Sentences with phrase «previous record year»

What's particularly striking, scientists say, is that 2014 was so hot without the benefit of an El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that can periodically bump up global temperatures a bit — as happened in previous record years like 2010 and 2005 and 1998.

NSIDC scientists Julienne Stroeve and Ted Scambos indicated that a cooler summer prevented the dramatic ice melt seen in previous record years.

That's more than twice the tally for 2010, and about $ 115 billion more than in the previous record year of 2005, according to a report from Munich Re, a reinsurance group in Germany.

The previous record year - on - year increase was 3.7 ppm in 1998.

What sets this melt season apart from 2007 is that unlike during the previous record year, the weather conditions throughout the melt season were not particularly favorable for melting.

The pattern is oscillation with a downward trend but around 2007, the previous record year for minimum extent, there's a big drop, then another one in 2010.

That's more than twice as many vehicles sold in 2008, the previous record year.

Conducted by Digi - Capital Global Games Investment, the review states that the run - rate for M&A's is 40 per cent higher than in 2011, the previous record year.

What sets this melt season apart from 2007 is that unlike during the previous record year, the weather conditions throughout the melt season were not particularly favorable for melting.

This means that it is more likely than not that 2010 will be the warmest year in the instrumental record, beating the previous record year which was 1998.

Not only does this low - pressure area, or cyclone, look bigger, more intense and longer - lasting than the one from last year, the ice also seems to be in a weaker state than ever, as evidenced by the fact that 2012 trend lines on both sea ice area and sea ice extent graphs track lower than previous record years, despite weather that until recently would completely stall the decline.

2007, shown in solid blue, is far below the previous record year of 2005, shown as a dashed line; September 2007 was 39 % below where we would expect to be in an average year, shown in solid gray.

The top panels are for the new record year, 2016; the bottom panels are for the previous record year, 2005.

Following a dip in 2009, caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 gigatonnes, which represents a five per cent jump from the previous record year, 2008.

The extreme temperatures come on the heels of Australia's hottest year on record, beating the previous record year of 2005, with mean temperatures 1.2 C (2.2 F) above the 1961 - 90 average.

The latest record means that 2014 — the previous record year — only officially held that title for one year.

While the financial crisis of 2009 was bad for economies, it was good for the environment, but the recovery - largely powered by emerging economies like China and India - has seen emissions jump 5 % over the previous record year, 2008, to 30.6 Gigatonnes (Gt).