Sentences with phrase «successive degree of warming»

But because the ice sheet is steep at its edges but flatter toward the middle, each successive degree of warming exposes a larger area of ice to melting than the last.

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Anthropogenic warming in the post — war period was some 0.4 degrees K. 1944 and 1998 being the peaks of 2 successive 20 to 30 year warm Pacific Ocean regimes — as seen in both sea surface and surface temperature records.
Anthropogenic warming in the post — war period was some 0.4 degrees K — 1944 and 1998 being the peaks of 2 successive 20 to 30 year Pacific Ocean regimes — as seen in surface temperature records.
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