Sentences with phrase «seemingly small changes in temperature»

That may not sound like much, but the temperature difference between today's world and the last ice age was about 5C, so seemingly small changes in temperature can mean big differences for the Earth.

Not exact matches

Also connect with problem areas and things that may seem counterintuitive or unimaginable to people's lived experience — like scales for instance: of time, of large magnitudes and finiteness, of how seemingly small percentages of compounds or changes in temperature can have large impacts.

it is also well known that a seemingly small change (up or down) in absolute body temperature by only 1 % (3.1 K, or 5.6 F) would make one sicker than a dog, and, that a 2 % change in body temperature (up or down by 6.2 K, or 11.2 F) will virtually guarantee a dead body.

Even seemingly small changes in global temperature have far - reaching effects on sea level, atmospheric circulation, and weather patterns around the globe.

Essentially what this means is that those areas currently identified by their warm, humid climate will be particularly affected by a seemingly slight change in climate; these regions are disproportionately impacted by even the smallest changes in temperature, and the population will most likely be especially disturbed by future climate change.