Sentences with phrase «record warmth of»

«This long - term trend is the main cause for the record warmth of 2015 and 2016, surpassing all previous years — even ones with strong El Niño events — in the HadCRUT4 global temperature record.»

Other writers used the long - standing record warmth of 1998 to claim similarly that «warming had stopped» in that particular year.

In 1999 NASA's James Hansen agreed: «It is clear that [in the USA] 1998 did not match the record warmth of 1934.»

This value was the second highest global ocean temperature for November in the 1880 — 2016 record, 0.34 °F lower than the record warmth of November 2015.

This value was the second highest global ocean temperature for October in the 1880 — 2016 record, 0.25 °F lower than the record warmth of October 2015.

This was the fifth highest for November in the 1880 — 2016 record, 0.41 °F cooler than the record warmth of November 2015 when El Niño conditions were strong.

This was the second highest for September in the 1880 — 2016 record, 0.07 °F cooler than the record warmth of 2015 when El Niño conditions were strengthening.

This was the second highest for September — November in the 1880 — 2016 record, 0.32 °F cooler than the record warmth of 2015.

This October was 0.47 °F cooler than the record warmth of October 2015 when El Niño conditions were strengthening.

This tied 2002 as the second warmest year on record, behind the record warmth of last year, in a record that dates back to 1925.

With the contribution of such record warmth at year's end and with 10 months of the year record warm for their respective months, including the last 8 (January was second warmest for January and April was third warmest), the average global temperature across land and ocean surface areas for 2015 was 0.90 °C (1.62 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F), beating the previous record warmth of 2014 by 0.16 °C (0.29 °F).

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Europe experienced its second warmest year, behind only the record warmth of 2014.

The strong El Niño and record warmth of the Indian Ocean influenced the temperatures in this region during the year.

Not exact matches

A key Atlantic Ocean current that carries warmth into the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere has slowed down by 15 % since the mid-20th century and hit a «new record...

And sometimes, that kind of insistence of hyper - processing can take all of the warmth out of a record.

All the way back in the 1980s, audiophiles were pointing out that those newfangled digital CDs lacked the subtlety and warmth of the best vinyl recordings.

At the same time, thermistors buried several meters into the ice at the AMIGOS site recorded a pulse of warmth — suggesting that water from snowmelt was percolating down.

August's warmth spread into September, contributing to the warmest year to date for the globe, but not enough to continue the recent 16 - month streak of record warmth.

Record warmth was observed across much of the central and western equatorial Pacific along with sections scattered across the eastern Pacific and regions of the western Indian Ocean, particularly notable in the waters east of Madagascar.

A detailed, long - term ocean temperature record derived from corals on Christmas Island in Kiribati and other islands in the tropical Pacific shows that the extreme warmth of recent El Niño events reflects not just the natural ocean - atmosphere cycle but a new factor: global warming caused by human activity.

Record warmth was observed in parts of the Arctic Seas, the central Sea of Okhotsk, part of the equatorial western Pacific, and a region in the central southern Pacific.

According to the Land & Ocean Temperature Percentiles map above, monthly record warmth was observed over much of northern Canada, far northwestern Russia, southern Japan, the Philippines, part of southwestern China, and central southern Africa.

The biggest area of anomalous warmth in February was the Arctic, which also had record - low sea ice levels during January and February.

But I don't think any of us expected such remarkable and persistent record - breaking warmth,» Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State and a co-author on a recent study on the issue, said in an email.

Record warmth was observed over various regions of the world's land surfaces, including Central America, the northern half of South America, parts of northern, southern, and eastern Europe stretching into western Asia, a large section of east central Siberia, regions of eastern and southern Africa.

The year started out with record and near - record warmth across most of the West, and record and near - record cold in the Midwest and Northeast.

The satellite record agrees with the CRU record — at least as far as the relative warmth of 2005 to previous years is concerned.

Record warmth was found in parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South Africa and North America.

Despite a near - average winter precipitation total for California, Oregon, and Washington, the record warmth caused most of the precipitation to fall as rain and not snow, which had implications on the drought intensification and water resource crisis during the warm months.

Record warmth for the year was particularly notable in large parts of the northeastern and equatorial Pacific, a large swath of the western North Atlantic, most of the Indian Ocean where a positive Indian Ocean dipole prevailed, and parts of the Arctic Ocean.

In Japan, record high temperatures were observed across the eastern portion of the country in April, with the record warmth spreading to the northern regions in May as well.

The warmth was due to the near - record strong El Niño that developed during the Northern Hemisphere spring in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean and to large regions of record warm and much warmer - than - average sea surface temperatures in parts of every major ocean basin.

Large swaths of the globe were painted red by warmth to the point where it's easier to talk about where the heat wasn't (that would be Antarctica, Scandinavia, East Africa and a few parts of Russia for the record).

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.

Record warmth was most notable over much of South America, the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, much of the central western Atlantic, and most of the Indian Ocean.

Most of Earth's land surfaces were warmer than average or much warmer than average, according to the Land & Ocean Temperature Percentiles map above, with record warmth notable across most of equatorial and northeastern South America and parts of southeastern Asia.

The highest temperature anomalies (more than 5 °C / 9 °F above the 1981 — 2010 average) were observed across much of northern Eurasia and eastern North America, driving much the global record warmth.

Strong El Niño conditions were present across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean during November 2015, as evidenced by record warmth across much of this region.

Least unexpected observations: (Joint winners) 2008 near - record minima in Arctic sea ice extent, last decade of record warmth, long term increases in ocean heat content, record increases in CO2 emissions.

Record warmth was observed across most of the Indian Ocean, where a positive Indian Ocean dipole has been in place since early 2014, and across much of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, where a strong El Niño developed.

Record high sea surface temperatures across most of the Indian Ocean, along with parts of the Atlantic Ocean, and southwest Pacific Ocean contributed to the May warmth.

Record high sea surface temperatures across most of the North Indian Ocean, along with parts of the central equatorial and southwest Pacific Ocean contributed to the April warmth.

But as temperatures rise and sea ice levels drop to record lows, more of the dark ocean is exposed, and the sun's warmth is absorbed instead of reflected.

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Yes, the planet witnessed its hottest May on record, its eighth straight month of unsurpassed warmth, according to NASA.

During the first five months of this year, record warmth and near - record warmth has been observed all over the world.

The first 100 days of 2016 were record warm for many spots around Alaska, continuing a pattern of warmth that has gripped the state over much of the last three years and looks to continue for at least the next few months.

That incredible warmth helped contribute to January and February successively setting the record for the most anomalously warm months globally in more than 130 years of record keeping.

Evidence for regional warmth during medieval times can be found in a diverse but more limited set of records including ice cores, tree rings, marine sediments, and historical sources from Europe and Asia, but the exact timing and duration of warm periods may have varied from region to region, and the magnitude and geographic extent of the warmth are uncertain.

A bonanza of heat records fell throughout February in almost all quarters of the U.S. and research released on Wednesday shows that this pervasive spring - like warmth was made possible by climate change.