Sentence examples for shifting northward from inspiring English sources

The 2012 version shows that planting zones have been shifting northward as winters become more mild.

There is also evidence that zooplankton similar to the radiolaria are shifting northward in the North Atlantic.

But half of 36 fish stocks studied in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, including many commercial species, have been shifting northward over the past 40 years, a 2009 NOAA report said.

The Audubon Society estimates that nearly 60 percent of 305 bird species found in North America in winter are shifting northward and to higher elevations in response to climate change.

Results of these changes will determine the ability of Alaska lands to continue to: provide habitat for local and migratory species; absorb species whose ranges are shifting northward; and experience mitigation or exacerbation of climate change through positive and negative atmospheric feedbacks.

In Canada, habitat loss or degradation through climate change is predicted to have dramatic consequences for strongly pagophilic Arctic species or for those with narrow ecological niches [156]; Ocean warming might cause an increase in diversity in Eastern and Western Canada by shifting northward the distribution of species currently found slightly south of Canada's borders [147].

Production of these crops may shift northward under these conditions.

Under both our low- and high-CO2 emissions scenarios, suitable habitat for the Blanding's turtle shifted northward.

Warm waters in this region often cause the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the area near the equator where tradewinds converge (see figure), to shift northward.

Hardiness zones in the U.S., which track average low temperatures in winter, have all shifted northward by half a zone warmer since 1990.

The findings offer a glimpse into the possible effects of climate change; as climate zones shift northward, plant habitats might, too.