Sentences with phrase «by above average temperatures»

Southwestern droughts are, typically, accompanied by above average temperatures because of factors such as subsidence, a lack of cloud cover, drying soils, and reduced evapotranspiration (e.g., 11 — 13).

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According to one forecast the high temperature in Moscow tomorrow will be 62 degrees Fahrenheit, above zero that is, which by the law of averages nearly guarantees the high on Sunday will be at or near 62 degrees below zero.

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»);

«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.

The research found that cutting soot and methane as described above produced an average temperature reduction of 0.16 degrees Celsius by 2050, which is substantially less than the 0.5 - degree reduction found in earlier studies.

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.

Temperature increases close to or above the average.61 degrees F rise were seen in some of the world's most popular waters, including Lake Tahoe (+.97 F by hand, +1.28 by satellite), the Dead Sea (+1.13 F), two reservoirs serving New York City, Seattle's Lake Washington (+.49 F), and the Great Lakes Huron (+1.53 F by hand, +.79 by satellite), Michigan (+.76 F by hand, +.36 by satellite), Ontario (+.59 F) and Superior (+2.09 F by hand measurement, +1.44 F by satellite).

All told, the consortium estimates that current policies around the globe translate into a 3.6 °C increase in average temperatures by 2100, compared with preindustrial levels, well above the 2 °C threshold often noted by scientists, or the 1.5 °C goal set out in Paris.

By 2080, the average temperature in Uganda, for example, will rise to 29 degree Celsius (an increase of 4.3 degrees above the current average), according to a report by U.K. Department for International Development and LTS InternationaBy 2080, the average temperature in Uganda, for example, will rise to 29 degree Celsius (an increase of 4.3 degrees above the current average), according to a report by U.K. Department for International Development and LTS Internationaby U.K. Department for International Development and LTS International.

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.

It occurred after an exceptionally warm week, when temperatures were 8.5 °C above average, and reduced the height of the mountain by around 10 metres.

However, both of these strategies create a major risk that average temperatures will rise above the 2 °C goal — a target set by international agreement in order to avoid the most dire consequences of climate change.

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.

In November 2017, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that the year was likely to rank second hottest, noting that average global temperatures from January to September peaked above preindustrial levels by 1.98 degrees F (1.1 degrees C), Live Science previously reported.

The IPCC has determined that in order to keep Earth's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times by the end of the century, global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced between 40 percent and 70 percent by 2050.

Doniger notes that Bush has refused to sign on to a plan that calls for a 50 percent cut in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2050 or to an effort to hold average temperatures from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, as have been proposed by other countries.

However, climate fluctuations in Asia — above average temperatures followed by sudden drops — consistently preceded plague reintroductions in Europe by around 15 years.

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).

Planck has been looking for variations in the temperature of the CMB, which emerged at around 3000 kelvin, but by now has cooled to just a few degrees above absolute zero, on average.

October provided a particularly large boost, with a temperature that was above average by more than any other single month in the past 135 years.

In fact, global temperatures have been above - average for 382 months in a row by NOAA's reckoning, going all the way back to the Reagan administration.

Even so, the IPCC estimates above indicate: 1) Total Net Atmospheric Carbon Emissions to 2100 will amount to ~ 2050 PgC (or more) on current Trends, 2) A BAU projected estimate would push CO2 to ~ 952 ppm by 2100 (or more), and 3) Global average temperature increase / anomaly would be as high as ~ 6.8 C by 2100

The global land temperature for 2015 was 1.33 °C (2.39 °F) above the 20th century average, surpassing the previous records of 2007 and 2010 by 0.25 °C (0.45 °F).

By the end of the year, that pattern had flipped, with record and near - record temperatures across most of the East and near - to below - average temperatures for much of the West, associated with much needed above average precipitation across the region.

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).

Most areas of the world experienced above - average annual temperatures, as indicated by the Temperature Percentiles map below.

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).

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).

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 land surface temperature was also record high, at 1.27 °C (2.29 °F) above average, surpassing the previous record of 2010 by 0.15 °C (0.27 °F).

The December 2015 globally - averaged temperature across land and ocean surfaces was 1.11 °C (2.00 °F) above the 20th century average of 12.2 °C (54.0 °F), the highest for any month since records began in 1880, surpassing the previous all - time record set two months ago in October by 0.12 °C (0.21 °F).

The June temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) was the fifth highest for June in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.50 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

The May temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the second highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.99 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using UAH version 5.6.

The March — May temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 1.30 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using version 5.6.

The April temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 1.37 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using version 5.6.

The March — May globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.40 °F above the 20th century average of 61.0 °F — the highest for March — May in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.20 °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 June - August temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the second highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.77 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using version 5.6.

The June - August temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the surface) was the third highest for June - August in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.65 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

After removing the influence of temperatures above 6 miles in altitude, the University of Washington, using data analyzed by the UAH and RSS, calculated temperature departures from the 1981 — 2010 average to be 1.30 °F and 1.19 °F, respectively, both highest in the record.

The January — April temperature for the mid-troposphere was the highest for January — April in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 1.13 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

The August temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.85 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using UAH version 5.6.

After removing the influence of temperatures above 6 miles in altitude, the University of Washington, using data analyzed by the UAH and RSS, calculated temperature departures from the 1981 — 2010 average to be 1.04 °F and 0.94 °F, respectively, both second highest in the record.

The June — August globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.39 °F above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F the highest for June — August in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record of 2015 by 0.02 °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 January - June temperature for the mid-troposphere was the second highest for January - June in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.97 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by UAH.

After removing the influence of temperatures above 6 miles in altitude, the University of Washington, using data analyzed by the UAH and RSS, calculated temperature departures from the 1981 - 2010 average to be 1.03 °F (highest) and 0.92 °F (second highest), respectively.

The June temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) was the third highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.67 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using UAH version 5.6.

The July temperature for the lower troposphere (roughly the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) tied with 1998 as the highest in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.79 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average, as analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville * (UAH) using UAH version 5.6.