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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 .
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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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