Sentences with phrase «exceeded global average»

The report finds that the U.S. is particularly vulnerable to projected sea level rise; areas such as the Northeast and western Gulf of Mexico could face rates that exceed global average sea level rise.

«suggesting that Arctic warming will continue to greatly exceed the global average over the coming century, with concomitant reductions in terrestrial ice masses and, consequently, an increasing rate of sea level rise.»

The authors of the Nature study (Thomas et al.) did a fine job with the 2004 paper — I really don't find it at all hard to imagine that drastic shifts in climate — with regional variations far exceeding the global average — will force species and populations to adjust.

This rate of sea level rise exceeds the global average of approximately 8 inches (see Ch.

Although the energy consumption of developing countries in other regions is expected to grow at a slower pace than in Asia, rates are still expected to exceed the global average (Table 1).

While the warming at the north pole exceeds the global average, the south pole shows little or no anomaly.

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Regionally, Asia - Pacific has proved to be the most active market for online grocery industries and has constantly exceeded the global adoption average of the online retailing options.

February exceeded the 1.5 °C target at 1.55 °C, marking the first time the global average temperature has surpassed the sobering milestone in any month.

He predicted that by year's end, the average global temperature would exceed the previous record by 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

2017 is also the 41st consecutive year that global surface temperatures exceeded the average for the 20th century, according to NOAA.

«China now emits more than the US and EU combined and has CO2 emissions per person 45 % higher than the global average, exceeding even the EU average,» said Robbie Andrew, a co-author of the studies based at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research — Oslo (CICERO) in Norway.

Granted, while the globally averaged annual temperatures for the years since the record warm year of 1998 have not exceeded the 1998 record, the global temperatures since 1998 have remained high, ranking as the second, third and fourth warmest years of the last 125 years (and quit possibly the last 2,000 + years).

This is the first time in the NOAA record that a monthly temperature departure from average exceeded 1 °C or reached 2 °F and the second widest margin by which an all - time monthly global temperature record has been broken.

Third, using a «semi-empirical» statistical model calibrated to the relationship between temperature and global sea - level change over the last 2000 years, we find that, in alternative histories in which the 20th century did not exceed the average temperature over 500-1800 CE, global sea - level rise in the 20th century would (with > 95 % probability) have been less than 51 % of its observed value.

With humanity's ecological footprint of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person means to say that to sustain the current population on Earth of 7 billion people would take 18.9 billion gha (2.7 gha x 7 billion people) which is higher than the 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water on Earth, a fact that indicates that already exceeded the regenerative capacity of the planet in the average level of current world consumption.

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... 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.

Granted, while the globally averaged annual temperatures for the years since the record warm year of 1998 have not exceeded the 1998 record, the global temperatures since 1998 have remained high, ranking as the second, third and fourth warmest years of the last 125 years (and quit possibly the last 2,000 + years).

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.

There is medium confidence that approximately 20 to 30 percent of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average warming exceed 1.5 to 2.5 °C (relative to 1980 to 1999).

A new forecast published by the Met Office indicates the annual global average temperature is likely to exceed 1 °C and could reach 1.5 °C during the Read more

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

In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the monthly global average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time since it had been compiling the data in 1979.

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 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.»

For instance, it found that for the year 2040 on the worst - case emissions pathway, the global average sea - level rise would be 0.2 meters (0.65 feet), but «more than 90 percent of coastal areas will experience sea level rise exceeding the global estimate.»

According to estimates released this week by Guido van der Werf on the Global Fire Emissions Database, there have been nearly 100,000 active fire detections in Indonesia so far in 2015, which since September have generated emissions each day exceeding the average daily emissions from all U.S. economic activity.

He warned that, if global average temperature exceeded «about 3.5 ºC, model projections suggest significant extinctions (40 % — 70 % of species assessed) around the globe» [italics added].

In addition to its incredible efficiency 10 % higher than the global average, the plant has achieved extremely high availability, particularly during the second year of operation with a 97 % availability rate (excluding planned outages), exceeding its target rate while allowing TNB to reliably deliver full base load to the grid.

1) You correct my question to something I would paraphrase as: «There is some question as to how the global trend of «windy — calm» averages to zero, although the magnitude and extent of the positive - trending areas would seem to exceed those of the negative - trending areas.

In November, delegates to the UN Climate Change Convention annual negotiations will gather in Paris to try to conclude an ambitious and effective agreement on preventing the global average temperature rise caused by greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 2 ˚C above its pre-industrial level.

2) There is some question as to how the global trend of windy — calm» averages to zero, although the magnitude and extent of the positive - trending areas would seem to exceed those of the negative - trending areas.

While the richest income class in this study, earning more than 30,000 rupees a month, produce slightly less than the global average CO2 emissions of 5 tonnes, this amount already exceeds the sustainable global average CO2 emissions of 2.5 tonnes per capita that needs to be reached to limit global warming below 2 degrees centigrade.

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.

Further, we have no plan to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, even as we sign on to global statements about the need to keep greenhouse gases from rising above 450 ppm in the atmosphere to keep global average temperatures from exceeding a growth of 2 degrees C.

As pointed out in a statement by Berkeley Earth, recent years, including 2017, already have had global average surface temperatures that exceeded 1 degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels (1850 - 1900).

Roughly 20 - 30 % of those species assessed so far are likely to be at high risk of irreversible extinction if global average temperature exceeds 1.5 - 2.5 °C.

Global average temperatures have now exceeded the 20th - century average every month for the past 32 years!

It declared that «global average temperatures should not exceed 2 degrees above pre-industrial level».

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.

This global map provides a snapshot of regions of the Earth that exceeded long - term average temperatures.

Global average warming over the 21st century «will substantially exceed even the warmest Holocene conditions, producing a climate state not previously experienced by human civilizations.»

Indeed, if one excludes carbon, global biocapacity exceeds the footprint of consumption by about 45 % in 2008 (the latest year for which data are available) and by an average of 69 % over the period from 1961 to 2008.

If we exceed the world carbon budget of one trillion tons burned (RCP 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5), the models project the planet will keep warming and it will be virtually impossible to bring global average temperature back under the two degrees Celsius threshold.

Scientists have recorded that monthly global average CO2 concentrations has exceeded 400 ppm in March 2015.

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.»