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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yU n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s i n c r e d i b l y i m p o r t a n t t o t h e m a t t e r i n g e n e r a l o v e r a l l , a n d e v e n t h o u g h w e a l l h e a r a b o u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g e v e r y d a y i t s e e m s l i k e , m o s t o f u s s t i l l d o n o t k n o w t h e a c t u a l h i s t o r y o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , a n d o n l y b y l e a r n i n g a b o u t t h i s c a n a r e a l a n d i n f o r m e d o p i n i o n a c t u a l l y b e m a d e o n t h e t o p i c o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
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T h e i d e a o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s i n f a c t b e e n a r o u n d a l o t l o n g e r t h a n m o s t p e o p l e p r e s u m e , a n d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i n s t r u m e n t a l t e m p e r a t u r e r e c o r d , g l o b a l t e m p e r a t u r e s o n b o t h l a n d a n d s e a h a v e i n c r e a s e d b y 0 . 7 5 C r e l a t i v e t o t h e p e r i o d 1 8 6 0 - 1 9 0 0 . T h i s m e a s u r e d t e m p e r a t u r e i n c r e a s e , i t s h o u l d b e k n o w n , i s n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y a f f e c t e d b y t h e u r b a n h e a t i s l a n d , a n d s i n c e 1 9 7 9 , l a n d t e m p e r a t u r e s i n p a r t i c u l a r h a v e i n c r e a s e d a b o u t t w i c e a s f a s t a s o c e a n t e m p e r a t u r e s h a v e .
I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o r e a l i z e t h a t E a r t h h a s e x p e r i e n c e d b o t h w a r m i n g a n d c o o l i n g s i t u a t i o n s m a n y t i m e s i n t h e p a s t , a n d f o r i n s t a n c e , a r a p i d b u i l d u p o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s c a u s e d w a r m i n g i n t h e e a r l y J u r a s s i c p e r i o d , w h i c h t o o k p l a c e a b o u t 1 8 0 m i l l i o n y e a r s a g o , w i t h a v e r a g e t e m p e r a t u r e s r i s i n g b y 5 C .
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A s w e l l w h e n w e l o o k i n t o t h e h i s t o r y o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , w e c a n s e e h o w s c i e n t i s t s h a v e w o r k e d b y s t u d y i n g g l o b a l w a r m i n g w i t h c o m p u t e r m o d e l s o f t h e c l i m a t e , a n d t h e s e m o d e l s a r e b a s i c a l l y b a s e d o n p h y s i c a l p r i n c i p l e s o f f l u i d d y n a m i c s , a s w e l l a s r a d i a t i v e t r a n s f e r , a n d o t h e r p r o c e s s e s , w i t h s o m e c e r t a i n s i m p l i f i c a t i o n w h i c h i s c o n s i d e r e d a s b e i n g n e c e s s a r y b e c a u s e o f p a r t i c u l a r l i m i t a t i o n s i n c o m p u t e r p o w e r .
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I n t h e w o r l d o f t o d a y , g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a n i s s u e w h i c h i s m o r e p o p u l a r t h a n e v e r , e v e n c o m p a r e d t o a l l t h e h i s t o r y o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g p u t t o g e t h e r . T h i s i s b e c a u s e i t i s t h o u g h t t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a p p r o a c h i n g f a s t e r t h a n e v e r a n d t h a t t h i s g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s g o i n g t o w r e a k s i g n i f i c a n t d a m a g e t o t h e w o r l d a s a w h o l e , b a s i c a l l y t a k i n g a w a y a l l l i f e f o r m s .
G l o b a l w a r m i n g i s d e f i n i t e l y o n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t i s s u e s o f d i s c u s s i o n t o d a y , a n d i t t h a t i s w h y i t i s r e a l l y i m p o r t a n t t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e f u l l h i s t o r y o f t h e s u b j e c t , a s o n l y b y d o i n g t h i s i s o n e a b l e t o g e t a r e a l g r a s p o n t h e t o p i c o v e r a l l a s w e l l a s b e a b l e t o m a k e a u n i f o r m e d a n d k n o w l e d g e a b l e v i e w p o i n t o n i t . T h e r e a r e v a r i o u s d i f f e r e n t a r g u m e n t s t h a t h a v e b e e n t a k e n o n t h e s u b j e c t o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , b u t t h e p r o o f i s u n d e n i a b l e g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s c o m i n g , a n d f a s t .
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