Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.7 Climate change science

4.7.2 Global warming: evidence and IPCC assessment findings

The earth has warmed by about 1.1°C since the late 1800s, and the IPCC has concluded that human influence is unequivocally the cause.

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Key terms

  • global warming
  • IPCC
  • AR6
  • assessment report
  • 1.5°C
  • carbon budget
  • sea-level rise
  • ocean acidification
  • ice-albedo feedback
  • permafrost
  • Keeling curve

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