Sentences with phrase «warming studies as»

Before the 1950s there were practically no global warming studies as such, and all the important discoveries (the ice ages, the infrared absorption of carbon dioxide, etc.) were effectively «external.»

Not exact matches

«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

But as Hughes and co-authors wrote in the recent Great Barrier Reef study, as it stands, warming will eventually kill reefs and transform oceans.

A recent Geophysical Research Letters study found that the Arctic permafrost contains 32 million gallons of mercury, which is projected to adversely affect our global air, food, water and soil supplies as the Earth warms and the permafrost unthaws, releasing the neurotoxin.

A study finds heat related flight disruptions will become more common in the next few decades as temperatures rise due to global warming.

As a 2013 study led by Susan Sprecher at Illinois State University suggests, simply sharing details about your hobbies and your favorite childhood memories can make you seem warmer and more likable.

But in study published in Environmental Research Letters in 2015, researchers projected that the area scorched by wildfires in Southern California will grow by as much as 77 percent by the middle of the century due to warming.

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.

Even if they don't, they dress like many other kids their age and spend lots of time when it's hot or cold outdoors «studying» (also known as keeping cool in warm weather and warm in cold weather) in the library.

``... a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming... is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases released mainly as a result of human activity... these gases do not allow the warmth of the sun's rays reflected by the earth to be dispersed in space.

Social action was not informed by a lively sense of Christian community, rigorous prayer, and disciplined Bible study; our secular critics and our conservative brothers and sisters were not far off the mark in describing Christian social analysis as warmed - over liberalism.

... A number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain.

Studies by the ICO suggest that prices may stabilize in the future and that production in some countries, such as Ethiopia and Vietnam may increase as warming temperatures make more ground available for coffee cultivation, but much will depend on factors outside the coffee industry.

Overall, the study did found babies who were expose to warmer temperature with more clothing, swaddling, or bedding cover exhibited more thermal stress as indicated by their sweat found on their garments.

According to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Perinatal Education, cuddling, or SSC, is described as placing an unclothed newborn on their mother's bare chest, with a warm, light blanket and / or towel covering the newborn's back.

Incidentally, studies have also shown that skin - to - skin contact between mothers and babies keeps the baby as warm as an incubator (see section on skin to skin contact).

Incidentally, studies have also shown that skin to skin contact between mothers and babies keeps the baby as warm as an incubator.

Texture as she went from the wooden foot bridge to the concrete and studied the hard and soft, the rough and smooth, the cold and warm.

There was a study a while back (sorry I don't have a reference) that said most peoples underwear had fecal matter on it as often they were being washed in cold or warm water which didn't allow them to be properly cleaned.

Some women do report improved milk flow if they also apply warm compresses to the breasts for a few minutes immediately before breastfeeding or milk expression, but there are no studies that support this as effective.

As a result of the study, the psychologists determined that there are three major types of temperament: easy, difficult, and slow - to - warm - up.

«While we can not say the (Hoosick Falls) storm was caused by climate change, incidences of severe weather and flooding such as this have a higher probability in a globally warmed climate,» said Ross Lazear, an instructor at the University at Albany who studies extreme weather and weather forecasting.

ARCTIC BLAST A new study finds a strong correlation between Arctic warming and heavy snowfall in the northeastern United States, such as this March 13 storm that struck Boston.

«Organisms can deal with these stressful transitions from warm to cold by either acclimating - think about dogs putting on their winter coats - or by populations genetically evolving to deal with new stresses, a phenomenon known as rapid climate adaptation,» said Alison Gerken, a post-doctoral associate with UF's Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the lead author of a new study, published this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers found that having a teacher who believed climate change was occurring — as 92 percent of students in the study did — was a «strong, positive predictor» of students» belief in global warming.

Using these data, researchers fine - tuned estimates from previous foram studies that captured polar conditions to show tropical oceans warmed substantially in the Eocene, but not as much as polar oceans.

The same study found that for individuals to be seen as trustworthy, they needed to be considered as both warm and competent.

The study also showed that volcanic hot spots along the ridge — volcanoes near Iceland as well as the islands of Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and elsewhere — all sit above warm spots in Earth's mantle.

He cited several studies showing that a large number of species on the planet would become extinct in a «business as usual» global warming scenario.

«This study focused on one single stressor, ocean acidification, but we must keep in mind that the combination of several stressors, such as ocean acidification and warming could lead to larger impacts on baby corals,» Dr Moya says.

Tom Theuns and Liang Gao, astronomers at Durham University in England, used a computer model last year to study how two types of dark matter, known as warm and cold, may have influenced the formation of the very first stars in the universe — and the first giant black holes.

In a modeling study of coal, oil, and natural gas, Zhang and Caldeira compared the warming caused by combustion to the warming caused by the carbon dioxide released by a single instance of burning, such as one lump of coal, and by a power plant that is continuously burning fuel.

«It's unclear how much more warming will occur between now and the end of the century, but the study clearly demonstrates just how much climate change acts as a threat multiplier.

Cutting the amount of short - lived, climate - warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies won't limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, a new analysis shows.

Recent modelling by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, as well as studies of past climate, suggest that the planet will soon have warmed enough to melt Greenland's ice sheet entirely — if it hasn't already become warm enough.

Professor Julian Murton, from the University of Sussex, who led on the study, said: «As our climate warms mountain rock walls are becoming more unstable — so working out how to predict rock falls could prove crucial in areas where people go climbing and skiing.

Melting sea ice has accelerated warming in the Arctic, which in recent decades has warmed twice as quickly as the global average, according to a new study.

Experts says that it may be the last chance to study the polar regions as they are now; global warming is already being felt most severely in these areas and transforming them as a result.

«Our findings mean that nature is not as efficient in slowing global warming as we previously thought,» said Kees Jan van Groenigen, research fellow at the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at NAU and lead author of the study.

Last year, a study published in Science Advances found that the oceans have been steadily storing more heat since the 1980s and that deeper layers of the ocean are starting to warm up, as well.

A new study confirms that black carbon — more commonly known as soot — is a significant player in global warming.

In addition to preferentially using warmer - colored LEDs, the study's authors say, the loss of starry skies to light pollution could be forestalled or reversed with stricter regulations on artificial lights as well as the advent of driverless cars, which require less street illumination.

As one of the most northern species, caribou will feel the effects of global warming, says Musiani, a professor in the faculties of Environmental Design and Veterinary Medicine and co-author of the study.

Previous work by Hook using satellite data indicated that many lake temperatures were warming faster than air temperature and that the greatest warming was observed at high latitudes, as seen in other climate warming studies.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

Until now, most estimates of how many species are threatened by climate change have been based on theoretical studies that look at the climatic and environmental conditions that species need to survive, and overlay this with estimates of how much suitable habitat will remain as the world warms.

As a result, large swaths of sub-Saharan Africa would fall into drought, the study says, while southeast Africa became warmer, wetter and more humid, transforming into prime real estate for early human groups.

«What this study addresses is what's better described as a false pause, or slowdown,» rather than a hiatus in warming, says climate scientist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

«As the climate gets warmer, the thawing permafrost not only enables the release of more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but our study shows that it also allows much more mineral - laden and nutrient - rich water to be transported to rivers, groundwater and eventually the Arctic Ocean,» explained Ryan Toohey, a researcher at the Interior Department's Alaska Climate Science Center in Anchorage and the lead author of the study.

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that the planet's warming oceans are inducing fish to get smaller as a strategy to deal with increased temperature.