Vertical bars showing global temperatures over the last 2022 years with a rapid increase recently.

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   Ed Hawkins (ed_hawkins@fediscience.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 09:22:57 JST Ed Hawkins

   Yes, the climate has always changed.

   But, the speed of recent change is unprecedented.

   More importantly, we understand why.

   Burning fossil fuels & deforestation adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which warms the planet.

   Simple physics. Understood for more than a century.

   #EarthDay