Sentences with phrase «weather events and more»

The result would be «more occurrences of devastating weather events and more frequent swings of opposite extremes from one year to the next, with profound socio - economic consequences.»

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Similarly, the Northeast is expected to experience more extreme weather events, like hot summers and, in the short run, super cold winters.

More customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard InternatioMore customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard Internatiomore online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard International.

Infectious diseases also spread more easily after these kinds of weather events, and general infrastructure damage (such as to the water supply) carry unpredictable public health consequences.

There is a collateral vulnerability, but more into climate change affecting weather and, therefore, exposure of insurance companies to more events and those kinds of things.

It seems that strange weather events — such as the recent record cold and ice in Atlanta that crippled the city's roadways — are occurring more frequently.

Current events and pop culture are sometimes reflected in Lenten tweets, though Smith noted his surprise that given last week's harsh winter weather, «weather - related tweets aren't more popular.»

As the weather warms up, more events and parties start cropping up — graduations, end - of - the year school events, family gatherings, Memorial Day.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

Rising sea levels, more intense and more frequent weather events, crop failures, and negative public health effects have all been linked to climate change, which scientists agree is caused by human activity.

«The National Government and Fonterra's preoccupation with growth at all costs is making the dairy sector more vulnerable and less resilient to swings in world commodity prices as well as drought and extreme weather events,» Sage said.

Yes — I don't really understand AFCON — not only is it held at least twice as often as other big international sporting events, and sometimes more, if they decide they want to change the schedule, to not interfere with something else (not the players club obligations, who pay their wages, perish the thought), but it is always held at the peak of the league season, as they say it maybe raining in summer, which I also don't get, as it rains here all the time — I'm sure there are parts of Africa which have reasonable weather during the summer — it's a big continent — South Africa must be fairly clement at that time.

With bettors bailing on the Cowboys, severe weather everywhere and extremely low NFL totals, this weekend is looking more like an episode of «The Twilight Zone» than a collection of sporting events.

When the weather is pretty much the same all year long, «seasons» become more about events and holidays than the temperature outside.

More than 3,000 people attended the event, with Saturday proving more popular because of better weather and fewer local sporting events, Thompson sMore than 3,000 people attended the event, with Saturday proving more popular because of better weather and fewer local sporting events, Thompson smore popular because of better weather and fewer local sporting events, Thompson said.

Due to deficiencies in the sewer collection system and lack of treatment capacity, wet weather events such as rain or snowmelt generate more wastewater than the plant can handle.

There should be no new fossil fuel infrastructure because greenhouse gases are heating up the atmosphere, causing polar ice to melt and violent, unpredictable weather events which cost us more in the long run.

2014 has been a significant year of accomplishments for Mark, including working with the Legislature to pass a balanced budget with a small tax cut, opening the Erie County Health Mall, signing an executive order requiring that all contractors with Erie County comply with equal pay laws for women, restructuring the Department of Social Services while hiring more CPS caseworkers, and managing the emergency response to four major weather - related events: two blizzards, flooding in West Seneca and Winter Storm Knife.

As the fourth anniversary of the devastating storms Irene and Lee approaches, the Cuomo Administration says it's more ready than ever for hurricanes, floods, and other adverse weather events.

And the worst is yet to come: As the global thermostat rises, extreme weather events such as droughts and floods will become more frequent and intense in many regions, the United Nations warAnd the worst is yet to come: As the global thermostat rises, extreme weather events such as droughts and floods will become more frequent and intense in many regions, the United Nations warand floods will become more frequent and intense in many regions, the United Nations warand intense in many regions, the United Nations warns.

Whether or not farmers agree about the causes or even existence of climate change, researchers agree that farmers still have to prepare their farms for the consequences of rising temperatures, increased atmospheric CO2 and more extreme weather events.

Today, ice sheets are melting, sea level is rising, oceans are warming, and weather events are becoming more extreme.

According to a 2013 study of California farmers, factors like exposure to extreme weather events and perceived changes in water availability made farmers more likely to believe in climate change, while negative experiences with environmental policies can make farmers less likely to believe that climate change is occurring, said Meredith Niles, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard's Sustainability Science Program and lead author of the study.

While they did not find any conclusive differences between the three years, it is possible that extreme weather events could lead to more dramatic differences between the chemical fingerprints of some annual rings, and the authors conclude that more extensive sampling is required.

Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires and flooding, reports a University of Arizona - led team.

What Welbergen witnessed could be a harbinger of an increasingly dangerous world in which rare weather events such as heatwaves, deluges, droughts and storms become much more common.

Large power outages are expected to become more frequent as the result of a changing climate, where the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events is increasing, as well as geomagnetic storms and attacks on grid infrastructure.

«The loss of sea ice in the Arctic and changes to heat storage will lead to changes in weather patterns that could bring extreme heat and cold events to the continental United States similar to those seen in recent years, and possibly even more intense.»

Global temperatures have increased, extreme weather events are more common, and species are fleeing their habitats.

People who recently experienced severe weather events such as floods, storms and drought are more likely to support policies to adapt to the effects of climate change, according to a new study co-authored by an Indiana University researcher.

It is also investigating ways to update the building code to protect against more extreme weather events, and to build effective storm - surge barriers.

Meteorologists in both the public and private sector have shown there is something that can be done through investment in enhanced warning infrastructure and more awareness of severe weather events.

They argue that while large public investments in dams and flood defences, for example, must account for the possibilities of how weather might change in the future, this should not prevent short - term thinking to address more immediate vulnerability to inevitable high - impact weather events.

Those more extreme weather events are expected to jeopardize crops like bananas and sugar cane.

If it turns out climate change is making extreme weather events more likely, it is important to help locals build resilience, for instance by building irrigation systems to cope with drought, says Grainne Moloney, a chief technical adviser with FAO Somalia, a division of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

«Dangerous» global warming includes consequences such as increased risk of extreme weather and climate events ranging from more intense heat waves, hurricanes, and floods, to prolonged droughts.

«We know that sea levels are rising and that coastal communities are becoming more vulnerable to extreme weather - and climate - related events.

As noted in this study, in 2012 there were 11 weather and climate billion - dollar disaster events across the United States, including superstorm Sandy, causing 377 deaths and more than $ 110 billion in damages.

The researchers conclude that the authorities in each of the countries studied were unprepared for extreme weather events, and citizens suffered even more than they needed to.

The impacts of climate change include global warming, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and sea ice as well as more severe weather events.

The IPCC wants world leaders to err on the side of caution in preparing their citizens for extreme weather events that will likely become more frequent; earlier this year they released a report entitled «Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation» to help policymakers do justevents that will likely become more frequent; earlier this year they released a report entitled «Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation» to help policymakers do justEvents and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation» to help policymakers do just that.

Overall, the chances of seeing a rainfall event as intense as Harvey have roughly tripled - somewhere between 1.5 and five times more likely - since the 1900s and the intensity of such an event has increased between 8 percent and 19 percent, according to the new study by researchers with World Weather Attribution, an international coalition of scientists that objectively and quantitatively assesses the possible role of climate change in individual extreme weather events.

Fourteen extreme weather and climate events in 2011 — from the Joplin tornado to hurricane flooding and blizzards — each caused more than $ 1 billion in damages.

«Supercells are more prone to produce severe weather events, including damaging straight line winds and large hail,» said Sarah Stough, a UAH graduate student in atmospheric science.

Many recent events - discoveries from sediment cores in New York, drought in Australia and the western United States, data from increasingly sophisticated computer models - lead to a conclusion that the weather driving many of the globe's great breadbaskets will become hotter, drier and more unpredictable.

«Previous scientific studies have shown that extreme weather events are becoming more common, more intense, and longer lasting in response to our changing climate.

Dry places are likely to get drier; rainfall is likely to arrive in fewer but more concentrated episodes; and extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones are likely to increase in intensity.

NCAR, which is financed in part by the National Science Foundation, has spent several years searching for ways to extend the predicability of floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events from weeks to months as a way to give weather - sensitive sectors such as agriculture more time to protect themselves against costly losses.

I hope that this work will help my peers working on space weather better understand and perhaps get more warning of events that might disrupt life on Earth.»

That heat is raising global sea levels, disrupting ecosystems and leading to more extreme weather events.