Sentences with phrase «mild temperatures mean»

Not exact matches

We had expected milder weather than Barents experienced — in the «Little Ice Age», which lasted from 1450 to 1850, mean temperatures were between 1 and 2 °C colder than nowadays — but the difference in conditions was far greater than we had anticipated.

That doesn't mean there won't be a few cold spells or a snowstorm, just that mild temperatures are likely to be the prevailing pattern.

That study found seas rose 1.6 meters (5 feet) per century «when the global mean temperature was 2 °C higher than today,» a rather mild version of where we are headed in the second half of this century.

Milder temperatures, along with an extended payroll tax break, mean more green in your wallet — helping ease the crush of higher gasoline prices.

Depending on where you live, winter can mean mild temperatures that require a light coat and hat, or sub-zero mornings where you sport a full - length parka on top of two layers of clothing as you trudge through a foot of snow.

Visiting during this time of year can mean gorgeous sunsets, uncrowded hikes, mild weather during the day and slightly lower temperatures at night.

Dry conditions mean no runoff to mar coastal visibility; currents range from non-existent to mild, and water temperatures range from 78 - 82 ° F. Reefs begin close to shore and slope to depths of more than 130 feet.

But if the MWP was restricted to mild local warming, it would mean that present - day global warming is unprecedented for the past 1,000 years, as claimed by climatologist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University, University Park, in his famous «hockey stick» global temperature reconstruction3.

Wet weather in winter usually means temperatures have been mild, and the UK mean temperature up to 28 January was 4.9 C (41F)- 1.2 C above average.

Based on 1976 to 1995 temperature data from 3 key UK sites, Levermore and Keeble (1998) found that the annual mean dry - bulb temperature had increased by about 1 °C over the 19 - year period, with milder winters and warmer summers.

«Mild temperatures will mean the end of Alpine glaciers by the end of this century.

And even a mild temperature increase will likely mean more heat waves and higher sea - level rise and so on.

They fitted a simple (ish) climate model to these most recent and comprehensive proxy syntheses, and came up with a global mean temperature anomaly of only 3C (with an uncertainty range of 1.7 - 3.7 C), which is far milder than most previous estimates.

The UK mean temperature for the winter was 4.5 °C, much milder than the last three winters, and comparable with several other mild winters since 2000»

When this is done, people usually find that while it was relatively cool in global mean temperatures from the 1400s to the 1800s known as the «Little Ice Age» and relatively mild in the 900s to 1300s interval (sometimes termed the «Medieval Warm Period»).

The milder temperatures also mean that spring (and fall) are when electricity demand is generally lowest.