Sentences with phrase «above global average»

For each of these, the prevalence in Canada is now at or above the global average.

The elevation that year of CO2 at MLO above the global average was only 0.197 % above the global average, at 363.56 ppmv.

(1) In the NH there must be an area of roughly equivalent size to the SO where levels are also statistically ~ 0.5 % above the global average.

In the period 1982 — 2007 CO2 levels at SPO averaged 0.501 ± 0.054 % BELOW the global average whereas in the period 1982 — 2008 CO2 levels at MLO averaged 0.177 ± 0.055 % ABOVE the global average (errors at the ± one standard deviation level).

The elevation that year of CO2 at MLO above the global average was the highest recorded in the 27 years between 1982 and 2008 - presumably as a consequence of the 1998 El Nino.

«Key findings are that at the 95 % confidence level, no consistent or compelling evidence (yet) exists that recent rates of rise are higher or abnormal in the context of the historical records available across Europe, nor is there any evidence that geocentric rates of rise are above the global average.

Overall ocean surface warmth, however, was extraordinary throughout September, pushing well above the global average and ranging, in GFS models, from 0.7 C to 1.2 C above the already hotter than normal 1979 to 2000 average.

This southern polar zone experienced average monthly temperatures as much as 8.7 above the global average across a relatively broad zone.

Both scenarios show significant (above global average) warming in the region.

(Using NASA GISS the global average over the last 5 years is 1.05 ºC above the global average for the start of the record 1880 - 99.

When asked to rate the quality of teaching at their child's school, 86 per cent of Australian survey respondents said it was «fairly good» or «very good» — the seventh most positive rating of the 29 countries and above the global average of 78 per cent.

Volk: Those are the ones that are significantly above the global average and others are too.

This figure is amongst the best in the world and certainly well above the global average of 4 — 5 litres of water to every one litre of beer, says the CEO of Pacific Beverages Mr Peter McLoughlin.

Not exact matches

The International Confederation of Private Employment Services, the industry's global lobbying arm, says Canada is home to 2,400 temp agency offices hiring out 450,000 annually; TD Economics forecasts temporary employment in Canada will remain above long - term averages until at least 2018.

In December, global stockpiles were about 109 million barrels above the five - year average, which is OPEC's target.

It might be challenging for the global PMI to cross above the three - year moving average since Chinese manufacturing has slowed, but there's burgeoning strength in other emerging markets, many of them unexpected: the Philippines, Myanmar, Ethiopia.

This is why we believe prices will have a better chance at recovery after the global PMI crosses above its three - month moving average.

Given the recent moves, prices have found support above the 50 - day moving average, which Fundstrat Global Advisors has pegged at about $ 8,600.

Compared to the average ETF or mutual fund, U.S. Global Jets ETF has a better chance of generating the outperformance required to justify its management fees above the cost of the XLI benchmark.

But U.S. domestic corporate profitability is running 50 pct above the long - term average, while global profits have soared even higher.

Joint cuts of 1.8 million b / d have reduced OECD oil inventories towards their five - year average and cleared most of the global glut, with the Saudis cutting even deeper than agreed in an attempt to lift prices well above US$ 80 before selling off shares in Aramco.

Analysis of the S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of October 5 and a Sell Date of December 29 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.39 % above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years.

According to a study by Treasury Department economists, «excess» or above - average profits by a few global giants have increased.

I have been convinced that crude oil prices will inevitably find a bottom in 2012 that is well above the prices we saw in 2011 — well above $ 100 a barrel in global average price.

As you can see in the table above, which looks at the price differential between the Brent global benchmark price and the West Texas Intermediate price (the amount by which North American oil prices differ from average international prices each year), the problem is that the price differential between 2011 and 2013 was exceptional.

Australian Food & Grocery Council chief executive Gary Dawson said that while retailer profit margins would fall to an average of about 5.3 per cent this year they remained well above those of food retailers in the US (3.8 per cent) and Britain (2.0 per cent) and the global average (3.2 per cent).

In its Australian 2018 Beef Cattle Seasonal Outlook, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank said a combination of increased supply, reduced producer demand and weaker global prices will see domestic cattle prices ease from the highs of 2017 to stabilise at just above five - year averages.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2015 the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Paris, France and entered into a historic agreement in which 195 nations, including the United States, were signatories and agreed to determine their own target contribution to mitigate climate change by holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, among other terms (the «Paris Agreement»);

Last week Gavin Schmidt, head of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, estimated that the average global temperature in 2016 could range from about 1.1 °C above preindustrial to only slightly below 1.5 °C, based on GISS's temperature record and its definition of pre-industrial (other records and definitions vary).

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.

On Dec. 12, 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change approved the Paris Agreement committing 195 nations of the world to «holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.»

Published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, the paper concludes that limiting the increase in global average temperatures above pre-industrial levels to 1.5 °C, the goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, is not yet geophysically impossible, but likely requires more ambitious emission reductions than those pledged so far.

The Paris Agreement sets the goal of holding the increase in the global average mean temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels but calls for efforts to limit that increase to 1.5 °C.

A U.N. Environment Program report released last week showed that, taken together, the NDCs only account for a third of the necessary emissions reductions needed to keep global average temperatures from heating 2 degrees C above preindustrial levels.

The results show that even though there has been a slowdown in the warming of the global average temperatures on the surface of Earth, the warming has continued strongly throughout the troposphere except for a very thin layer at around 14 - 15 km above the surface of Earth where it has warmed slightly less.

Many governments believe that holding the average global temperature rise caused by man - made warming to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels gives the world the best chance to avoid dangerous climate change.

We are steadily marching toward a global yearly average above that threshold — and a Pliocene climate.

For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.78 degrees F above average, surpassing the heat record set in 2015 by 0.23 degrees.

Land and Ocean Combined: The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was the record highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F (15.6 °C).

NOAA said the combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the January - October period was 0.68 °C (1.22 °F) above the 20th century average of 14.1 °C (57.4 °F).

Land Only: The global land temperature was the fifth highest on record for June - August, at 1.64 °F (0.91 °C) above the 20th century average of 56.9 °F (13.8 °C).

Ocean Only: The August global sea surface temperature was 1.17 °F (0.65 °C) above the 20th century average of 61.4 °F (16.4 °C), the highest on record for August.

In their latest paper, published in the February issue of Nature Geoscience, Dr Philip Goodwin from the University of Southampton and Professor Ric Williams from the University of Liverpool have projected that if immediate action isn't taken, Earth's global average temperature is likely to rise to 1.5 °C above the period before the industrial revolution within the next 17 - 18 years, and to 2.0 °C in 35 - 41 years respectively if the carbon emission rate remains at its present - day value.

Ocean Only: The global ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.99 °F (0.55 °C) above average, tying with 2010 as the second warmest such period on record, behind only 1998.

Politicians have generally adopted the aim of limiting global warming to 2 °C above 19th century averages, so a 1 °C is not something to be taken lightly.

Ocean Only: The June - August global sea surface temperature was 1.13 °F (0.63 °C), above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F (16.4 °C), the highest for June - August on record.

Land Only: The August global land temperature was the second highest for August on record, behind only 1998, at 1.78 °F (0.99 °C) above the 20th century average of 56.9 °F (13.8 °C), with a margin of error of + / - 0.43 °F (0.24 °C).

In scenarios in which the average global temperature rises less than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, short - term measures to reduce SLCF had only a minor effect on the long - term rise in temperature.

New global temperature data released on Friday by NASA put March at 2.3 °F (1.28 °C) above the 1951 - 1980 average for the month, making it the warmest March on record.