Why Earth Hasn't Warmed Much in Past 10 Years
Mike Lemonick, CC
Even the quickest glance at a graph of global temperatures makes it clear that the planet was warming sharply during the 1980s and 1990s. But while the 2000s were the hottest decade on record, the rate of warming slowed considerably after the turn of the current century "” even while human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow. The question that has lingered is where's all the extra heat going?http://www.climatecentral.org/news/why-the-globe-hasnt-warmed-much-for-the-past-decade-15788
Even the quickest glance at a graph of global temperatures makes it clear that the planet was warming sharply during the 1980s and 1990s. But while the 2000s were the hottest decade on record, the rate of warming slowed considerably after the turn of the current century "” even while human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow. The question that has lingered is where's all the extra heat going?http://www.climatecentral.org/news/why-the-globe-hasnt-warmed-much-for-the-past-decade-15788
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