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European temperatures, 1850–2011 — annual average and 10-year running average: The upper graph and left axis show annual anomalies and the lower graph and the right axis show decadal average anomalies for the same datasets. The figure compares three analyses of observations. The black line refers to data from HadCRUT3 from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre and University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit, baseline period 1850–1899 (Brohan et al., 2006). The green line refers to data from GHCN-M version 3.1.0 from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Centre, baseline period 1880–1899 (Smith et al., 2008). The blue line refers to data from GISSTemp from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, baseline period 1880–1899
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Sea surface temperature in winter and summer in the Norwegian Sea, the Baltic Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea: Note: Deviations are from long-term averages.
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Projected no. of growing days: Note: Growing season is defined here as the number of consecutive days per year with average temperatures of more than 5 degrees Celcius.
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Deviations of winter and summer sea surface temperature in the North Sea: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Change in temperature 1760–2007 for the Greater Alpine Region (GAR) Single years and 20-year smoothed mean GAR series from 1760–2007 (1760/1961–2007/2008): Single years (thin lines) and 20-year smoothed mean (bold lines)
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Comparison of active layer thickness from boreholes in the Alps, Norway and Svalbard: The figure shows the comparison of the active layer thickness from boreholes in the Alps, Norway and Svalbard.
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Annual, winter (December, January, February) and summer (June, July, August) mean temperature deviations in Europe, 1860-2010 (°C): The lines refer to 10-year moving average European land.
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Annual precipitation changes 2021-2050: Projected changes in annual precipitation in percentages under A1B scenario, multi-model ensemble mean for the time periods 2021-2050 relative to 1961-1990 mean. Map presents changes using ensemble mean of several regional climate models (RCMs), run by different climate modelling communities in the frame of the EU FP6 Integrated Project ENSEMBLES (Contract number 505539). Data are presented as changes in relative terms (according to 1961-1990 period) in spatial resolution of approximately 25 km.
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Past and projected global surface temperature change (relative to 1980–1999), based on multi‑model averages for selected IPCC scenarios: The figure shows the past and projected change in global surface temperatures
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Mitigating climate change - key fact 1: Global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to keep average world temperature increases below 2° C.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › … › Mitigating climate change - SOER 2010 thematic assessment › Key facts