The agreement sets targets to prevent the Earth's average temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

The brave men,living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Almost twenty-five years later, Pope Paul the Third asked Michelangelo to paint the wall of the Sistine Chapel above the altar.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

If several of these conditions are present at the same time, a person's body temperature may rise above safe levels.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

All agreed that global temperatures should not rise by more than an average of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Cecil B.DeMille was among the very few filmmakers in Hollywood whose name appeared above the title of his movie.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

Place the hands at the base of the breastbone -- just above the place where the lowest ribs join.

VOA: special.2010.08.17

On May third, the Cumberland River measured almost sixteen meters, more than three and a half meters above flood stage.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

But to really experience this ocean world, you can enter a tunnel and watch the fish swimming above you.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Climbers can survive above eight thousand meters because they spend months climbing on the mountain to get used to the conditions.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

These studies must consider wildlife activity up to about three thousand meters above an airport and eight kilometers around it.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The shell dropped and exploded above Fort Sumter, a United States military base on an island in the harbor.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

VOA: special.2009.05.10