Sentences with word «centigrade»

A rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures — the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic climate change which will expose millions to drought, hunger and flooding — is now «very unlikely» to be avoided, the world's leading climate scientists said yesterday.

It is now minus 17 degrees Centigrade in Southern Ontario.

The ECS typically gives an expected warming in degrees centigrade for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels.

Correction, my post # 5 should read 2 degrees Centigrade of warming per century instead of per decade.

The string (X / Y °C / decade) gives the associated 100 year and 50 year linear slopes in degrees Centigrade per decade.

The departure from normal can be characterized by both the absolute value of the anomaly — such as the number of degrees Centigrade above or below normal as well as within the context of the long - term record through ranking and percentile which help indicate how frequently or infrequently such events have occurred in the past.

They suggested that the 1 - degree Centigrade temperature rise that we've already created could be enough to generate a 10 - meter sea level rise within a century.

Shock - frozen at — 196 ˚ centigrade by being dipped in liquid nitrogen, the plants are displayed in a sealed glass vitrine and kept refrigerated at — 20 ˚C.

commit to keeping the increase in global average temperatures below two degrees centigrade from pre-industrial levels

2 — 4 degree centigrade increases at the poles would seem to be worthy of attention.

Sterilise the jam jar by putting it in boiling water for 5 minutes or washing well and then putting in an oven at 140 degrees centigrade on a baking tray until fully dry.

It's up to each country to come up with its own plan, called a Nationally Determined Contribution, to meet the overall goal to limit the world's temperature to 1.5 degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels.

Editor's Note: This piece uses Centigrade rather than Fahrenheit temperature units.

You say «Temperatures are expected to rise by 3 degree Centigrade because of actions we have already taken.»

They are very rapidly approaching levels consistent with a 2 - 2.4 degree Centigrade rise in average global temperatures which scientists believe could trigger far reaching and irreversible changes in our Earth, biosphere and oceans.»

Anders Celsius (1701 — 1744) A well - traveled Swedish astronomer and professor at Uppsala University, he invented the Celsius (also called centigrade) temperature scale.

In full thermal gear and dry suits, we paddled the edges of the Beagle Channel in 4 deg centigrade water with mountains surrounding us on all sides.

I just made these not realising that the oven temp is fahrenheit not centigrade: - / They are very brown!

Using LT - SEM, samples are frozen to temperatures below -170 degrees Centigrade where they can be placed in a vacuum and observed for many hours with no structural changes.

ACPI assumes a 1 percent annual increase in the rate of greenhouse gas concentrations through the year 2100, for little change in precipitation and an average temperature increase of 1.5 to 2 degrees centigrade at least through the middle of 21st century.

The car comes with a heat - absorbing front windshield on the S and VX trims which reduces cabin temperature by 6 degrees centigrade when parked under the sun for 20 minutes.

For example, [Kruss 1983] has this to say about the Lewis glacier on Mt. Kenya: «A decrease in the annual precipitation on the order of 150 mm in the last quarter of the 19th century, followed by a secular air temperature rise of a few tenths of a degree centigrade during the first half of the 20th century, together with associated albedo and cloudiness variation, constitute the most likely cause of the Lewis Glacier wastage during the last 100 years.»

The British newspaper The Independent, for example, reported in its Nov. 30 article about the Nature study that «the real evidence does point to a possible one degree Centigrade cooling over the next two decades.»

«Plenty of scientists think that in 100 years, average global temperatures could easily be 5 degrees centigrade higher than today.

Now a new scientific consensus is emerging - that the warming must be kept below an average increase of two degrees centigrade if catastrophe is to be avoided.

The strongest evidence in support of climate change is the melting of the polar ice caps, Langcake acknowledges, noting the temperature in Antarctica rose by 2.5 degrees centigrade between 1945 and 1995 and a Norwegian study supporting the idea of a rapidly accelerating melt at both poles, but claims this theory may not be borne out over a longer period.

«It may never return to its full glorious 70 degrees Centigrade level, but it probably climbed to make the Earth warm again.»

The average annual temperature at Plateau Station in central East Antarctica is -57 Centigrade (according to my National Geographic Atlas of the World, 7th Edition).

Interestingly though, there is also the incorrect usage of the word Centigrade instead of Celsius.

When temperatures for the warm El Niño years (pink lines) during 1980 - 1995 are compared to 1998 - 2010, there is a sudden increase of at least 0.2 o Centigrade (0.36 o Fahrenheit).

Of particular interest is transport near the plasma edge where the temperature can reach several million degrees Centigrade within a few centimeters.

Hansen says the two degree Centigrade upper limit to human - induced global warming, as agreed at the Paris climate summit in December 2015 — is not just unsafe.

I love layering, which is actually a necessity in the -20 centigrade temps in Bulgaria!

Black Safety Shoe with padded collar Padded tongue Antistatic Dual density polyurethane sole 200 joule Toe Protection Sole Resistant to heat to 200 degree centigrade Sole Resistant to oils, acids and alkalis

The blood samples will be fine if simply kept in a 4 degree centigrade refrigerator until is shipped on Monday, and formalin fixed tissue is stable at room temperature.

Enormous streams of lava sought their way to the sea via dry river beds; the upper part solidified, while inside the 1200 degrees Centigrade liquid lava kept moving.

Though you can still expect temperatures in the late 20s centigrade.

From November to March is the peak trekking season but all year round clement weather with temperatures averaging from 18 — 21 degrees centigrade makes trekking these highlands an extremely attractive pastime and locals claim never to have seen snow.

However, temperatures can drop below 20 degrees centigrade so be prepared for chilly nights.

To kill weed seeds the compost must be heated to 60º centigrade, either by heating it in an oven or steaming it.