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‘There is no reason to doubt these…’

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‘There is no reason to doubt these…’

It was short weather for Santa as parts of Iceland set record high temperatures last Christmas Eve. Air that originated in the tropics swept across the country, helping temperatures in places soar to nearly 70 degrees on December 24. Seyðisfjörður, on Iceland’s east coast, hit a record high of 19.8 degrees Celsius (about 67.6 degrees … Read more

Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

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Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn a commission or revenue on some items through these links.” The Paris Climate Agreements in 2015 set an ambitious (and necessary) goal of keeping global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. But a study says that we may have exceeded that limit several years ago. Scientists at … Read more