Sentences with phrase «of accumulated heat»

In fact, the combination of a powerful El Niño event and the sudden re-emergence of accumulated heat from the tropical West Pacific has created unprecedented warmth over a vast expanse of ocean, stretching thousands of miles from coastal Peru to the Gulf of Alaska.

If, on the other hand, one rephrases the question and asks in terms of accumulated heat per incremental depth that would be a different matter.

Some of the accumulated heat will be released into the air above, the equilibrium has been disrupted, cooler surface, followed by more heat absorbing from the source above, and so on, result surface temperature oscillation (the AMO).

More than 90 percent of the accumulated heat due to climate change is ending up in the oceans and its effects are being acutely felt.

Acting as a safety valve of sorts, this response creates a negative radiative feedback that allows more of the accumulating heat to be released into space through the top of the atmosphere.

The reasons clearly lie in the shift in the distribution of the accumulating heat in the ocean to greater depths with less remaining on the surface.

Not exact matches

Brown - Butter Blender Hollandaise: In a small saucepan, heat 1 stick butter over medium - low until melted and lightly browned bits accumulate at the bottom of the pan.

Downside of polyester is that, they can accumulate heats which will be an issue during hot season.

By contrast, glaciers in intermediate conditions can easily get out of kilter, accumulating internal heat until enough meltwater builds up at their base to trigger a surge.

Because Charon's modern - day surface is mostly water ice, it makes sense that the 1212 - km - diameter moon once had a subsurface ocean kept liquid by heat from the radioactive decay of elements in its core, as well as by the heat generated from collisions of smaller bits when the moon first accumulated.

High power achieves a target temperature on the surface of the metal device quickly, before there is much time for heat to accumulate in surrounding tissues.

Tacking on industry in general, including producing cement, steel, plastics and chemicals, accounts for 78 percent of greenhouse gases, which invisibly accumulate in the atmosphere and trap extra heat.

While 2016 has gotten a boost from an exceptionally strong El Niño, the record temps are mostly the result of the excess heat that has built up in Earth's atmosphere due to accumulating greenhouse gases.

The continual warming of the planet's atmosphere as heat - trapping greenhouse gases accumulate is also a factor.

«As time goes on, the rate of burning in the power plant stays the same, but the carbon accumulates, so by the end of the year, the greenhouse gases will be heating the earth much more than the direct emissions of the power plant.»

Oceanographers may have solved one of the biggest sea mysteries in years: why the upper ocean didn't warm between 2003 and 2010, even as heat - trapping greenhouse gases accumulated in the air above.

The deposits are made up of layers of accumulated particles that were later buried, heated, and compressed.

While the planet's surface didn't warm as fast, vast amounts of heat energy continued to accumulate in the oceans and with the switch in the PDO, some of this energy could now spill back into the atmosphere.

While the purpose of the former is to accumulate excess calories, the latter is used to produce heat.

While an exceptionally strong El Niño helped to boost temperatures early in the year, most of the excess heat has built up over decades as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere.

The researchers will aim to find the genetic underpinnings of how plants react to stressors like drought, heat, pathogens and pests, as well as the salt that can accumulate in soils drying more quickly in a warming environment.

«The rise and fall in CERES and ERA - Interim net radiation and upper - ocean heating rates after 2007 (Figs 2 and 4) is entirely consistent with variability linked to ENSO (Fig. 3) and shows no evidence of a discrepancy between TOA net radiation and energy accumulating in Earth's climate system»

Because of it's much higher thermal mass the oceans will represent the largest single location where heat accumulates.

total ocean heat content to 2009 appears to be about 20 × 10 to the 22nd power J. which I take it means Levitus et.al could be ignoring 8 % or so of the heat accumulating in the ocean.

Warmer ocean temperatures are also one of the hallmarks of global warming as most of the heat the planet is accumulating is ending up in ocean.

As greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere and trap heat, Alaska could see its average annual temperature rise another 6 °F to 12 °F (3 °C to 7 °C) by the end of the century depending on the location.

This is consistent with the amount of heat accumulating in the ocean.

Another way to calculate the energy imbalance is to add up all the heat accumulating in the various parts of our climate.

While measurements of ocean heat going down to 700 metres have showed declining heat accumulation, von Schuckmann 2009 shows that measurements of ocean heat going down to 2000 metres find the oceans have been steadily accumulating heat at 0.77 W / m2 from 2003 to 2008.

From 2003 to 2008, the world's oceans have been accumulating heat at a rate of 0.77 W / m2.

The steady rise of Earth's temperature as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere and trap more and more heat is sending the planet spiraling closer to the point where warming's catastrophic consequences may be all but assured.

Oceans are cooling «Ocean heat touches on the very core of the AGW hypothesis: When all is said and done, if the climate system is not accumulating heat, the hypothesis is invalid.

«We use a massive ensemble of the Bern2.5 D climate model of intermediate complexity, driven by bottom - up estimates of historic radiative forcing F, and constrained by a set of observations of the surface warming T since 1850 and heat uptake Q since the 1950s... Between 1850 and 2010, the climate system accumulated a total net forcing energy of 140 x 1022 J with a 5 - 95 % uncertainty range of 95 - 197 x 1022 J, corresponding to an average net radiative forcing of roughly 0.54 (0.36 - 0.76) Wm - 2.»

Is it when the leak is of such a large volume but not large enough that the engine just doesn't operate at all so at least the engine goes through enough combustion cycles to accumulate enough heat to drive an overheat scenario?

The resulting extra exhaust heat rids particulate filters of accumulated contaminants.

Since 2009, 14 of the 18 primary suppliers have violations to the Animal Welfare Act, including shelters with very high temps, excessive feces, no heat, unlicensed personnel performing surgeries, unattended bite wounds, poor ventilation, feet dangling in wire floors, dirty dogs, accumulated grime and lack of veterinary care.

Chart: 11 of the 16 suppliers during 2009 - 2010 have non-compliances including excessive feces, no heat, performing surgeries, unattended bite wounds, excessive body and ear hair matts, low voltage fencing, minimum floor space, cats with backbone and ribs showing, dirty dogs, lack of bedding and shade, accumulated grime and lack of veterinary care.

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Burt Armstrong @ 16, you are very much on the right track, but think more in terms of accumulating ocean heat content and rising sea surface temperatures.

Now anyone can see from the data that the ocean heat capacity (OHC) has been accumulating energy at a rate on the order of 0.5 to 1 W / m ^ 2.

This could in turn help clarify the oceanic pathways for much of the heat added to the Earth's climate system by accumulating greenhouse gases.

It can shift the balance, causing more of the heat buildup in the system to accumulate in one reservoir rather than the other.

Realize that as long as the Earth accumulates heat, there is no pause in warming regardless of what part of the Earth the heat goes to

The vast majority of research in recent decades on the carbon dioxide buildup has been focused on the atmospheric impacts of the accumulating greenhouse - gas blanket even though the vast majority of the heated trapped by these gases has gone first into the seas — and the drop in seawater pH driven by CO2 has been a clear signal of substantial environmental change.

But heat - trapping gases that have accumulated in the atmosphere, largely from the burning of fossil fuels, have become a dominant force, pushing the Earth's climate out of its normal range.

Even if ocean surface temperatures fall as in (3), heat continues to accumulate in the earth system until the amount of outgoing radiation at the top of atmosphere equals the amount of incoming radiation there.

This is your hardest question to answer, as the question seems to presuppose their are other sources of heat that are warming up the earth other than global warming due to CO2, methane, nitrous oxide (from agriculture and fertilisers) and CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons, from refrigerants etc) accumulating in the atmosphere from mankind's various activities.

They document clearly how our burning of fossil fuels is releasing carbon dioxide and a series of other gases, which are accumulating in the atmosphere and keeping in more and more heat.

If it trapped heat energy then it would not let it go and all the heat would have accumulated in it for billions of years.

Some climate scientists see compelling arguments for accumulating heat and added water vapor fueling the kinds of turbulent storms that spawn tornadoes.