Sentences with phrase «local average temperatures rise»

By the end of this century, according to the new research, some «megapolitan» regions of the U.S. could see local average temperatures rise by as much as 3 degrees Celsius, in addition to whatever global warming may do.

Not exact matches

with local weather patterns, but the consistent rise in average global temperatures.
Cuomo joined California in signing on to the Under 2 MOU, an agreement between states, provinces and local governments across the world to cap the rising average temperature by the year 2100.
The point is that comparing local averages of past with local extremes of the present selects strongly cases where the local temperatures have risen more than the average of all locations even in absence of extremes.
Like in school when the class average mark goes up 10 marks does not mean that the whole class got exactly 10 marks more, the actual local temperature rise will depend on your location, wind patterns etc..
The glacier remained relatively stable from 1960 to 2002, coinciding with cooler - than - average local summer temperatures through the mid - 1990s.3 After local summer temperatures began to rise, around 1995, Kangerdlugssuaq's speed more than doubled, from an average of 49 feet (15 meters) per day in 2001 to 131 feet (40 meters) per day in 2005.6
They show the projected local temperature change (on the y - axis) for every degree of global average temperature rise (x-axis).
The important line to note is the dashed black line, which indicates how local temperatures would change if they rose at the same rate as the global average.
IMHO the emphasis on global average surface temperature in recent times, while understandable (if it really does rise 3 + K this century, the emphasis will have been justified) distracts from other issues that are just as important for local climate (which is what we all actually experience).
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