Sentences with phrase «with average temperatures increasing»

As a result, the Earth has warmed at an alarming rate over the past century, with average temperatures increasing by more than 0.8 °C (1.5 °F).

According to a recent Climate Central analysis, Colorado was the 20th - fastest warming state between 1970 and 2011, with average temperatures increasing by about 0.5 °F per decade.

Not exact matches

In a small study at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, fertility researchers found that men who sat with working laptops on their laps for an hour had an average increase in scrotal temperature of about 5 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 2.7 degrees Celsius.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;

Increases in average temperature and rainfall were associated in Zanzibar with higher numbers of cholera cases within a definite time period.

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.

The findings were not a total surprise, with future projections showing that even with moderate climate warming, air temperatures over the higher altitudes increase even more than at sea level, and that, on average, fewer winter storm systems will impact the state.

Combining the asylum - application data with projections of future warming, the researchers found that an increase of average global temperatures of 1.8 °C — an optimistic scenario in which carbon emissions flatten globally in the next few decades and then decline — would increase applications by 28 percent by 2100, translating into 98,000 extra applications to the EU each year.

The average summer temperature in Boston stands to increase by as much as 14 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, bringing with it a sharp rise in the number of deadly hot spells.

In other words, a drop of 10 °C in the average temperature over seven days, which is common in several countries because of seasonal variations, is associated with an increased risk in being hospitalized or dying of heart failure of about 7 percent in people aged over 65 diagnosed with the disease..

All told, the consortium estimates that current policies around the globe translate into a 3.6 °C increase in average temperatures by 2100, compared with preindustrial levels, well above the 2 °C threshold often noted by scientists, or the 1.5 °C goal set out in Paris.

Southern Ocean seafloor water temperatures are projected to warm by an average of 0.4 °C over this century with some areas possibly increasing by as much as 2 °C.

«What we found was that when the difference of the monthly average temperature in the current month compared with the previous one month increased by 1 degree, there was a 3 per cent increase in suicide in Brisbane and Sydney,» Dr Qi said.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperatures.

The second simulation overlaid that same weather data with a «pseudo global warming» technique using an accepted scenario that assumes a 2 - to 3 - degree increase in average temperature, and a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

«With increasing average temperatures across the globe being predicted to have negative impacts on agricultural productivity, it is important to understand more about how plants regulate their growth,» said Associate Professor Balasubramanian, School of Biological Sciences, which was also echoed by Dr. Carlos Alonso Blanco, who co-lead the investigation at National Center of Biotechnology (CSIC) from Spain.

As well as this, increased average temperatures and more erratic rainfall could become be the «new normal» according to the report — with significantly less rainfall in the Mediterranean, Madagascar and the Cerrado - Pantanal in Argentina.

This new research takes away the lower end of climate sensitivity estimates, meaning that global average temperatures will increase by 3 °C to 5 °C with a doubling of carbon dioxide.»

He noted that the average global temperature compared with the early 1900s is now expected to increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next 15 to 35 years, which he called «a tipping point» toward aggressive climate change.

Using occupancy modeling to control for variation in detectability, we show substantial (∼ 500 meters on average) upward changes in elevational limits for half of 28 species monitored, consistent with the observed ∼ 3 °C increase in minimum temperatures.

With higher levels of carbon dioxide and higher average temperatures, the oceans» surface waters warm and sea ice disappears, and the marine world will see increased stratification, intense nutrient trapping in the deep Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean) and nutrition starvation in the other oceans.

seems to be incompatible with the statement from his Annual review paper from 2000 (see abstract below) that: «The average surface temperature of the continents has increased by about 1.0 K over the past 5 centuries; half of this increase has occurred in the twentieth century alone.»

These findings are consistent with evidence that the effects of climate change have increased average surface temperatures around the world and shortened winter seasons.

Since 1950, average statewide temperatures have increased by 0.5 °F / decade (0.3 °C / decade), with greatest warming in spring; projected to increase by 3 - 7 °F (1.7 - 3.9 °C) by mid century, with greatest warming in summer and winter and in the southeast.

Research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lends credibility to her claim: In the United States, December through February temperatures have increased an average of 0.55 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1970, bringing with them unpredictable hot spells and storm patterns.

We vaccinated with 7 way DHLPP - CV (he had 5 way DHLPP before this) we wormed with 1 % Ivomec (0.3 cc) instead of Panacur, the average outside temperature increased plus 10 degrees, he was hunting on grass (no snow) and the rabbit scent is much stronger on grass.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

«During November 2011 - January 2012, there is an increased chance of above - average temperatures across the south - central U.S. with the odds favoring below - average temperatures over the north - central U.S.. Also, above - average precipitation is favored across the northern tier of states, excluding New England, and drier - than - average conditions are more probable across the southern tier of the U.S. (see 3 - month seasonal outlook released on 20 October 2011).»

Steve Reynolds (22)-- Using the stand formula for temperature increases due to addional CO2, I compared 1958 CE (315 ppm) with 1850 (288 ppm) and obtained the average temperature increase for the 1850s decade to the 1950s decde, close enough.

The most recent report concluded both, that global temperatures are rising, that this is caused largely by human activities and, in addition, that for increases in global average temperature, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems, e.g. water and food supply.

Aware of the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2 degrees C, we support an aspirational global goal of reducing global emissions by 50 percent by 2050, with developed countries reducing emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050, and recognizing the critical importance of development, including poverty eradication, in developing countries.

According to the published report, there is no longer a discrepancy in the rate of global average temperature increase for the surface compared with higher levels in the atmosphere.

In the New Policies Scenario, the world is on a trajectory that results in a level of emissions consistent with a long - term average temperature increase of more than 3.5 °C.

seems to be incompatible with the statement from his Annual review paper from 2000 (see abstract below) that: «The average surface temperature of the continents has increased by about 1.0 K over the past 5 centuries; half of this increase has occurred in the twentieth century alone.»

the differential cloud change (dcc) of each day is equal to daily average cloud change (x), minus an averaging period of three days which begins five days prior to each date,... «-RRB-, linked to a transient decrease in cosmic rays, is associated with a transient increase of surface level air temperature.

Alternatively the averaged temperatures could rise significantly with little increase in net heat.

Future projections show that, for most scenarios assuming no additional GHG emission reduction policies, atmospheric concentrations of GHGs are expected to continue climbing for most if not all of the remainder of this century, with associated increases in average temperature.

Atlantic tropical cyclones are getting stronger on average, with a 30 - year trend that has been related to an increase in ocean temperatures over the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere 1 — 4.

* Over the last decade or two, rainfall has been markedly below average in our temperate south - west, south and east, and this along with increased average temperatures has caused a major decrease in runoff from our catchments.

In a paper circulated with the anti-Kyoto «Oregon Petition,» Robinson et al. («Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,» 1998) reproduced K4B but (1) omitted Station S data, (2) incorrectly stated that the time series ended in 1975, (3) conflated Sargasso Sea data with global temperature, and (4) falsely claimed that Keigwin showed global temperatures «are still a little below the average for the past 3,000 years.»

For example, if this contribution were to grow linearly with global average temperature change, the upper ranges of sea level rise for SRES scenarios shown in Table SPM - 3 would increase by 0.1 m to 0.2 m. Larger values can not be excluded, but understanding of these effects is too limited to assess their likelihood or provide a best estimate or an upper bound for sea level rise.

Since humans began burning fossil fuels on a large scale, the global average temperature has risen 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius), with most of the increase occurring since 1970.

This approximation (very) closely tracks sea - level rise from 1880 to 2000 by assuming that the rate at which height increases is a strict linear function of the temperature with a straight averaging of the calculated rate for a period from 15 years before to the point in time for which height is being calculated (i.e., the embedding period).

If average global temperatures rise by just 3 °C, then Europe's drought risk could increase to double the area faced with drying out.

As an example, the city of Seattle is planning for average annual temperatures to increase within a range of 1.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 to 3 degrees Celsius) by the 2040s, with summer temperatures increasing by as much as 7.9 degrees Fahrenheit (4.4 degrees Celsius), according to the Seattle Climate Action Plan.

With an average surface temperature of 21.1 C and energy emission excluding latent of 425Wm - 2 it would try to change the surface to 426.5Wm - 2 which is a temperature of about 21.35 C or a 0.25 C increase.

In 2005, during the hottest average decade on record, 8 low - wind conditions known as «the doldrums» combined with very high ocean temperatures to cause massive coral bleaching in the Virgin Islands.9 This was followed by a particularly severe outbreak of at least five coral diseases in the Virgin Islands, resulting in a decline in coral cover of about 60 percent.9 There is some indication that higher ocean temperatures — between 86 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit (30 to 35 degrees Celsius)-- promote optimal growth of several coral pathogens.9 Other research showed that elkhorn coral post-bleaching had larger disease lesions than unbleached specimens, suggesting that bleaching may increase the corals» susceptibility to disease.9, 10

Since 1850, CO2 levels rose, as did the «globally and annually averaged land and sea surface temperature anomaly» (for what it's worth), but nobody knows whether or not the increase in CO2 had anything whatsoever to do with the warming.

Combined with the predictive equation which has matched 97 % with measured average global temperatures since before 1900 this all looks like a steepening downtrend of reported average global temperatures within a few months and accelerated increase of «months without warming».

The statement is compatible with what the IPCC say - «Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations».