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Observed Temperature & Greenhouse Gas Trends

Facts & Figures

  1. The Physical Basis of Global Warming [1]
  2. Observed Temperatures and Greenhouse Gas Trends [2]
  3. Impacts [3]
  4. U.S. Emissions [4]
  5. International Emissions [5]


This section illustrates the relationship between average global surface temperature and greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere.

2A. Global Surface Temperature Trends [6]

GlobSurfTempTrendsS [7]


2B. Atmospheric GHG Concentrations & Global Surface Temperature Trends [8]

The Last 150 Years

CO2 and Temp Trends S [9]


2C. Trends in Atmospheric GHG Concentrations & Global Surface Temperature [10]

The Last 400,000 Years

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[12]
Vostok Ice Core S [13]

2D. Comparison of Modeled and Observed Temperature [14]
Meehl Attribution S [15]

2E. Ocean Heat Penetration [16]

Ocean Heat Trends S [17]


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