Sentences with phrase «monitoring global climate trends»
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A low confidence in climate attribution results mainly from lack of monitoring, lack of a clear precipitation response, and inconsistency between the direction of reported trends and trends documented in global observational products over the default period.
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Although last month was «the fifth warmest September in the satellite record» due to the effects of a «monster El Nino», «the global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade,» according to the latest report from the University of Alabama / Huntsville's Earth System Science Center, which monitors advanced microwave sounding units installed on NOAA and NASA satellites.
Monitoring trends in biogeochemical indicators such as chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient concentrations is crucial for evaluating the oceans» response to global climate change and its effects on marine ecosystems.