The seaway was receding as the climate cooled and sea levels subsided towards the end of the Cretaceous, exposing land that had previously been underwater.

The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels and creating numerous shallow inland seas.

The high eustatic sea level and warm climate of the Cretaceous meant a large area of the continents was covered by warm shallow seas.

Many researchers believe the extinction was more gradual, resulting from the sea level and climate changes already occurring during the late Cretaceous, and aggravated by impact events or increased volcanic activity.

A similar, single event of induced severe climate change after a meteorite impact has been proposed as reason for the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event.

This research shows the dramatic changes in climate, which have occurred within this region after it reached its approximate position within the Arctic Circle during the Cretaceous Period.

After the peak warmth of Cretaceous thermal maximum, the climate, both regionally and globally, appears to have cooled as seen in the Antarctic fossil wood record.

During the Late Cretaceous, the climate was warmer than present, although throughout the period a cooling trend is evident.

The sea levels remained more or less unchanged until the end of the Cretaceous period and despite Dorset having moved even further north to 40 degrees, the climate had reverted to a tropical one.

Several techniques have been used to deduce the ancient climate of Gondwana in the Early Cretaceous.

It is worth noting that although these dinosaurs lived at polar latitudes, the Cretaceous climate was significantly milder than today, so temperatures within the Antarctic and Arctic Circles were vastly different to the climate at these latitudes today, because the lopsided arrangements of the continents made sea currents and monsoon winds blow across the polar areas and not round and round them, and so stopped cold pools from developing around the poles.

The Phanerozoic eon, encompassing the last 542 million years and almost the entire time since the origination of complex multi-cellular life, has more generally been a period of fluctuating temperature between ice ages, such as the current age, and " climate optima ", similar to what occurred in the Cretaceous.

He dealt also with the zones of climate during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, and endeavoured to show that the equatorial marine fauna differed from that of the two temperate zones, and the latter from that of the arctic zone, much as the faunas of similar zones differ from each other in the present day ; see his Uber klimatische Zonen wahrend der Jura und Kreidezeit ( Denkschr.

Apparently this is not the time and the climate in which people will listen objectively, or at least dispassionately, to individual impressions of a subject which preoccupies a good deal of their waking moments.

for those who live in a winter climate, there is nothing better than a bucket of water and snow.

Following each individual brick should be a layer of adobe mortar, recommended to be at least an inch thick to make certain there is ample strength between the brick ’ s edges and also to provide a relative moisture barrier during the seasons where the arid climate does produce rain.

The physical oceanography of the Aegean Sea is controlled mainly by the regional climate, the fresh water discharge from major rivers draining southeastern Europe, and the seasonal variations in the Black Sea surface water outflow through the Dardanelles Strait.

Eastern Anatolia, where the Pontus and Taurus mountain ranges converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian Plateau.

The central plateau is characterized by a continental climate, with hot summers and cold snowy winters.

The drier and more continental climate is beneficial for steppe-forests dominated by deciduous oaks, with areas of shrubland, montane forest, and valley forest.

Current opinion holds that the closer cultural similarity between the Mogollon and Ancient Pueblos and their greater differences from the Hohokam and Patayan is due to both the geography and the variety of climate zones in the Southwest.

The climate is highland continental: hot summers and cold winters.

Callicott is, perhaps, best known for his research which explores an Aldo Leopold ethic as a response to global climate change.

The climate of Alabama is humid subtropical.

The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegburg, Neustadt an der Donau, Abensberg and Langquaid, is used for the intensive farming of asparagus, due to the optimal soil condition and climate.

The climate is typical of tropical islands of similar latitude.

The climate is dry, temperate, and continental, with extreme variations between seasons.

The climate in Abadan is arid and similar to Baghdad's, but slightly hotter due to Abadan's lower latitude.

Evidence of this is the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, a periodic oscillation that affects the climate of much of the southern hemisphere.

After studying the circumpolar current it is clear that it strongly influences regional and global climate as well as underwater biodiversity.

While ecologically sparse, the habitat's climate is controlled by complex machinery in the lower levels.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a " micro climate " which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and, coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetable and fruit crops.

In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?

The region is noted for its mild rainy climate and beautiful scenery.

Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate.

Attribution of recent climate change to human activities is based on multiple lines of evidence:

Due to its location in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate.

This has been attributed to climate change — the camouflage value of its lighter coat decreases with less snow cover.

Due to the blocking presence of successive mountain ranges, the Interior of the province has a semi-arid climate with certain locations receiving less than 250 mm ( 10 ") in annual precipitation.

Animal populations with impoverished genetic diversity are inherently less able to adapt to changes in their environment ( such as climate change, disease outbreaks, habitat change, etc .).

In February 2009, Science Daily reported that the Southern Indian Ocean is becoming less effective at absorbing carbon dioxide due to changes to the regions climate which include higher wind speeds.

Nine years after Emperor Paul Muad ' dib walked into the desert, blind, the ecological transformation of Dune has reached the point where some Fremen are living without stillsuits in the less arid climate and have started to move out of the Sietches and into the villages and cities.

With the tropical climate and unstable land forms, coupled with deforestation, unplanned growth proliferation, non-engineered constructions which make the disaster-prone areas more vulnerable, tardy communication, poor or no budgetary allocation for disaster prevention, developing countries suffer more or less chronically by natural disasters.

The First World War took its toll on the Canadian Geological Survey, cutting funding for anthropology and making the academic climate less agreeable.

Benjamin D. Santer, a climate change researcher, wrote: The Global Climate Coalition-a less than disinterested party-has made serious allegations regarding the scientific integrity of the Lead Authors of Chapter 8, and of the IPCC process itself.

Fitch also predicted that economy will grow at least 6. 0 % on average per year through 2013, despite a less conducive global economic climate.

As the political climate in Germany became more liberal and stable, Schwitters ' work became less influenced by Cubism and Expressionism.

Also, the lynx's colouring, fur height and paw size varies by its climate range — in the Southwestern United States, the fur and colour are short-haired, dark and the paws are smaller and less padded ; as the lynx ranges to its colder northern climates, the fur gets progressively thicker ( for warmth ), the colour gets lighter ( for camouflage ) and its paws enlarge and become more padded ( for snowy environments ).

There is less emphasis on rice as an accompaniment as compared to many other regions in China, as local rice production in Beijing is limited by the relatively dry climate.

Weather and climate in the coastal area are dominated by the cold, north-flowing Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean which accounts for very low precipitation ( 50 mm per year or less ), frequent dense fog, and overall lower temperatures than in the rest of the country.

The retreat of the Arctic sea ice will accelerate global warming, as less ice cover reflects less solar radiation, and may have serious climate implications by contributing to Arctic cyclone generation.

The maritime climate produces more variable weather, ample precipitation in a variety of forms, greater humidity, lower visibility, more clouds, less sunshine, and higher winds than a continental climate.

They argued that under such conditions, the reduced danger to the climate is obvious, and this held even if cities were targeted, for there was less likelihood of mass fires.

The climate is predominantly dry ; about three-fifths of the country has less than of rain a year.

" Furthermore the Spectral Irradiance Monitor ( SIM ) has found in the same period that spectral solar irradiance ( SSI ) at UV ( ultraviolet ) wavelength corresponds in a less clear, and probably more complicated fashion, with earth's climate responses than earlier assumed, fueling broad avenues of new research in " the connection of the Sun and stratosphere, troposphere, biosphere, ocean, and Earth ’ s climate ".

This climate is classified as Dfc, Dwc, Dsc, Dfd and Dwd in the Köppen climate classification scheme, meaning that the short summer ( 24-hr average 10 ° C or more ) lasts 1 – 3 months and always less than 4 months.

However, on November 14, 2009, the New York Times announced that " President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement ... agreeing instead to make it the mission of the Copenhagen conference to reach a less specific " politically binding " agreement that would punt the most difficult issues into the future ".