2007Dec: Excerpt from American Geophysical Union updated policy position on climate change: “The Earth’s climate is now clearly out of balance and is warming. Many components of the climate system—including the temperatures of the atmosphere, land and ocean, the extent of sea ice and mountain glaciers, the sea level, the distribution of precipitation, and the length of seasons—are now changing at rates and in patterns that are not natural and are best explained by the increased atmospheric abundances of greenhouse gases and aerosols generated by human activity during the 20th century” (AGU).
Reference: American Geophysical Union. http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/positions/climate_change2008.shtml
Image Description: Temperature anomalies, 2007Jan. Image Credit and Location: National Climatic Data Center/NESDIS/NOAA. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/images/jan2007-global-temp-anomalies.jpg Image Permission: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties.
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