Sentences with phrase «average global ocean temperature»

The ratio of these gases allows for a much more effective and exact calculation of average global ocean temperature, according to Severinghaus and his team of researchers at Scripps.

The ratio of these gases in the atmosphere therefore allows for the calculation of average global ocean temperature.

Not exact matches

But climate models predict reductions in dissolved oxygen in all oceans as average global air and sea temperatures rise, and this may be the main driver of what is happening there, she says.

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 (15.6Ocean 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 (15.6ocean 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).

The global average temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January to October 2014 was the highest on record, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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).

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.

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 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 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.

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.

Their findings, based on output from four global climate models of varying ocean and atmospheric resolution, indicate that ocean temperature in the U.S. Northeast Shelf is projected to warm twice as fast as previously projected and almost three times faster than the global average.

Too much debate treats temperature (and especially the most recent global average) as the sole indicator, whereas many other factors are at play including sea levels, ocean acidity, ice sheets, ecosystem trends, and many more.

According to NOAA, the global average ocean temperature for the first half of the year is 1.42 °F (0.79 °C) above the 20th century average, the largest such departure in 137 years of records.

Average global land and ocean temperatures have climbed at a rate of 0.2 °C per decade since 1976, according to data compiled by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Phenomena such as El Niño or La Niña, which warm or cool the tropical Pacific Ocean, can contribute to short - term variations in global average temperature.

So the report notes that the current «pause» in new global average temperature records since 1998 — a year that saw the second strongest El Nino on record and shattered warming records — does not reflect the long - term trend and may be explained by the oceans absorbing the majority of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse gases as well as the cooling contributions of volcanic eruptions.

The global ocean temperature was a major contributor to the global average, as its departure from average for the period was also highest on record, at 0.63 °C (1.13 °F) above average.

The average August temperature for the global oceans was record high for the month, at 0.65 °C (1.17 °F) above the 20th century average, beating the previous record set in 2005 by 0.08 °C (0.14 °F).

With records dating back to 1880, the global temperature across the world's land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was 0.75 °C (1.35 °F) higher than the 20th century average of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F).

With ENSO - neutral conditions present during the first half of 2013, the January — June global temperature across land and ocean surfaces tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period, at 0.59 °C (1.06 °F) above the 20th century average.

Global mean temperatures averaged over land and ocean surfaces, from three different estimates, each of which has been independently adjusted for various homogeneity issues, are consistent within uncertainty estimates over the period 1901 to 2005 and show similar rates of increase in recent decades.

These rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have led to an increase in global average temperatures of ~ 0.2 °C decade — 1, much of which has been absorbed by the oceans, whilst the oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2 has led to major changes in surface ocean pH (Levitus et al., 2000, 2005; Feely et al., 2008; Hoegh - Guldberg and Bruno, 2010; Mora et al., 2013; Roemmich et al., 2015).

With the contribution of such record warmth at year's end and with 10 months of the year record warm for their respective months, including the last 8 (January was second warmest for January and April was third warmest), the average global temperature across land and ocean surface areas for 2015 was 0.90 °C (1.62 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F), beating the previous record warmth of 2014 by 0.16 °C (0.29 °F).

(1) The warm sea surface temperatures are not just some short - term anomaly but are part of a long - term observed warming trend, in which ocean temperatures off the US east coast are warming faster than global average temperatures.

Temperature changes relative to the corresponding average for 1901 - 1950 (°C) from decade to decade from 1906 to 2005 over the Earth's continents, as well as the entire globe, global land area and the global ocean (lower graphs).

El Niño is a recurring climate pattern defined by above - average ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific that affect weather patterns around the world, leading to a slight uptick in global temperatures.

For the oceans, the November global sea surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 15.8 °C (60.4 °F), the highest for November on record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.20 °C (0.36 °F).

The June globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for June in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.05 °F.

The year - to - date temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.89 °F above the 20th century average of 56.3 °F.

The May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.37 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.3 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.09 °F.

The June — August average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.60 °F above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F.

The August temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.66 °F above the 20th century average of 60.1 °F.

Similar to the March — May global land and ocean surface temperature, the March — May land surface temperature was also the fourth highest three - month departure from average for any three - month period on record.

The April temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.98 °F above the 20th century average of 56.7 °F.

The April globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.44 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.9 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for April in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.25 °F and besting 1998, the last time a similar strength El Niño occurred, by 0.43 °F.

The July globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.5 °F — the highest global ocean temperature for July in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.07 °F.

The global land and ocean temperature during January has increased at an average rate of +0.07 °C (+0.13 °F) per decade since 1880; however, the average rate of increase is twice as great since 1975.

July 2016 marks the 40th consecutive July with global ocean temperatures at least nominally above the 20th century average.

The July temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.57 °F above the 20th century average of 60.4 °F.

The May temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.57 °F above the 20th century average of 58.6 °F.

During the final month, the December combined global land and ocean average surface temperature was the highest on record for any month in the 136 - year record.

The Fourth Assessment Report finds that «Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising mean sea level.

The September globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.33 °F above the 20th century monthly average of 61.1 °F, tying with 2014 as the second highest global ocean temperature for September in the 1880 — 2016 record, behind 2015 by 0.16 °F.

Is it accurate to produce a global average which gives the ocean temperature more weight than land?

The October temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.31 °F above the 20th century average of 57.1 °F.

The September — November temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.39 °F above the 20th century average of 57.1 °F.

The November temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.31 °F above the 20th century average of 55.2 °F.

During the final month, the December combined global land and ocean average surface temperature was the third highest for December in the 137 - year record.

The September temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.60 °F above the 20th century average of 59.0 °F.

Cooling sea - surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean — part of a natural warm and cold cycle — may explain why global average temperatures have stabilized in recent years, even as greenhouse gas emissions have been warming the planet.

Ray, I think Lee Grable's point is important: The fact that we use the term «global temperature» to mean the average temperature on a two - dimensional surface rather than the three - dimensional ocean plus land plus atmosphere system of the earth has the potential to allow confusion.