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Its revised projection indicates that if we stick with business as usual, in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, average surface temperatures on «Earth by 2100 will hit levels far beyond anything humans have ever experienced.

In contrast, the average surface temperature on Venus is actually hotter at a very stable 464 °C (867 °F) because of its thick atmosphere.

The average surface temperature on Venus is a sizzling 894 °F, hot enough to melt lead.

Not exact matches

Because the sulfate haze reflects a portion of the sun's energy back into space, the average temperature on Earth's surface drops by as much as 0.5 or even 1 degree Celsius.

The researchers looked at annual maximum land surface temperatures averaged across 8 - day periods throughout the year for every 1 - square kilometer (247 acres) pixel on Earth.

According to his Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, the average temperature on land has risen 1.5 degrees Celsius — roughly 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — Temperature project, the average temperature on land has risen 1.5 degrees Celsius — roughly 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — temperature on land has risen 1.5 degrees Celsius — roughly 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — since 1753.

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.

A striking characteristic of the most recent 21st Century negative phase of the IPO is that on this occasion global average surface temperatures continued to rise, just at a slower rate.

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).

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.

The computer model determines how the average surface temperature responds to changing natural factors, such as volcanoes and the sun, and human factors — greenhouse gases, aerosol pollutants, and so on.

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.

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 January - August worldwide land surface temperature was 1.82 °F (1.01 °C) above the 20th century average, the fifth warmest such period on record.

With an average surface temperature of -55 ° Celsius, water itself can not exist as a liquid on Mars, but concentrated solutions of perchlorate could survive these low temperatures.»

Of course, while short - term changes in sea level can be predicted fairly accurately based on the motions of the moon and sun, it is a lot harder predicting the ups and downs of the average global surface temperature — there is a lot of noise, or natural variation, in the system.

On average, a penguin's body surface temperature dropped as low as -23 °C, about 3 ° below air temperature.

Although the rising average global surface temperature is an indicator of the degree of disruption that we have imposed on the global climate system, what's actually happening involves changes in circulation patterns, changes in precipitation patterns, and changes in extremes.

These shifts also have a profound effect on the average global surface air temperature of Earth.

Climate model simulations suggest that on average, as the surface temperature and moisture increases the conditions for thunderstorms becomes more frequent.

Using methods that allow them to estimate the average stellar illumination and temperatures on their surfaces, scientists have already identified dozens of locations where life could potentially exist.

Nevertheless, Earthlings would not mistake Gliese 581g for their home planet — in addition to its so - called super-Earth dimensions, it orbits a star far smaller and dimmer than the sun, and its average surface temperatures would vary dramatically, from well below freezing on its night side to scorching hot on the day side.

The western tropical Pacific is known as the «warm pool» with the highest sea surface temperature (SST) in the world (on average).

Across the world's oceans, the September — November average sea surface temperature was 0.84 °C (1.51 °F) above the 20th century average of 16.0 °C (60.7 °F), the highest for September — November on record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.27 °C (0.15 °F).

The average global temperature across land surfaces was 1.31 °C (2.36 °F) above the 20th century average of 5.9 °C (42.6 °F), the fifth highest November temperature on record.

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).

Separately, the global land surface temperature was 1.89 °C (3.40 °F) above average, the highest on record for December, surpassing the previous record set in 2006 by 0.48 °C (0.86 °F).

The average position of the upper - level ridges of high pressure and troughs of low pressure — depicted by positive and negative 500 - millibar height anomalies on the December 2015 map — is generally reflected by areas of positive and negative temperature anomalies at the surface, respectively.

global warming The increase in Earth's surface air temperatures, on average, across the globe and over decades.

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.

As a result, temperature variations on Mercury are the most extreme in the Solar System ranging from -183 °C -LRB--298 °F) to 427 °C (800 °F), although its average surface temperature is 167 °C (333 °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.

Earth's average surface temperature in 2017 placed as the second or third highest on record, according to new analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Because the average surface temperature of Mars is colder than -80 °F and the atmospheric pressure is 6 — 10 mbar, liquid water would quickly freeze on Mars.

For the contiguous United States and Alaska, 2016 was the second - warmest year on record and the 20th consecutive year that the annual average surface temperature exceeded the 122 - year average since record keeping began, according to NOAA.

On average, these surfaces are 40 to 50 degrees higher than the air temperature.

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.

Global average surface temperatures increased on average by about 0.6 degrees Celsius over the period 1956 - 2006.

-- The December — February worldwide land surface temperature was 0.59 °C (1.06 °F) above the 20th century average, the 20th warmest such period on record.

... Polar amplification explains in part why Greenland Ice Sheet and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appear to be highly sensitive to relatively small increases in CO2 concentration and global mean temperature... Polar amplification occurs if the magnitude of zonally averaged surface temperature change at high latitudes exceeds the globally averaged temperature change, in response to climate forcings and on time scales greater than the annual cycle.

-- The January — February worldwide land surface temperature was 0.43 °C (0.77 °: F) above the 20th century average, the 33rd warmest such period on record.

[Response: They measure something different (MSU - TLT is a weighted average of temperatures reaching from the surface to 10 km, peaking at around ~ 4 km and with significant influence from surface type depending on elevation and polar latitude).

-- The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the December — February period was 0.41 °C (0.74 °F) above the 20th century average of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F), making it the 17th warmest such period on record and the coolest December — February since 2008.

The global ocean surface temperature for the year to date was 0.34 °C (0.61 °F) above the 20th century average and was the 14th warmest such period on record.

The global ocean surface temperature for the same period was 0.33 °C (0.59 °F) above the 20th century average and was the 15th warmest such period on record.

What I find most interesting is that the models are not normally distributed in calculated average surface temperature; there is a relatively tight cluster of models (22 data points) around 14.7 + / - 0.15 C absolute temperature and the rest spread out over 12.3 C to 14.1 C; perhaps the clustered models are based on common assumptions an / or strategies which lead to a relatively consistent calculated average surface temperature.

However, sea surface temperatures on average were only about 2 degrees Celsius (3.5 degrees Fahrenheit) cooler than today.

«The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces tied with 2010 as the highest on record for April, at 58.09 °F (14.47 °C) or 1.39 °F (0.77 °C) above the 20th century average.»

The western tropical Pacific is known as the «warm pool» with the highest sea surface temperature (SST) in the world (on average).

«On May 22nd, 2014, global sea surface temperature anomalies spiked to an amazing +1.25 degrees Celsius above the, already warmer than normal, 1979 to 2000 average.