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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003. Their internal research estimated that scientists would be able to link rising temperatures to the burning of fossil fuels sometime between 1995 and 2005.

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. Sea levels are rising. 1 + 2 = 3 Climate damage and consumer fraud are precisely why four New England states are suing fossil fuel companies and why Pacific fishermen came together to take fossil fuel giants to court.

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Too extreme to be true? The links between extreme weather and climate change

HumanNature

The increasing greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are warming the global temperature, shifting precipitation patterns, raising global sea levels, melting glaciers, and more [5]. 2003, September 25). As society evolves, extreme weather also changes. Crimmins, A.R., Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C.