Sentence examples for increase storm from inspiring English sources

The condition is also likely to moderate temperatures and storminess in northern states and increase storm risks along the East Coast.

The removal of forest trees and grass cover tends to increase storm runoff and decrease infiltration to groundwater and baseflow of streams (Kiersch 2006).

Most types of land use tend to decrease infiltration capacities and increase storm flows in watersheds, and magnify the effects of small storm events more so than large ones.

Expected to rise about 40 inches by 2100, oceans rising just 6 inches can significantly increase storm flooding - think Hurricane Sandy!

Matt Stoller, a policy fellow for the Roosevelt Institute, called for a "hardening" of our infrastructure to increase storm preparedness, and the building of a clean energy system, and took several mainstream environmental groups to task for featuring animal rights- and election-related issues on their websites.

Greening the city by planting trees, shrubs, and grasses and by removing pavement can not only provide shade and attenuate the urban heat island effect, but it can simultaneously improve air quality, store carbon dioxide from the air, reduce noise, lessen wind speed, raise local property values, and increase storm water infiltration and retention.

Small oceanic islands will experience increased storm surges and problems with increased soil salinity.

"The result of the increased storm damage is a massive erosion problem," it says.

The draft version of the US National Climate Assessment reveals that increasing storm surges, floods, melting glaciers and permafrost, and intensifying droughts are having a profound effect on the lives of Americans.

The report last week argues that the U.N.'s estimates "were produced too quickly" and failed to include a variety of cost multipliers, including effects on the energy, manufacturing and retailing sectors, ecosystem protection and increased storm intensity in coastal areas.

Money will also be made available to help vulnerable countries deal with a whole range of problems caused by global warming, from increased storm and flood damage to mass-migration as drought and rising sea levels make huge areas uninhabitable.