Sentences with phrase «clear warming of the planet»

The two agencies use slightly different methods of assembling the global temperature data, leading to the slightly varying numbers, though both datasets show the clear warming of the planet.

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Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).
Our planet has warmed by 1 degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the century, but for reasons that aren't entirely clear, the Antarctic Peninsula — the stretch of land that reaches up toward South America — has warmed 4.5 degrees in just the past 50 years.
The past 11 months have been the hottest such months in 135 years of recordkeeping, a streak that has itself set a record and puts in clear terms just how much the planet has warmed due to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
February was the second hottest on record for the planet, trailing only last year's scorching February — a clear mark of how much the Earth has warmed from the accumulation of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
But it is cause for concern and provides a clear sign of how the planet is changing as the Earth warms.
There is no other place on the planet that offers such a large array of high quality surf, warm and crystal clear waters, and best of all no crowds.
Very clear and easy to understand but I have a question concerning the effect of an atmosphere that warms with height on a hypothetical planet.
With a warming planet, the parasite's range will presumably spread — meaning that if you're considering accepting a dare, or letting your kid indulge in adventurous eating in the garden... just steer clear of the slugs and snails.
However, when you look at all the «big picture» evidence of the global system it is clear that there is nothing «natural» about it, in fact it appears that the planet is in early stages of an abrupt change of climate from our «normal» system to one that is much warmer and tropical like.
In environmental circles there is a clear and correct recognition of the fact that the planet is warming at an astounding pace, yet, there is a perplexing denial of the ongoing climate engineering insanity (which is mathematically the greatest single negative influence on the climate system overall).
Though all available data makes clear that stratospheric aerosol geoengineering (SAG) can and does cool large regions temporarily, it comes at the cost of a worsened overall long term warming to the planet.
As long as humans continue to increase the greenhouse effect by burning massive quantities of fossil fuels, the planet will continue to warm, as is clear from the acceleration of global warming since 2000.
The questions facing worried experts: are we warming the atmosphere of our planet irreversibly with our industry, automobiles, and land clearing practices?
It is no surprise there is significant disagreement over the amount of warming estimated — as James Hansen and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies explain7, there is no clear definition of what we mean by absolute surface air temperature and wide variation in the estimated mean surface temperature of the planet.
The announcement came just days before the launch of Climate Week NYC 2013 and the September 30 release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s fifth climate science assessment, which will reportedly make it clear that the planet is warming due to human activities, according to the IPCC.
First, let me be clear about this reality: Planet Earth is warming because of human activity, because of us, and that is profoundly affecting the climate.
In this case, global warming is acting in concert with local clear - cutting to provide a dual threat to this great forest that is home to 14 million species and is one of the largest remaining carbon sinks on the planet.
It was clear that — after 12 decades of partition, 6 years of Nazi terror, and 44 years of Russian and Communist subjugation — few Poles are in any mood to have their lives, liberties, and living standards dictated by the European Union and United Nations, under the guise of «protecting the planet» from the supposed «ravages» of «cataclysmic» global warming (or «climate change» or «climate disruption» or whatever the catch - phrase of the week might be).
In fact, it clears up a long - standing uncertainty: just how much global warming − driven by prodigal human combustion of fossil fuels − is changing the rhythms of life in one zone of the planet.
This article includes numerous errors in the reporting of published peer reviewed science undertaken by the Met Office Hadley Centre and for Mr. Ten Charts That Make Clear The Planet Just Keeps Warming.
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