Sentences with phrase «if global average»

If the global average infrared absorptive capacity of the atmosphere is not a useful measure of the greenhouse effect, then what is?

If the global average temperature during the YD was only about 0.6 C cooler than the Holocene Altithermal (see Shakun & Carlson), then it's hard to see how the cold NH / warm SH YD was anything * other * than an energy redistribution.

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.

In order to understand more about what the human impact of high - end climate change might be, and therefore what would happen if a successful agreement can not be reached at Copenhagen, the UK's Met Office Hadley Centre has produced a map outlining some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 °C (7 °F) above the pre-industrial climate average.

Put it this way: if global average temperature is within 1C of a small number of european thermometers 95 % of the time then european thermometer average + - 1C is your 95 % range.

One study estimates that there are likely to be places on Earth where unprotected humans without cooling mechanisms, such as air conditioning, would die in less than six hours if global average surface temperature rises by about 12.6 ° F (7 ° C).16 With warming of 19.8 - 21.6 ° F (11 - 12 ° C), this same study projects that regions where approximately half of the world's people now live could become intolerable.7

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].

Jim D, if one place has a 3 - sigma summer several degrees warmer than average, it must mean that another place or places are cooler, or the same place is cooler some other time of the year, if the global average has only increased by a fraction of a degree.

[though maybe they could somehow get higher concentration even if global average was so low - such as local condition could higher concentration than global.]

English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon (1561 — 1621) What happens if the global average wind speed changes by one kilometer per hour?

What happens if the global average wind speed changes by one kilometer per hour?

If global average temperature were to rise 2.5 °F (1.5 °C) above where it stood in pre-industrial times say earth scientist Anton Vaks of Oxford University and an international team of collaborators (and it's already more than halfway there), permafrost across much of northern Canada and Siberia could start to weaken and decay.

Up to 30 percent of plant and animal species could face extinction if the global average temperature rises more than roughly 3 to 5 °C.

It's not clear how far north such thawing might extend if global average temperatures continue to warm until they match those from long ago.

With an El Niño now under way — meaning warm surface waters in the Pacific are releasing heat into the atmosphere — and predicted to intensify, it looks as if the global average surface temperature could jump by around 0.1 °C in just one year.

Not exact matches

If all nations fully achieve their Paris pledges, however, the average global surface temperature in 2100 is expected to be 3.3 degrees.

Don't worry if it's a huge global corporation or included among the Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks.

Hoegh - Guldberg said scientific consensus was that hikes in carbon dioxide and the average global temperature were «almost certain to destroy the coral communities of the Great Barrier Reef for hundreds if not thousands of years».

If we assume a 2 - year average upgrade cycle for smartphones and growth trends remain the same, the global smartphone installed base will grow from 2.2 billion in 2014 to about 4.2 billion by the end of 2017, according to our estimates.

In December 2015, the world agreed to the Paris Accord; to slash greenhouse gas emissions to hold global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C (over what it was before the Industrial Revolution), and, if we miss that target, to as far below 2 degrees as possible.

If you take a look at the global corporate history, you will see that the large cap stocks, also known as Blue Chip stocks are by and far the most consistently high performers in the market, even when you average them across decades of performance data.

If nothing is done to prevent the expected rise of 2 degrees Celsius in global average temperatures by 2050:

Changes in the number of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere due to changes in solar activity can not explain global warming, as average cosmic ray intensities have been increasing since 1985 even as the world has warmed — the opposite of what should happen if cosmic rays produce climate - cooling clouds.

«The result is not a surprise, but if you look at the global climate models that have been used to analyze what the planet looked like 20,000 years ago — the same models used to predict global warming in the future — they are doing, on average, a very good job reproducing how cold it was in Antarctica,» said first author Kurt Cuffey, a glaciologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and professor of geography and of earth and planetary sciences.

If global warming continues unabated, by 2100, average global temperatures could rise by 4.25 degrees Celsius compared with current temperatures.

So if you think of going in [a] warming direction of 2 degrees C compared to a cooling direction of 5 degrees C, one can say that we might be changing the Earth, you know, like 40 percent of the kind of change that went on between the Ice Age; and now are going back in time and so a 2 - degree change, which is about 4 degrees F on a global average, is going to be very significant in terms of change in the distribution of vegetation, change in the kind of climate zones in certain areas, wind patterns can change, so where rainfall happens is going to shift.

Even if global warming is limited to these levels, changes in regional temperatures (and therefore climate change impacts) can vary significantly from the global average.

In their latest paper, published in the February issue of Nature Geoscience, Dr Philip Goodwin from the University of Southampton and Professor Ric Williams from the University of Liverpool have projected that if immediate action isn't taken, Earth's global average temperature is likely to rise to 1.5 °C above the period before the industrial revolution within the next 17 - 18 years, and to 2.0 °C in 35 - 41 years respectively if the carbon emission rate remains at its present - day value.

According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $ 10 - $ 40 billion per year today to up to $ 100,000 billion per year by the end of century, if no adaptation action is taken.

If we can rein in emissions enough to keep global average temperatures from rising 2 C (3.6 F), we can avert the biggest shocks to Earth's system, scientists say.

«Rises in global average temperatures of this magnitude will have profound impacts on the world and the economies of many countries if we don't urgently start to curb our emissions.

Global average temperatures will rise at least 4 °C by 2100 and potentially more than 8 °C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced according to new research published in Nature.

Global average temperatures will rise at least 4 degrees C by 2100 and potentially more than 8 degrees C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced, according to new research.

But average global temperatures will increase dramatically if nations just sit and wait until then, concludes the report, Redrawing the Energy - Climate Map.»

According to Flannery, even if we reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 70 percent by 2050, average global temperatures will increase between two and nine degrees by 2100.

First, Ramanan Laxminarayan of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in Washington DC and his colleagues calculate that if rich countries and China cap their use of antibiotics in farming at the global average, overall use in that sector should be 60 per cent lower in 2030.

Thereafter, global warming continues as if the AMOC never collapsed, but with a globally averaged temperature offset of about 0.8 °C.

The jist of this is that we must NOT suddenly switch off carbon / sulphur producing industries over the planet but instead we must first dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from every conceivable source, then gradually tackle coal / fossil fuel sources to smoothly remove the soot from the air to prevent a sudden leap in average global temps which if it is indeed 2.75 C as the UNEP predicts will permanently destroy the climates ability to regulate itself and lead to catastrophic changes on the land and sea.

If humanity does not act to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will continue to climb and Earth's average temperature will escalate.

For more than a decade, IPCC scientists have warned that many people will suffer greatly if Earth's average global temperature increases by more than 2 ° Celsius (3.6 ° Fahrenheit) over what was typical before the Industrial Revolution.

If we continue we'll soon get close to 560 [double the carbon dioxide concentration preceding the industrial revolution] or 2.3 (our estimate) to 3 (I.P.C.C.) degrees C. (4.1 - 5.4 degrees F.) global average surface air warming.

If long - term global warming is to be limited to a maximum of 2 °C elsius above preindustrial values, average annual per - capita emissions in industrialized nations will have to be reduced by around 80 - 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050.

Discerning moviegoers attracted by the sheer novelty of a woman director at the helm of such a big movie and willing to give Clooney the benefit of the doubt will ultimately be satisfied by the final product, but it remains to be seen if an average multiplex crowd can be wowed by a movie that sacrifices cheap thrills in favor of global relevance.

«Midnight Sun» Distributor: Global Road (Open Road) Budget (if reported): NA Release Date: March 23 Opening Theater Count: 2,173 Opening Average: $ 1,843 Current Gross: $ 9,561,064

«Show Dogs» Distributor: Global Road Budget (if reported): NA Release Date: May 18 Opening Theater Count: 3,212 Opening Average: $ 1,875 Current Gross: $ 6,484,073

If nothing is done to reverse global warming, the average temperature of the Earth should evolve from 15 ºC to 19 ºC in 2100.

According to the Paris Agreement, global emissions must peak by 2020 and then start declining if we want to keep average global temperature increase under 2 ° Celsius.

«Our position on [higher - resolution displays] is that we can give it to you if you want, but it's a question if the average human being appreciate a display that's higher resolution than 300 PPI,» said Giovanni Mancini, E Ink's Head of Global Marketing.

«If we adjust earnings to normal and apply an average P / E, you can finally build a decent portfolio today of global equities at a respectable long - term return,» he said.

You'll never get sued if it's obvious you're totally guessing what future taxes will be by using something as inaccurate as an average global rate on everything.