Sentences with phrase «wet years alternating»

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«Since 2005, the Amazon region has experienced alternating wet and dry years, with high fire years followed by flood conditions,» Morton said.

The study revealed that when unpredictable weather patterns create alternating wet and dry years, ecosystem productivity declines — mostly because grasses diminish, which allows shrubs to flourish.

«Terrestrial climates around the world tend to alternate between cool, wet summers in some years and warm, dry summers in other years,» said UBC forestry PhD candidate Colin Mahony, lead author of the study.

Climate: Cambodia enjoys warm to hot year round weather and owes its changes to the annual monsoon with alternating wet and dry seasons.

Then, the 405,000 - year cycle showed up in strongly alternating wet and dry periods.

Precession alone is powerful enough to drive a 20,000 year cycle wherein the Sahara alternates between a lush, wet land with three giant interconnected lakes and the desert we see today.