The ongoing global warming pause is rendering the longer - term pace of warming still more modest. (chimalaya.org)
First, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the extent and pace of warming from a particular rise in concentrations of greenhouse gases, and about how fast and far seas will rise as a result. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Temperatures have already risen by 0.8 C (1.4 F) since the Industrial Revolution and are on track to cause more heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels despite a hiatus in the pace of warming at the Earth's surface so far this century. (scientificamerican.com)