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The goal of a "Paleo Perspective on Global Warming" was to clear up some of the confusion surrounding the issues of global warming, greenhouse warming, the ozone hole, and related change in the Earth's climate system. In particular, we wanted to highlight what paleoclimatic data are, where they come from, and what the data contributes to the global warming debate.
When one reviews all the data, both from thermometers and paleotemperature proxies, it becomes clear that the Earth has warmed significantly over the last 140 years; Global Warming is a reality. Multiple paleoclimatic studies indicate that the recent year, decade, and century are all the warmest, on a global basis, of the last 600, and most likely 1200 years. It appears that the global warming of the last century is unprecedented in the last 1,200 years. |
