But Jones is not sure if Manley did as well at capturing slower changes, of a few tenths of a degree over decades, which is important for detecting the onset of warming due to the burning of fossil fuels. (discovermagazine.com)
A detectable drop in planetary temperature — a few tenths of a degree — in 1964 followed. (sciencedaily.com)
Since the surface is a few tenths of a degree cooler than the water below, when a wave breaks, the warmer water beneath (orange and red) mixes with the cooler water above (blue and violet). (discovermagazine.com)