clch 120746506 berkeley earth land and ocean v4-nc

I don't think you can argue against the idea of global warming when looking at this information. There's a definite warming trend detectable from about 1910 that runs to the modern day [2020], with a period around 1950 that "zig-zag-ed" around the long-term average. What's also visible is that the rate of warming started to increase about 2010 ...
Determining & counteracting the causes of this warming before it passes a tipping point has been exercising the minds of scientists and politicians since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The conclusion was the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide were a significant factor, and various measures are being introduced to counteract [control] the rise in temperatures.
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