The phrase
"natural fluctuations" refers to the normal and expected variations or changes that occur naturally in a system or process. It denotes the regular ups and downs, or back-and-forth movement, without any influence or intervention from external factors.
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It is entirely consistent with our understanding of
natural fluctuations of the climate within a trend of continued long - term warming.
The data on
past natural fluctuations are often murky, and the ability of scientists to discern the cause of short - term changes in particular places remains limited.
Any GHG - induced warming to date still lies within this range, but the projected man - made warming over the coming century will be significantly larger and faster than
recent natural fluctuations.
At this point, the effects of
natural fluctuations in water availability in the form of extreme weather events become even more potentially disruptive than normal.
Natural fluctuations of CO2 are well documented and we are continuously learning how climate change deep in earth history can inform present day changes.
Human - driven global warming is almost certainly playing a growing role in the region, although experts still say there are
large natural fluctuations involved as well (darn, more hedges).
(5) A 65 years filtering removes long term
natural fluctuations such as AMO and PDO but does not provide any demonstration that remaining warming is driven by CO2 and / or human emissions.
Greenhouse gas forcing is found to be the dominant cause of the observed increases in IPWP intensity and size, whereas
natural fluctuations associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation have played a smaller yet significant role.
Environmental groups and other supporters of the new management system say it allows a
more natural fluctuation in water levels and will help restore thousands of acres of wetlands that have been harmed by the previous plan.
There has been speculation that the reason could be astronomical variations, but we can now rule this out as the large fluctuation during the ice age behave in the same «fractal» way as the
other natural fluctuations across the globe,» Peter Ditlevsen.
Rising anthropogenic, or human - caused, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have up to twice the impact on coastal estuaries as it does in the oceans because the human - caused CO2 lowers the ecosystem's ability to
absorb natural fluctuations of the greenhouse gas, a new study suggests.
Scientists don't expect every year to be warmer than the last, as
natural fluctuations like La Niña can have a cooling influence, but overall manmade warming tips the odds in favor of record hot over record cold.
El Niño's center of action appears to be shifting from the eastern to the central Pacific, which in turn is affecting the distribution and frequency of weather events.7 However, due to the
wide natural fluctuations within circulation patterns, it is difficult to attribute recent changes solely to human activity.
El Niño's center of action appears to be shifting from the eastern to the central Pacific, which in turn is affecting the distribution and frequency of weather events.7 However, due to the wide
natural fluctuations within circulation patterns, it is difficult to attribute recent changes solely to human activity.
«They're an illustration of what we expect to see more of in the future,
when natural fluctuations are intensified by global warming.»
Lonstein says many early studies measured hormone levels in women's blood and tried to determine
whether natural fluctuations were associated with the risk of postpartum depression.
The study revealed
important natural fluctuations in climate have occurred over past millennia, which would have naturally led to climatic cooling today in the absence of human activity.
But, between 1900 and 2012, they concluded that humanity's temperature - changing influence paled in comparison with that of the
intense natural fluctuations of the wild winds and waters of the world's largest ocean.
To see any real trend at all, we have to average over a long enough period to have some chance of reducing the «noise» of
natural fluctuations substantially below the «signal» of a long - term warming trend, and that means at least two solar cycles — i.e. 22 years at a bare minimum, and preferably 30.
So, why has there been no reduction of heat content in the air and sea,
despite natural fluctuations, like a double - dip La Nina and low solar output, being largely downward?