more moisture in the atmosphere for the storm to suck up; the cold air over the continent ensures that moisture falls as snow.

Warmer ocean temperatures are also one of the hallmarks of global warming as most of the heat the planet is accumulating is ending up in ocean.

«It's most likely because that ice is being undermined through warmer ocean underneath the ice, which is contributing to the thinning of the ice and weakening of the shelf,» Trenberth said.

A warmer ocean and the air above were able to inject greater quantities of moisture into the storm leading to intensification of already extreme rainfall.

The thermal gradient through this layer dictates the rate of heat loss from the (typically) warmer ocean surface, to the cooler atmosphere above.

Their findings suggested that warmer ocean water caused the channels.

While El Niño is a cyclical climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean — marked by warmer ocean temperatures in the tropics and a weakening of the usual easterly trade winds — it can impact weather around the globe.

Moving back out into the Pacific Ocean, the warmer ocean waters can cause bleaching of coral reefs, killing them.

He said he does think, however, that there will a broader shift to warmer ocean conditions that will last for several years and that means that global temperatures will hover around the level they have recently reached before moving upward again, like stairs on a staircase.

With the sun continuing to heat the ocean water at the tropical latitudes regardless of ice cap conditions up north, it would seem that the presence of an ice cap would result in a warmer ocean over the long term, with the converse also being true.

Now, new evidence from a marine sediment core from the deep Pacific points to warmer ocean waters around Antarctica (in sync with the Milankovitch cycle)-- not greenhouse gases — as the culprit behind the thawing of the last ice age.

«In this region, the same [storms] that have driven increased snowfall inland have brought warmer ocean currents into contact with West Antarctic's ice shelves, resulting in rapid thinning,» said Thomas.

Forecasters believe the current Kelvin wave and the already warmer ocean temperatures, signal that the El Niño is going to persist, which was another factor in officially declaring an event.

Warmer ocean waters are eating away at the base of the shelf, according to McGrath of Colorado State University.

If they begin to melt, however — particularly as they're exposed to warmer ocean water — the shelves become thinner and the grounding line begins to retreat backward, causing the glacier to become less stable and making the ice shelf more likely to break.

«Extra heat means extra sea level rise, since warmer water is less dense, so a warmer ocean expands.»

Johnson hypothesizes that warmer ocean temperatures in 2012 and 2013, which were 1.3 °C higher than the previous decade's average, allowed the crabs to move north.

In general, warmer ocean temperatures at the end of the Amazon's wet season lead to reductions in rainfall and soil moisture at the beginning of the dry season.

Coral bleaching is currently underway in the Florida Keys, highlighting the real - time impact that warmer ocean temperatures are having on reefs.

El Niño has helped to boost temperatures this year, as it leads to warmer ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, as well as warmer surface temperatures in many other spots around the globe, including much of the northern half of the U.S..

Faster flow is more turbulent, and in this turbulence more heat is mixed into AABW from shallower, warmer ocean layers — thus warming the abyssal waters on their way to the Equator, affecting global climate change.

There is already evidence that many coral reef fish and pelagic fish, like tuna, have moved in response to warmer ocean waters.

Warmer air can carry more moisture, which can lead to more extreme rainfall events, and warmer ocean surface temperatures are known to intensify the most powerful hurricanes.

«Combined with warmer ocean temperatures throughout the year, this leads to a longer growing season and faster plankton growth rates.

«Changes in spawning timing and poleward migration of fish populations due to warmer ocean conditions or global climate change will negatively affect areas that were historically dependent on these fish, and change the food web structure of the areas that the fish move into with unforeseen consequences,» researchers wrote.

But scientists increasingly attribute much of the observed grounding line retreat — particularly in West Antarctica — to the influence of warmer ocean water seeping beneath the ice shelves and lapping against the bases of glaciers, melting the ice from the bottom up.

«A warmer ocean will mean a warmer atmosphere.»

Still, there are definitely mechanisms by which this rift could be linked to climate change, most notably through warmer ocean waters eating away at the base of the shelf.»

«However, studies like ours can help provide informative answers to the more tractable question of how a perfect storm like Sandy would behave under warmer ocean temperatures,» Lau said.

This simulated warmer ocean generated storms that were 50 to 160 percent more destructive than Sandy.

The hope is that the cables could reveal secrets about what's happening underneath the ice sheets, especially about melting at the so - called grounding line, the place where the bottom of an ice sheet meets the slightly warmer ocean.

«The undersides of glaciers in deeper valleys are exposed to warm, salty Atlantic water, while the others are perched on sills, protected from direct exposure to warmer ocean water,» said Romain Millan, lead author of the study, available online in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters.

The Great Barrier Reef corals were vulnerable because they've been subjected to warming oceans that are rapidly becoming more acidic.

Coral reefs are dying: We've already lost half the world's coral because of human activity like dredging the sea floor, pollution, and emitting greenhouse gases that warm ocean waters and make them more acidic.

Evidence from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that global sea levels in the last two decades are rising dramatically as surface temperatures warm oceans and...

Warm ocean waters provide the fuel for hurricanes, and warm air causes the water to evaporate.

As Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria plowed through unusually warm oceans this summer, each one broke records, startling even the scientists who study extreme weather.

Rising temperatures will warm the oceans and accelerate melting of land ice, affecting sea - levels along the California coast.

Conditions are otherwise favorable for intensification through Sunday, with a moist atmosphere, light wind shear less than 10 knots, and very warm ocean waters near 30 °C (86 °F).

The perfect recipe for a strong hurricane includes warm ocean water and little wind shear.

This was probably due to outgassing of CO2 from the warming oceans and the reverse effect when they cooled.

I felt as if I were able to relax in a warm ocean of love and that my worries and insecurity were gently washed away.

Today the high was 69 degrees F. I am hopeful that warm weather is right around the corner, so in anticipation, here is a cold Soba Noodle Salad that will be great to enjoy outdoors when the sun is shining and palm trees are waving in the warm ocean breezes.

Perhaps he was nostalgic for the warm ocean breeze or maybe he just wanted an excuse to have rum in his dessert, but either way, it was the perfect way to end a Christmas meal!

Latest Forecast Suggests «Godzilla El Niño» May Be Coming to California: The strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has the potential to become one of the most powerful on record, as warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, setting up a pattern that could bring once - in - a-generation storms this winter to drought - parched California...

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