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ew global trends have
been as controversial as climate change and the Earth’s warming.
The Earth has gone through many shifts in cooling and
warming driven by natural factors like the sun’s energy or variations in its
orbit, but the trend scientists have seen over the past 50 years is
unmistakable.
Let’s take a closer look: globally, average surface
temperatures increased 1.1—1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.6—0.9 degrees Celsius)
between 1906 and 2005. However, it’s the rate of temperature change that’s
especially troubling to scientists; temperatures have risen nearly twice as
fast in the last 50 years alone.
Read The Climate
Reality Project story - “Ten clear indicators our climate is changing”.
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