Global Warming What is Global Warming? When speaking of the term global warming, we are referring to a consistent recently measured rise in the average temperature of the planet (i.e. at global scale). However, neither the rise in temperature nor the related impacts on atmospheric and oceanic circulation are likely to occur uniformly across the globe at the same time. Since 1971, 90% of the global warming has occurred in the Earth’s oceans. Despite the oceans' dominant role in energy storage, the…
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