Sentences with phrase «whether ocean warming»

We don't yet have precise enough measuring data to know whether ocean warming is accelerating, but it's possible based on the other impacts we're observing.

The no - feedback sensitivity requires the ocean not to warm, so it comes down to whether the ocean warms in this century or whether PDOs and things like growing OHC conspire to prevent it (doubtful IMO).

Not exact matches

There are clues that these species may fare better than their stony counterparts after a disaster, but more research needs to be done to understand how storms, warming waters and ocean acidification can alter the composition of reefs and whether these changes are permanent or short - lived, Lasker says.

Two Atlantic Ocean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and polluOcean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and polluocean acidification and pollution.

Many of the glaciers that jut out into the ocean are thinning, but whether the ice sheet itself has remained stable and intact, even during warm interglacial periods, is a matter of considerable debate.

«I am very interested in these wind speed increases and whether they may have also played some role in slowing down the warming at the surface of the ocean,» said Prof Sherwood.

Scott Highleyman, an official at the Ocean Conservancy who also served on the U.S. delegation, said scientists have little knowledge of what kind of fish are in the region now and whether commercial stocks will migrate north as the water warms.

It's unclear whether this year's strong El Niño event, which is a naturally occurring phenomenon that typically occurs every two to seven years where the surface water of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean warms, has had any impact on the Arctic sea ice minimum extent.

«A fundamental question has been whether we can directly link expansion of harmful algal blooms to a warming ocean; this paper provides critical, quantitative evidence for just that trend, confirming an expected, but difficult to test, direct link between toxic blooms to climate,» said Dr. Raphael Kudela, Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, a national toxic algae expert who was not part of the socean; this paper provides critical, quantitative evidence for just that trend, confirming an expected, but difficult to test, direct link between toxic blooms to climate,» said Dr. Raphael Kudela, Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, a national toxic algae expert who was not part of the sOcean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, a national toxic algae expert who was not part of the study.

Whether the loss of mass by the glaciers is due to natural variation or is caused by human - influenced warming of the oceans is not known for sure.

I'd love to know what they did take into account in attempting to model that period — must include astronomical location, sun's behavior, best estimates about a lot of different conditions — where the continents were, what the ocean circulation was doing, whether there had been a recent geological period that laid down a lot of methane hydrates available to be tipped by Pliocene warming into bubbling out rapidly.

Some may even still have magma oceans today, whether because they are so close to their stars that silicate vaporizes at the equilibrium temperatures or through massive greenhouse warming of their surfaces.

It should also be noted that the authors examined whether the large - scale ocean circulation, the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), and two other ocean phenomena - the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Atlantic Meridional Oscillation (AMO)- could explain the warming in the 20th century simulations, but found no evidence in the models.

William M. Gray wrote... I judge our present global ocean circulation to be similar to that of the period of the early 1940s when the globe had shown great warming since 1910, and there was concern as to whether this 1910 - 1940 global warming would continue.

In the paper Gray makes many extravagant claims about how supposed changes in the THC accounted for various 20th century climate changes («I judge our present global ocean circulation conditions to be similar to that of the period of the early 1940s when the globe had shown great warming since 1910, and there was concern as to whether this 1910 - 1940 global warming would continue.

Numerical computer modelling of the glacier for these different time periods will help us understand whether this part of the ice sheet is susceptible to rising sea level, warming oceans or increased atmospheric temperatures.

Whether you enjoy listening to the waves lapping the warm golden sands of the beach as you look over the glistening ocean or beautiful garden views with pretty vines and flowers climbing the walls of the traditional taverna there is a Greek restaurant for you on holidays to Svoronata.

Whether you love fresh lobster, kicking back with a drink while watching the sunset over the ocean, warm weather or a friendly community to call your own, you will appreciate all that retirement at the Grand Baymen has in store.

Whether you are bathing in the ocean or swimming in the magnificent lap pool just steps away, you will enjoy the feeling of the warm Thai sun on your back before retiring to ample shaded outdoor seating areas.

Whether you're in Costa Rica to enjoy warm weather with friends, try activities as a family or have an adventurous honeymoon, Villa 8 puts you at the heart of the country's signature rainforest - meets - ocean landscape - the perfect place to experience everything from ziplining and whitewater rafting to hiking and snorkeling.

Given how much yelling takes place on the Internet, talk radio, and elsewhere over short - term cool and hot spells in relation to global warming, I wanted to find out whether anyone had generated a decent decades - long graph of global temperature trends accounting for, and erasing, the short - term up - and - down flickers from the cyclical shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean known as the El Niño — Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, cycle.

With the exception of glaciers that terminate in the ocean, and glaciers in the polar regions or at extreme high altitudes where the temperature is always below freezing, essentially just two things determine whether a glacier is advancing or retreating: how much snow falls in the winter, and how warm it is during the summer.

The study was too limited to clarify whether the warming Arctic climate and related summer expansion of open water in the Arctic Ocean is necessitating more long swims — or whether that is reducing the bear's survival rate or reproductive success.

I'd be happy to hearing a lot more songs about the great benefits of renewable energy sources like the great waves of the big oceans, the wind (whether it is cold or warm is of no consequence), and of course the great shiner: the sun.

Whether the oceans net absorb or release CO2 during a period of warming depends not just on the warming but also on changes in the partial pressure of CO2 in the atmosphere above the oceans.

Until we clear up whether there has been some kind of accelerated warming at depth in the real ocean, I think these results serve as interesting hypotheses about why the rate of surface warming has slowed - down, but we still lack a definitive answer on this topic.

To the extent that this abrupt cooling event can be identified with ocean dynamics, regardless of whether it involves the GSA or an abrupt change in the intensity of the AMOC, it provides a plausible explanation of why the NH warmed less rapidly from around the time of the end of WW II to 1980 than the SH.

Surface temperature is an imperfect gauge of whether the earth has been warmed by an imbalance between incoming radiation from the sun, and outgoing radiation, because of the role of ocean currents in the distribution of heat between deeper and surface waters.

Despite measurements of total heat absorbed by the oceans by Levitus et al. (2000) and Levitus et al. (2001), «20th - century sea level remains an enigma — we do not know whether warming or melting was dominant, and the budget is far from closed,» according to Munk (2003).

I then refer you to the gravity anomalies, shown in the GRACE maps, and as ocean warming proponents, consider whether a theory such as that would bolster the arguments that your mathematics already seem to show.

For instance, perfect initialization of the state of the Atlantic ocean, a correct simulation of the next 10 years of the solar cycle, a proper inclusion of stratospheric water vapor, etc may be important for whether the next 5 years are warmer than the previous 5, but it has nothing to do with climate sensitivity, water vapor feedback, or other issues.

Whether the ocean surface warms more than that is totally dependent on how long it takes excess surface layer energy to be diluted into the entire basin.

Whether we look at the steady increase in global temperature; the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to the highest level in a half - million years; the march of warmest - ever years (9 of the10 hottest on record have occurred since 2000); the dramatic shrinking of mountain glaciers and Arctic sea ice; the accelerating rise in sea level; or the acidification of our oceans; the tale told by the evidence is consistent and it is compelling.

«DWP, so you are agreeing with CH that the atmosphere has to warm before the ocean can, rather than that the increased downward longwave flux from extra CO2 does the warming whether the atmosphere is warmer or not?»

Further analyses of long coupled model runs will be critical to resolve the influence of the ocean thermohaline circulation and other natural climate variations on Arctic climate and to determine whether natural climate variability will make the Arctic more or less vulnerable to anthropogenic global warming.»

At the moment, the oceans are absorbing about a third of the carbon dioxide we are emitting, but scientists are unclear whether it will continue to do so in the future, as the oceans become warmer and more acidic.

I would have liked to see mention of uncertainty that inherent in examining short term data, whether the end points used introduces an element of bias, whether the «pause» is on a much higher plateau of warming than in the past, whether decadel cycles in ocean heat displacement may have interacted with the the known minimum levels of solar activity (not modelled) to cause this «pause».

The anomaly of the ocean heat content is more important than the atmospheric temperature anomaly for the conclusion whether global warming stopped or whether it hasn't, anyway.

When the ice increase is interupted or slowed, it is a return of the same import of warmer atmosphere, whether it be from its transport across warmer oceans or land.

Perhaps we can move on from your (and my) ignorance of ocean thermal dynamics onto the more substantive and controversial area of whether and how much of the measured warming is due to CO2.

Pacific ocean temperature influences tornado activity in US, MU study finds COLUMBIA, Mo. — Meteorologists often use information about warm and cold fronts to determine whether a tornado will occur in a...

Whether that 2003 jump is eventually found to be an artifact or not, overall the oceans are warming, even at 700m.

Regardless of whether or not the oceans integrate ENSO and portray it in sea surface temperature anomalies, the West Pacific and East Indian Oceans warm in response to both El Nino and La Nina events, so there is a cumulative response to ENSO by a major portion of the global ooceans integrate ENSO and portray it in sea surface temperature anomalies, the West Pacific and East Indian Oceans warm in response to both El Nino and La Nina events, so there is a cumulative response to ENSO by a major portion of the global oOceans warm in response to both El Nino and La Nina events, so there is a cumulative response to ENSO by a major portion of the global oceansoceans.

Whether CO2 levels are high or low, as long as we are in an interglacial period it seems entirely reasonable that the oceans will continue to warm.

When carbon is in a sink, whether it's an ocean or a forest, both of which can lock up carbon dioxide, it stays out of the atmosphere and scientists say it does not contribute to global warming.

There seems to be some sort of interaction between the air circulation and the ocean circulation which changes depending on whether the oceans are globally warming the air or globally cooling it.

No one in his right mind (least of all the ocean dwellers) cares a whit whether or not the ocean is warming by a few thousandths of a degree over the next several decades.

We observe changing air temperatures together with movements of the weather systems towards the poles or towards the equator during those periods of transition when the air is catching up with the ocean surface changes whether they be warming or cooling.

Whether its deep warm ocean currents melting floating ice shelfs or the remnants of a far away tsunami, huge icebergs are a natural result.

Up until 2003 we could only guess - timate (based on very inaccurate and spotty data) whether or not and by how much the ocean was warming.