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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 2 times. The weeks in which this happened: November 10 to 16, 2013 November 17 to 23, 2013

New Graph from NOAA

I'm thinking of introducing an easy to read graph from a NOAA November 23 article with some background from same.

We have much stuff but nothing that gives such a clear long term (500 million year) illustration.

What do you think folks? Lukewarmbeer (talk) 08:39, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2024

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"What's in a Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change". NASA. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

What’s the difference between climate change and global warming? https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/faq/whats-the-difference-between-climate-change-and-global-warming/ EdEvans173 (talk) 11:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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