Sentences with phrase «rapid than the predictions»

«Climate models have predicted a retreat of the Arctic sea ice; but the actual retreat has proven to be much more rapid than the predictions,» said Claire Parkinson, a climate researcher at NASA Goddard.

Climate scientist Claire Parkinson, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, says, «Climate models have predicted a retreat of the Arctic sea ice; but the actual retreat has proven to be much more rapid than the predictions.

Not exact matches

The result: «without rapid and massive action,» we will see an almost 10 degree rise in temperatures by 2100, more than double earlier predictions of a 4 degree rise.

The IPCC 2007 Fourth Assessment of climate change science concluded that large reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, principally CO2, are needed soon to slow the increase of atmospheric concentrations, and avoid reaching unacceptable levels.However, climate change is happening even faster than previously estimated; global CO2 emissions since 2000 have been higher than even the highest predictions, Arctic sea ice has been melting at rates much faster than predicted, and the rise in the sea level has become more rapid.

Dr. Latif is not making any predictions about what will happen after 2015 — other than that the long - term temperature warming trend driven by anthropogenic GHGs will continue and that the near - term temperature trend must catch up with the long - term trend, likely during a period of rapid warming.