Sentence examples for decreased rainfall from inspiring English sources

Sea level was lower at these times, the water was colder, and tropical cyclones were less extensive, resulting in decreased rainfall.

But water levels in Iraq have fallen in recent years because of decreased rainfall, heavy water use and other factors, the United Nations says.

In coming years, according to the US Agency for International Development, countries in the northern triangle will see decreased rainfall and prolonged drought, writ large.

Conversely, the temperature of the waters in the western Pacific become cooler than normal, which leads to higher pressure and decreased rainfall there.

Areas of increased rainfall are shown in green (with the darkness increasing in proportion to the amount of increase) and areas with decreased rainfall are shown in tan.

Researchers link population decline within many bird species in the Mojave Desert to decreased rainfall as a consequence of climate change.

For example, seeding at the wrong time and in the wrong place may actually decrease rainfall.

So the elimination of swaths of these forests decreases rainfall.

A new study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research says geoengineering could decrease rainfall compared to pre-industrial periods.

Autumn is the most difficult period, as decreasing rainfall and increasing evaporation necessitate continuous irrigation.

The many species of the 3.7 million sq km (1.4 million sq mi) of land that the world's deserts comprise would be adversely affected should the report's projected scenario of increasing desert temperatures and decreasing rainfall prove correct.