This analysis by Sedláček & Knutti (2012) does not attempt to connect modelled and observed ocean
warming patterns with human activity, but does demonstrate that natural variability is incompatible with the warming in the 20th century simulations, and with historical observations.
Using climate models to understand the physical processes that were at play during the glacial periods, the team were able to show that a gradual rise in CO2 strengthened the trade winds across Central America by inducing an El Nino - like
warming pattern with stronger warming in the East Pacific than the Western Atlantic.
Not exact matches
With a lightweight double - weave fabric and an articulated
pattern, the Patagonia R1 TechFace Hoody is designed to be
warm, stretchy, breathable, water resistant, wind resistant, and abrasion resistant.
While no specific weather event like this can be directly attributed to global
warming, it does fit the
pattern of increased hurricane activity overall since the 1970s, coinciding
with a rise in sea temperature.
They note past ages that have been equally
warm or
warmer without human influence, to say nothing of repeating
patterns of climate change like ice ages (though I've met one of James Hansen's computer modelers who told me
with sincere conviction that there would not be another ice age).
These sweet, fluffy, and
warm sweet breads are topped
with a shell
pattern, hence the name concha bread.
The potatoes are thinly sliced, arranged in a circular
pattern, alternating the colors, then baked in an aromatic cheesy cream sauce, infused
with onion and garlic flavors,
warm cinnamon, and hot cayenne pepper, plus lots of blue cheese, until they are soft, and creamy, and melting in your mouth.
If you have a set
pattern with some variations for different weather and types of races, your
warm - up will be second nature.
The Embroidered Black Toile Baby Blanket
with Date is a unique
pattern that will keep any baby
warm on those cold winter nights.
The yarn was as lovely to knit
with as everyone says, and I particularly love this
pattern for the way the cowl can be doubled up and therefore extra
warm and snug so close to my neck (so very perfect for the chilly early morning chore run).
Keep your feet
warm with this simple
pattern.
Use them to
warm up your home and your family
with practical Christmas fashion crafts and throw
patterns, or find a new tree skirt
pattern to make your Christmas tree pop.
Warm colors of coral and brown are present along
with designs of cattails, unique
patterns and lines on coverlet, bumper and dust ruffle of this three piece crib bedding set.
They are
warm and comfortable
with a bit of an interesting woven
pattern.
Those weather
patterns are linked to
warmer surface temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, respectively, and correlated
with the timing of observed floods on the lower Mississippi.
An analysis of influenza
patterns show that
warmer - than - average winters coincided
with more severe outbreaks, bad news for a
warming world
This
pattern is consistent
with greenhouse gas — induced
warming by the overlying atmosphere: the ocean
warms more slowly because of its large thermal inertia.
A Swiss - led group using tree - ring data to look at Central European summer climate
patterns during roughly 2,500 years saw that periods of prolonged
warming and of colder than usual spells coincided
with social upheavals.
Looking across their data, they saw a
pattern of decline in tree growth
with warmer night temperatures, which, they hypothesize, cause trees to release more CO2 through respiration.
Dry places are expected to get drier
with climate change, while wet places are expected to get wetter, but Crouch said that the particular precipitation
pattern seen in June isn't what is expected in a
warming world, according to the National Climate Assessment that was released in May.
While the
pattern for Central and Western Europe was one of a consistent increase in flood risk, the study also found that flood risk may actually decrease
with warmer temperatures in some countries in Eastern Europe, but those results also show a high degree of uncertainty.
But for reasons that are still not clear, this
pattern is broken every three to seven years, when the winds and currents reverse and the
warm surface waters spread east towards the Americas, taking the rain
with them.
The earlier study — which used pre-industrial temperature proxies to analyze historical climate
patterns — ruled out,
with more than 99 % certainty, the possibility that global
warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's climate.
When he lined up their ages
with global climate records, he noticed a
pattern: Many species of megafauna seemed to disappear during a period of extreme
warming around 12,300 years ago, Cooper and his team write today in Science Advances.
Last year, Cooper spotted a similar
pattern in North America,
with megafauna going extinct during ancient
warming events (which occurred at slightly different times in the Northern Hemisphere).
Unusually
warm ocean temperatures, referred to as «the Blob,» encompassed much of the West Coast beginning about 2014, combining
with an especially strong El Nino
pattern in 2015.
As the forest loses more and more trees, it loses its ability to feed the weather
patterns with warm, moist air.
In late 2010 and early 2011, the continent Down Under received about twice its normal complement of rain, thanks in large part to unusually
warm sea - surface temperatures just north of Australia and a particularly strong La Niña — in essence, combining a source of
warm humid air
with the weather
patterns that steered the moisture over the continent where it condensed and fell as precipitation.
Once the
warm water reaches the surface, it interacts
with the atmosphere, creating weather
patterns that can cause droughts, storms, fires, and floods throughout the world.
However, it says the observed changes in fire activity are in line
with long - term, global fire
patterns that climate models have projected will occur as temperatures increase and droughts become more severe in the coming decades due to global
warming.
«These
patterns are consistent
with projections under a
warming climate,» he said.
The north - south gradient of increasing glacier retreat was found to show a strong
pattern with ocean temperatures, whereby water is cold in the north - west, and becomes progressively
warmer at depths below 100m further south.
Regional trends are notoriously problematic for models, and seems more likely to me that the underprediction of European
warming has to do
with either the modeled ocean temperature
pattern, the modelled atmospheric response to this
pattern, or some problem related to the local hydrological cycle and boundary layer moisture dynamics.
Indeed, the dampened late 20th century winter
warming over a substantial part of Greenland, particularly the western and southern regions emphasized by the network of stations analyzed by Vinther et al, is known (see e.g. this NOAA page) to be associated
with a trend toward the positive phase of the Arctic Oscillation («AO»)
pattern.
For the change in annual mean surface air temperature in the various cases, the model experiments show the familiar
pattern documented in the SAR
with a maximum
warming in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere and a minimum in the Southern Ocean (due to ocean heat uptake)(2)
However, if one downweights these two events (either by eliminating or, as in Cane et al» 97, using a «robust» trend), then an argument can be made for a long - term
pattern which is in some respects more «La Nina» - like, i.e. little
warming in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific, and far more
warming in the western equatorial Pacific and Indian oceans, associated
with a strengthening, not weakening, of the negative equatorial Pacific zonal SST gradient.
When there is a
warm pool of water off the coast of Peru (which has contributed in extreme flooding there) and a cold pool off the U.S. West coast, such a
pattern strongly correlates
with high tornado activity, according to research conducted at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It appears that the climate changes according to a repeating 60 year or so
pattern with 30 years of general
warming and 30 years of general cooling, this
pattern superimposed, we hope, on a very slow longer term
warming trend.
-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and
patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in
warming and increased fire risk as a result of
warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions
with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.
Computer models reveal that exoplanets
with very saline oceans could have circulation
patterns opposite to that on Earth, resulting in dramatic
warming of their polar regions, possibly extending their range of habitability.
When polar air dipping southward collides
with rising
warm tropical air, the meet - up causes a powerful atmospheric wave
with rollercoaster - like
patterns that propagate eastward around the globe.
With that
pattern more frequently in place in
warmer world, a higher number of extreme El Niño events could result.
Even though these are the same areas that tend to have above average temperatures during El Niño winters, this
pattern is also consistent
with the long - term trend we are seeing
with global
warming.
This single - year snapshot of the planet's warmth fits
with the
pattern of ever -
warmer temperatures that has been in place over the past century, particularly since the early 1980s as the
warming fueled by an accumulation of greenhouse gases clearly emerged.
Climate
patterns associated
with the
warm phase of the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO).
This may demonstrate that the impact of
warming on precipitation
patterns was localized,
with different regions showing a range of effects.
If these scenarios are correct, then the settlement
pattern in the Monte Verde area during this period was probably just one of several
with small groups of people seasonally adapted to cold parkland and boreal environments, most likely during the
warmer months.
«
With these seven key moves, you'll
warm and prep your muscles, tendons, joints and fascia for your upcoming workout, in addition to practicing fundamental movement
patterns and increasing mobility within those
patterns,» Cook says.
With our more advanced athletes, we use the Overhead Squat in the
warm up, to reinforce proper squatting movement
patterns.
The dynamic
warm - up typically consists of dynamic stretching
with controlled movement through the active range of motion, agility and plyometric activities plus specific motor
pattern movements.5 Aim to
warm up for 10 - 20 minutes
with a 10 - 20 second break between segments.