Sentences with phrase «rising multiple degrees»

All in all we can imagine the Earth's climate took a pounding, with temperatures rising multiple degrees *, precipitation patterns changing over an already large [thus dry] continent, acidification and anoxia increasing in the oceans — and that this must have had large effects on the terrestrial biosphere too.

Not exact matches

In fact, the mitigation pledges collected under the ongoing Cancun Agreements, conceived during the 2010 climate talks, would lead to global average temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius, according to multiple analyses — and may not lead to a peaking of greenhouse gas emissions this decade required to meet that goal.

Bergeron describes exertional heatstroke as «a clear medical emergency affecting multiple body systems,» which usually occurs when the body's core temperature rises above 104 degrees.

When a pet's internal temperature rises above 106 degrees F and climbs to (107 — 109), multiple organ dysfunction occurs and can be life threatening.

Events, whether of a significant size or multiple smaller ones, play a key role in limiting global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius.