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Pre-Industrial CO2 Concentration and Temperature Baseline, 1951-1980

Dec 31st 2007
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1880-2000: Scientists have very high confidence that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing the planet to warm.

2007: Pre-Industrial CO2 Concentration and Temperature Baseline, 1880-2007 (NASA).

Reference: NASA. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalWarmingUpdate/

Connection to the 2007 IPCC Report on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, “A global assessment of data since 1970 has shown it is likely that anthropogenic warming has had a discernible influence on many physical and biological systems. Much more evidence has accumulated over the past five years to indicate that changes in many physical and biological systems are linked to anthropogenic warming” (IPCC, 2007). Climate Change 2007: Summary For Policymakers. Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II Report. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm#1

Image Description: See case description. NASA graphs by Robert Simmon are based on CO2 data from Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/ESRL and temperature data from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Image Location: NASA. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalWarmingUpdate/ Image Permission: This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that “NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted”.

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