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Termómetros
Cooler
Más frescas
Emit
Emitan
Amount
Cantidad
Sources
Fuentes

Climate Change; Part III

Global warming is a slow and steady rise in Earth's surface temperature.

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Climate Change; Part III

Global warming is a slow and steady rise in Earth's surface temperature.

Intermediate
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For most of the past 2000 years the temperature didn't change much. There were some times where the temperatures were a little warmer or cooler. One of the most famous warm times was the Medieval Warm Period and one of the most famous cool times was the Little Ice Age. Before 1850, there were not enough temperature measurements for us to know how warm or cold it was. Climatologists use proxy measurements to try to figure out past temperatures before there were thermometers. This means measuring things that change when it gets colder or warmer.

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