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Irrefutable Signs That Climate Change Is Real
A
new study published Thursday in the journal Science provides the most
definitive — and accurate — evidence yet that polar ice caps on
Greenland and Antarctica are melting.
Shrinking ice is not the only telltale sign that climate
change is real. From rising air
and ocean temperatures to stronger
storms to record
droughts, evidence of a changing global climate is all around
us.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (also known as
the IPCC) has linked many of these changes in climate to an increase in
greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, which was documented in
a 2007 assessment report compiled by thousands of scientists over
decades of research and debate.
Regardless of their causes – whether you believe in
anthropogenic drivers, like fossil fuels from power plants and cars or not —
the observed changes in climate are scientific facts that have grave
implications for the future of natural and human systems.
