Sentences with phrase «overall warming of the globe»

Firstly, the overall warming of the globe of nearly 1 degree C since 1900 is hardly «slight».

Only about 2 % of the planet's overall warming heats the atmosphere, so if we focus only on surface air temperatures, we miss 98 % of the overall warming of the globe.

Not exact matches

The January — December map of temperature anomalies shows that warmer - than - average temperatures occurred across the vast majority of the globe during 2015, combining to bring overall record warmth for 2015, at 0.90 °C (1.62 °F) above the 20th century average.

Yes, the Arctic warms and cools in consonant with the rest of the globe, but with much local excursions and plenty of weather noise and cyclical climate perturbations contributing to the overall picture.

This was due to a change in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation which entered its positive phase, warming the tropics, the west coast of North America and the globe overall.»

My conclusion is that a careful observation of weather patterns over the entire globe and, in particular, ascertaining whether there is a net average surface movement of air towards the poles or towards the equator should reveal whether there is an overall global warming or cooling trend at any particular time.

Here is what they say: «The balance between the cooling and warming actions of clouds is very close although, overall, averaging the effects of all the clouds around the globe, cooling predominates.»