Sentences with phrase «cyclical warming»

Some probably is from continued cyclical warming out of the little ice age.

Also, as linked in the September 24, TWTW, the Antarctic Peninsula appears to undergo cyclical warming and cooling.

Predicting the impact of climate change on ecological communities is tricky, but predicting the impact of El Niño, the cyclical warming in the Pacific Ocean that affects temperature and rainfall around the globe, is even trickier.

We don't dispute the fact that there has been some cyclical warming in recent decades — most notably from 1979 to 1998 — but cooling took place from the 1940s to the late 1970s, again after 1998, and especially after 2001, all while CO2 rose.

The phenomenon is independent of the El Niño condition, the cyclical warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean every three to five years, which is not directly connected to climate change.

Actually, with the exception of 1998 - a «blip» year when temperatures spiked because of a strong «El Nino» effect (the cyclical warming of the southern Pacific that affects weather around the world)- the data on the Met Office's and CRU's own websites show that global temperatures have been flat, not for ten, but for the past 15 years.

«Students of history know that extreme weather and cyclical warming / cooling climate periods are an integral challenge for human life on earth.

«Actually, with the exception of 1998 — a «blip» year when temperatures spiked because of a strong El Niño effect (the cyclical warming of the southern Pacific that affects weather around the world)-- the data on the Met Office's and CRU's own websites show that global temperatures have been flat, not for 10, but for the past 15 years.»

Scientists think a cyclical warming of the Pacific Ocean, called El Niño, has also contributed to warmer winters.