"shifting climate patterns" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe changes in weather patterns over time as a result of either natural or man-made causes. For example: "Studies have shown that the global climate is changing, and that shifting climate patterns are causing long-term changes to the Earth's environment."
Along with shifting climate patterns, scientists were concerned that climate change would contribute to the spread of infectious diseases.
Hurricane Sandy was a deadly reminder of shifting climate patterns, emphasizing the need for new ways to manage the world's resources and environment.
While water issues are particularly acute in the developing world, shifting climate patterns and soaring demand are creating significant shortages across the planet.
A tropical perennial, coffee has a relatively narrow temperature and rain tolerance, and its cultivation is threatened by shifting climate patterns and by several pests.
Accomplishments in these countries can offer important lessons to any country that must confront the combined impact of rising volumes of international trade and shifting climate patterns.
They have collaborated on an intricate model known as Hotspots, which builds on earlier computer software to estimate how shifting climate patterns could affect New Zealand's North and South Islands, while adding in new elements to show how those climate patterns would affect the potential distribution of disease-bearing mosquitoes, should they be introduced.
The timing of their formation, however, does not correlate easily because of the complex patterns of shifting climates.
A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests.
This worst case is highly speculative, but sudden shifts in climate patterns may already be happening.
These are Titan times when huge changes sweep through the institutions of culture at the same time that great shifts disrupt climate patterns all over the earth.
The actual boundaries between biomes are gradational and much less distinct and likely migrated in response to long-term shifts in climate patterns.
