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World Service,1 min

No global Warming Pause?

Science In Action

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Professor Tom Karl, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centres for Environmental Information (NCEI) explains to Roland Pease about how his analysis using updated global surface temperature data disputes the existence of a previously reported 21st century global warming slowdown or pause. The new analysis suggests that there has been no discernible decrease in the rate of warming between the second half of the 20th century up to the present day. This new analysis is sure to cause more controversy and debate. (Image Credit: A sunrise over the Pacific Ocean at Kahuku, Hawaii © A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

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