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Earth's climate has changed naturally over millions of years. Could the current cycle of warming simply be part of this natural cycle?Key facts
- The Medieval Warm Period occurred 1000 years ago.
- Climate proxies are used to estimate historical temperatures.
- The hockey stick graph shows a temperature rise across the 20th century.
- Graphs show that the last half of the 20th century is the warmest it's been for the past 1000 years.
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The Earth's climate has changed naturally over millions of years, going through phases of warming and cooling.
These periods are central to the global warming debate - with some scientists arguing that the current rise in temperature is just another natural cycle in the planet's long-term climate.
Historical records suggest another period ...
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