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Global Warming Hiatus Tied to Cooler Temperatures in Pacific Ocean: A Study
2013-08-28 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A team of researchers believe they have identified the cause behind the much-cited slowdown in global warming that has taken place over the last decade and a half or so, pointing to cooler temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean as the likely cause. Between 1950 and 2000, global temperatures rose at a rate of 0.13 degrees Celsius per decade, according to NOAA. Since then, however, this rate has dropped to roughly 0.05 degrees Celsius, Raw Story reports. This so-called "global warming hiatus"...
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