Michaels also suggests that temperatures in 2015, while still being «
the highest average surface temperature in the 160 - year global history since reliable records started being available,» had a «de minimis» effect on the global economy.
You then point to the thermometer showing that when you added the atmosphere including the infrared gases, you had temperature reduction; and, that even though the slowing of cooling means
a higher average surface temperature,
It is not just a «delay»; the greenhouse effect reduces the rate of energy loss out into space (for a fixed surface temperature), requiring
a higher average surface temperature to restore radiative balance.
«the greenhouse effect reduces the rate of energy loss out into space (for a fixed surface temperature), requiring
a higher average surface temperature to restore radiative balance.»
Not exact matches
Under midrange projections for economic growth and technological change, the planet's
average surface temperature in 2050 will be about two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)
higher than its preindustrial value.
Land and Ocean Combined: The combined
average temperature over global land and ocean
surfaces for August 2014 was the record
highest for the month, at 61.45 °F (16.35 °C), or 1.35 °F (0.75 °C) above the 20th century
average of 60.1 °F (15.6 °C).
The global
average temperature over land and ocean
surfaces for January to October 2014 was the
highest on record, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
According to NOAA scientists, the globally
averaged temperature over land and ocean
surfaces for August 2014 was the
highest for August since record keeping began in 1880.
Maps of median TAE
averaged across 23 model simulations for (a) and (b) mean
surface air
temperature, (c) and (d)
highest daily maximum
temperature, (e) and (f) lowest daily minimum
temperature, (g) and (h) total precipitation, and (i), (j) maximum 1 - d precipitation for (a), (c), (e), (g) and (i) June - August and (b), (d), (f), (h) and (j) December - February.
Ocean Only: The August global sea
surface temperature was 1.17 °F (0.65 °C) above the 20th century
average of 61.4 °F (16.4 °C), the
highest on record for August.
Ocean Only: The June - August global sea
surface temperature was 1.13 °F (0.63 °C), above the 20th century
average of 61.5 °F (16.4 °C), the
highest for June - August on record.
Global
surface temperatures in 2016
averaged 14.8 degrees Celsius (58.64 °F), or 1.3 C (2.3 F)
higher than estimated before the Industrial Revolution ushered in wide use of fossil fuels, the EU body said.
During 2016,
average temperatures were the
highest reported since record keeping began in 1880, reaching 1.69 degrees F (0.94 degrees C) above the
average for land and sea
surfaces in the 20th century.
The team analyzed an index of sea
surface temperatures from the Bering Sea and found that in years with
higher than
average Arctic
temperatures, changes in atmospheric circulation resulted in the aforementioned anomalous climates throughout North America.
The June 2013 globally -
averaged temperature across ocean
surfaces was the 10th
highest in the 134 - year period of record, at 0.48 °C (0.86 °F) above the 20th century
average.
The
average temperature across land
surfaces was not far behind, at fifth
highest for June — August.
The
average global sea
surface temperature tied with 2010 as the second
highest for January — August in the 135 - year period of record, behind 1998, while the
average land
surface temperature was the fifth
highest.
With
higher levels of carbon dioxide and
higher average temperatures, the oceans»
surface waters warm and sea ice disappears, and the marine world will see increased stratification, intense nutrient trapping in the deep Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean) and nutrition starvation in the other oceans.
With records dating back to 1880, the global
temperature across the world's land and ocean
surfaces for August 2014 was 0.75 °C (1.35 °F)
higher than the 20th century
average of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F).
The western tropical Pacific is known as the «warm pool» with the
highest sea
surface temperature (SST) in the world (on
average).
«The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global land
surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began in 1880, at more than 1 degree Celsius
higher than
average for those months.
Annual
average GCR counts per minute (blue - note that numbers decrease going up the left vertical axis, because lower GCRs should mean
higher temperatures) from the Neutron Monitor Database vs. annual
average global
surface temperature (red, right vertical axis) from NOAA NCDC, both with second order polynomial fits.
The annually -
averaged temperature for ocean
surfaces around the world was 0.74 °C (1.33 °F)
higher than the 20th century
average, easily breaking the previous record of 2014 by 0.11 °C (0.20 °F).
The global
average surface temperature last year was 0.94 degree Celsius (1.69 degrees Fahrenheit)
higher than the 20th century
average of 13.9 ° C (57 ° F).
At that time, the
average temperature at the planet's
surface would have approached the boiling point of water — 100 degrees Celsius, about 75 degrees
higher than today.
The globally
averaged temperature over land and ocean
surfaces for February 2017 was the second
highest for the month.
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).
In August global sea
surface temperatures reached record levels — the
average temperature was 1.17 degrees Fahrenheit
higher than the 20th century
average.
The
average global
temperature across land
surfaces was 1.31 °C (2.36 °F) above the 20th century
average of 5.9 °C (42.6 °F), the fifth
highest November
temperature on record.
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 position of the upper - level ridges of
high pressure and troughs of low pressure — depicted by positive and negative 500 - millibar height anomalies on the December 2015 map — is generally reflected by areas of positive and negative
temperature anomalies at the
surface, respectively.
The globally
averaged temperature over land and ocean
surfaces for March 2017 was the second
highest for the month.
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 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 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.
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.
Much warmer - than -
average temperatures engulfed most of the world's oceans during June 2016, with record
high sea
surface temperatures across parts of the central and southwest Pacific Ocean, northwestern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and across parts of the northeastern Indian Ocean.
Similar to the March — May global land and ocean
surface temperature, the March — May land
surface temperature was also the fourth
highest three - month departure from
average for any three - month period on record.
The April globally
averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.44 °F above the 20th century monthly
average of 60.9 °F — the
highest global ocean
temperature for April in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.25 °F and besting 1998, the last time a similar strength El Niño occurred, by 0.43 °F.
The July globally
averaged sea
surface temperature was 1.42 °F above the 20th century monthly
average of 61.5 °F — the
highest global ocean
temperature for July in the 1880 — 2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.07 °F.
The July
temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the
surface) tied with 2010 as the second
highest for July in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.67 °F above the 1981 - 2010
average, as analyzed by UAH.
The May
temperature for the mid-troposphere (roughly 2 miles to 6 miles above the
surface) was the second
highest for May in the 1979 — 2016 record, at 0.83 °F above the 1981 — 2010
average, as analyzed by UAH.
The globally
averaged temperature over land and ocean
surfaces for 2015 was the
highest among all years since record keeping began in 1880.
During the final month, the December combined global land and ocean
average surface temperature was the
highest on record for any month in the 136 - year record.
Earth's
average surface temperature in 2017 placed as the second or third
highest on record, according to new analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).