Sentences with phrase «average temperature increase exceeds»

As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5 oC, model projections suggest significant extinctions (40 - 70 % of species assessed) around the globe.

Let's also look at the specific IPCC quote that Mr. Romm furnishes us with: «As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5 °C [relative to 1980 to 1999], model projections suggest significant extinctions (40 - 70 % of species assessed) around the globe.»

The IPCC's Fourth Assessment says, «As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5 °C [relative to 1980 to 1999], model projections suggest significant extinctions (40 - 70 % of species assessed) around the globe.»

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Global average temperature increase will exceed the recognized «guardrail» limit of 2 degrees Celsius.

... 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.

Aware of the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2 degrees C, we support an aspirational global goal of reducing global emissions by 50 percent by 2050, with developed countries reducing emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050, and recognizing the critical importance of development, including poverty eradication, in developing countries.

The draft states: «We recognise the scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed two degrees centigrade.»

Approximately 20 to 30 percent of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed 1.5 to 2.5 °C.

Release of ECS methane is already contributing to Arctic amplification resulting in temperature increase exceeding twice the global average.

Global average temperature increases of 0.74 °C are already documented, and temperature increases in some areas are projected to exceed 3.0 °C over the next decade.

The increase in average temperature between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries exceeded the temperature difference between all other consecutive centuries in each region, except Antarctica and South America.»

The overwhelming majority of the world's scientists agree that any increase in average world temperatures that exceeds 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial era — some opt for a rise of no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius — will alter the global climate system drastically.

Finds that average daytime surface temperature in the Jambi province increased by 1.05 °C over the last 16 years, which followed the trend of observed land cover changes and exceeded the effects of climate warming

I noted that long - term U.S. corn production was increasing, including in areas where average summer temperatures exceed 84 °F, the threshold beyond which corn yields fall, according to Field.

In July 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed on to a G8 summit declaration recognizing the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2Â °C.

The latest report by the IPCC, the international organization tasked with assessing the science of climate change and its impacts, predicts that in order to keep the increase in average global surface temperature under 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius), total future CO2 emissions can not exceed 1 trillion tons.