Coral bleaching occurs when warm temperatures cause the polyps to expel the zooxanthellae, leaving them colorless.
Could the quality of sperm at different temperatures cause the variation at the moment of conception?
High temperatures cause the coating to crack, Mr. Winter said, and don't even cook the food as well.
Higher temperatures cause more evaporation and more rain, and 2014 began with England's wettest winter in over 250 years, leading to widespread flooding.
· Parsnips are said to be at their best after the first frosts, because low temperatures cause the root to convert its starch into sugar.
The drought and dry winds that often accompany high temperatures cause stunting, wilting, blasting, marginal scorching of leaves, and dieback of shoots.
That is causing more severe water deficits in the summer, just as the higher temperatures cause trees to need extra water to survive.
But while rising temperatures cause both the orchid and the bee to flower or fly earlier in the spring, the bees are affected much more, which leads to a mismatch.
But even in the central portions of the country, which are expected to get drier overall as rising temperatures cause more soil evaporation, the most intense storms will drop more rain in the future.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced widespread bleaching, which is where prolonged high temperatures cause the coral to expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to whiten.
In the winter, thick fog often triggers huge pileups; in the summer, scorching temperatures cause overheated engines and blown tires, the remains of which litter the sides of the highway like rubber roadkill.
