Similarly, direct measurements
over the past century show that the oceans have warmed dramatically.
Not exact matches
= > nonsense as atheism has resulted in the deaths of
over 50 million in the last
century alone, and it has been
shown that «religion» (that's all religions) have only been responsible for 7 % of ALL wars to date (which would mean approximately 25 million in the
past 2000 years)
While average life expectancy has been rising steadily in most countries
over the
past century, new research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
shows that life expectancy declined significantly and rapidly in three countries where policy changes increased access to prescription opioids, alcohol or illicit drugs.
Timmerman and others
showed in 2013 that El Niños have been stronger in the last few decades than in any period
over the
past four
centuries.
Previous research has
shown the tropical Pacific has warmed
over the
past century due to increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Lenoir notes, for instance, that even though tree species did not
show much sign of movement
over the
past century, that climate change may affect the next generation.
The sawtooth pattern in the graphic
shows just that in careful CO2 measurements
over the
past half -
century or so: it builds during winter when deciduous trees are leafless, then declines in summer when the trees and vegetation take in the CO2 before the process starts building again the next fall.
«We have
shown that internal global climate - system variability accounts for at least 80 % of the observed global climate variation
over the
past half -
century.
While the planet's surface temperatures
over the
past century have risen to unprecedented levels, records have
shown a slowdown in the pace of warming
over the
past 15 years.
A review of the statistics
shows that despite spending on public education growing steadily
over the
past century, America's primary and secondary education achievements are mediocre.
A reporter asked me last night whether the US performance
over the
past half
century shows that no reforms work.
Just as it has
over the
past half a
century, the SEMA
show will continue to evolve.
Edith is the last of the Finch family, who have
shown over the
past century a certain proclivity for finding early and tragic deaths.
Over the
past decade the Frieze Art Fair has established itself as one of the world's greatest contemporary art fairs, but this year it's joined by Frieze Masters, a sister -
show featuring art from the ancient era to the 20th
century.
Contemporary ideas of domesticity are on trial in this group
show, as artists like LaToya Ruby Frazier, Robert Gober, and Paulina Olowska examine how our interiors have become more commercial and political
over the
past century.
The exhibition brings together almost 70 paintings by some 40 artists,
showing how the act of making a representational painting has been redefined
over the
past century, following the emergence of abstraction.
New paintings by fellow 20th -
century titan David Hockney are
shown at the Royal Academy in July, including 79 portraits of the flamboyant characters he has encountered in LA
over the
past two years.
Through new and historical works by 24 of the artists currently
shown by Lisson Gallery (out of more than 150 to have had solo
shows over the
past 50 years), this extensive presentation aims to collapse half a
century of artistic endeavour under one roof, while telescoping its original aims into an unknowable future.
«This is
showing us that,
over the
past century, most of Antarctica has not undergone the fairly dramatic warming that has affected the rest of the globe.
Personally I got convinced that warming was underway in the late 1990s after borehole measurements in rocks around the world, far away from civilization,
showed unmistakable evidence of warming
over the
past century... if you log temperature down the hole, you find that extra heat has been seeping down from the surface.
Such research dates back to 1991, when the Danish Meteorological Institute released a study
showing that world temperatures
over the
past several
centuries correlated very closely with solar cycles.
Every economic era has a catalyst, the use of the plow in the middle ages, the industrial development of steel
over the
past few
centuries, and our nation has
shown the ability to act together to address an issue, particularly if our strengths can utilized.
«
Century of Data Shows Intensification of Water Cycle but No Increase in Storms or Floods Released: 3/15/2006 12:13:21 PM» (excerpt) A review of the findings from more than 100 peer - reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods over the past c
Century of Data
Shows Intensification of Water Cycle but No Increase in Storms or Floods Released: 3/15/2006 12:13:21 PM» (excerpt) A review of the findings from more than 100 peer - reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods over the past cen
Shows Intensification of Water Cycle but No Increase in Storms or Floods Released: 3/15/2006 12:13:21 PM» (excerpt) A review of the findings from more than 100 peer - reviewed studies
shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods over the past cen
shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods
over the
past centurycentury.
For example, recent results from the Met Office do
show that there is a detectable human impact in the long - term decline in sea ice
over the
past 30 years, and all the evidence points to a complete loss of summer sea ice much later this
century.
Member of the team Alena Kimbrough says, «We've
shown ENSO is an important part of the climate system that has influenced global temperatures and rainfall
over the
past millennium... Our findings, together with climate model simulations, highlight the likelihood that
century - scale variations in tropical Pacific climate modes can significantly modulate radiatively forced shifts in global temperature.»
* Our burning of fossil fuels» That's a total lie, proven by the fact that you can't cite a single peer reviewed paper that empirically
shows that anthropogenic CO2 has been the primary cause of the climate warming
over the
past century.
A reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere temperature from stalagmites
shows that while the uncertainty range (grey area) is significant, the temperature in the latter 20th
Century exceeds the maximum estimate
over the
past 500 years (Smith 2006).
A
century of river flow records combined with an additional four to five
centuries of tree - ring data
show that the droughts
over the
past two decades were not unusual; longer and more severe droughts are a regular part of the climate variability in that part of the continent.
The forests of the eastern United States (including the Midwest) have been accumulating large quantities of carbon
over the
past century, 26 but evidence
shows this trend is slowing in recent decades.
Unfortunately, in their paper they neglected to
show how the Lake Tanganyika LST «closely tracks air temperatures
over the instrumental period» of the «
past half -
century».
«Our analysis
shows warming underway by 1800, large variations up and down throughout the 19th
century, and that variability on the 3 - 15 year scale has been dramatically decreasing
over the
past two
centuries.»
As Figure 3
shows, the body of scientific literature is still very consistent in finding that grenhouse gases have most likely caused more warming than has been observed
over the
past half
century, and thus that the IPCC has been too conservative in this respect.
The chart
shows the La Niña phase of the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dominant
over most of the
past millennium and an increase in El Niño frequency last
century.
Internal variability can only account for ~ 0.3 °C change in average global surface air temperature at most
over periods of several decades, and scientific studies have consistently
shown that it can not account for more than a small fraction of the global warming
over the
past century.
Contrary to the book's premise, multiple studies and surveys have
shown that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree that climate warming trends
over the
past century are due to human activities (NASA for example).
This slideshow
shows how well models predict
past temperature trends, and the extent to which human activity was the primary cause of warming
over the last
century.
According to NASA, «Multiple studies published in peer - reviewed scientific journals
show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate - warming trends
over the
past century are extremely likely due to human activities.»
Although climate models have been predicting increasing average global temperatures
over the next
century or so, the
past decade has not
shown as much warming as most scientists had expected.
Previous research has
shown the tropical Pacific has warmed
over the
past century due to increased greenhouse gas emissions.
While the specifics of the calculations of heat uptake
over the
past half
century continue to be refined, the sign of the heat uptake, averaged
over this period, seems secure — I am not aware of any published estimates that
show the oceanic heat content decreasing, on average,
over these 50 years.
Our study
shows that if corals can adapt to warming that has occurred
over the
past 40 to 60 years, some coral reefs may persist through the end of this
century,» said study lead author Cheryl Logan, Ph.D., an assistant professor in California State University Monterey Bay's Division of Science and Environmental Policy.
We've all seen the charts
showing how wealth distribution, always very uneven, has become much more uneven
over the
past half
century.
The new findings are the latest round in a politically charged dispute
over the «hockey stick,» a widely publicized graphic
showing that temperatures during the late 20th
century were likely higher than at any time in the
past 1,000 years.
Some of this climate change may be due to the CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels
over the
past century, although an inspection of regional climate data
shows most of the Sierra warming occurred from 1910 through the early 1930s, long before the major emissions.
The atlases together
show persistently drier - than - average conditions across north - central Europe
over the
past 1,000 years, and a history of megadroughts in the Northern Hemisphere that lasted longer during the Medieval Climate Anomaly than they did during the 20th
century.
We
show that water masses linked to North Pacific and Antarctic intermediate waters were warmer by 2.1 ± 0.4 °C and 1.5 ± 0.4 °C, respectively, during the middle Holocene Thermal Maximum than
over the
past century.
Florida State University's James Elsner said ground data
show every decade has been warmer than the last since the middle of the 20th
century and satellite data - based observations «
show continued warming
over the
past several decades.»
We
show that although increases in greenhouse - gas concentrations have driven the observed warming
over the
past century, approximately 60 % of the greenhouse - gas - induced warming has been offset by the combined response to other anthropogenic forcings, which is substantially greater than the fraction of global greenhouse - gas - induced warming that has been offset by these forcings.
These have
shown no correlation with growing human population, which increased by factors of 1.3,.18, and 4
over the respective
past three
centuries.
He has also
shown the effect of hurricanes of short duration, less than two or four days, on the trend of hurricanes
over the
past century.