Increased and / or unpredictable severe storm activity and
weather pattern changes including seasonal shifts.
Not exact matches
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements
include, but are not limited to:
changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn;
changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers;
changes in consumer demand or shopping
patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website;
changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations,
including those
changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform,
including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors,
including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars;
weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.
Computer - generated models are essential for or scientists to predict the nature and magnitude of
weather systems,
including their
changes and
patterns.
Those
changes may
include the loss of Arctic summer sea ice, the collapse of ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica, dieback of the Amazon rainforest and
changes in the jet stream and the
pattern of El Niño and La Niña
weather cycles.
The El Niño - Southern Oscillation phenomenon controls how the climate
changes in the tropics (and also influences
weather patterns elsewhere,
including the United States).
Natural ones
include intraplate stress
changes related to plate tectonics and natural water table or lake level variations caused by
changing weather patterns or water drainage
patterns over time, or advance or retreat of glaciers.
Key
weather and climate drivers of health impacts
include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and
changes in precipitation
patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem
changes (Ch.
Proponents of NASA's Earth - studies programs said the space agency has contributed a great deal to scientists» understanding of global
weather patterns and trends,
including the effects of climate
change on the environment.
While there is some fluctuation due to
weather and seasonal
patterns, there is typically not a large
change — and that is seen across all trade channels,
including the veterinary clinics and pet specialty retailers.»
DeMenocal (2001) summarizes evidence that suggests that major
changes in
weather patterns coincided with the collapse of several previously powerful civilizations,
including the Anasazi, the Akkadian, Classic Maya, Mochica, and Tiwanaku empires.
Key
weather and climate drivers of health impacts
include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and
changes in precipitation
patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem
changes (Ch.
This should be the main priority,
including at multi-decadal AMO scales, and with the regular occurrence solar minima, as these govern dominant regional climatic and
weather pattern changes, regardless of relatively small increases in non-condensing GHG forcings.
«Increasing
weather volatility or other long - term
changes in global
weather patterns,
including any
changes associated with global climate
change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients... we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas...» — Chipotle 2013 Annual Report
Climate
change is a long - term
change in Earth's
weather patterns or average climate,
including temperature and precipitation.
Documented long - term climate
changes include changes in Arctic temperatures and ice, widespread
changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity, wind
patterns and extreme
weather including droughts, heavy precipitation, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones.
N (1) Natural mechanisms play well more than a negligible role (as claimed by the IPCC) in the net
changes in the climate system, which
includes temperature variations, precipitation
patterns,
weather events, etc., and the influence of increased CO2 concentrations on climatic
changes are less pronounced than currently imagined.
The report states that climate impacts could
include «significant
changes in sea level, ocean currents, precipitation
patterns, regional temperature and
weather.»
Forests help take climate
changing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, reducing global warming - a human induced process linked to wild
weather patterns including this year's deadly flooding in Pakistan and crop destroying wild fires in Russia.
The answer, according to climate and
weather experts, is simply a combination of factors,
including La Nina, local atmospheric
patterns, and potentially climate
change — though the importance of climate in any individual
weather scenario is still nearly impossible to quantify.
The impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on human health
include the effects of air pollution on increased respiratory disease, the spread of vector - borne illnesses like cholera, malaria, and dengue fever due to
changing weather patterns, and compromised agricultural production and food security leading to greater malnutrition.
Changing climatic variables relevant to the function and distribution of plants
include increasing CO2 concentrations, increasing global temperatures, altered precipitation
patterns, and
changes in the
pattern of «extreme»
weather events such as cyclones, fires or storms.
Further adding to the divide within the climate science community is the fact that many of the climate models that Trenberth and others often use do not show the sorts of
changes in the jet stream that the new study and others like it have pointed to,
including the more frequently stagnated or «blocked»
weather patterns that Francis cited.
Identify the impacts of a
changing climate on sea ice loss; sea ice loss on
patterns of atmospheric circulation and precipitation; oceanic circulation both within and beyond the Arctic,
including the meridional overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean; and
weather patterns in middle latitudes.
BONN: Regional environmental officers from countries home to the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range,
including Pakistan, called on Tuesday for cooperation between the nations to help mountain communities adapt to
changing weather patterns caused by global warming.