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Issue #16: Growing Warmer

Tracking the Effects of Climate Change
"Here's a familiar news headline: Greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by human activity (such as fossil fuel burning) are trapping heat and causing air and ocean temperatures to rise. Weather-station records indicate that the earth's surface-air temperature has warmed by an average of 1°F over the last 100 years-far too rapidly to be attributable to normal climate variability. Experts are predicting another 2.5°F to 10.4°F rise by the end of this century unless emissions are reduced. Read More

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