The science on the human contribution to modern warming is quite clear. Humans emissions and activities have caused around 100% of the warming observed since 1950. Carbon Brief examines how each of the major factors affecting the Earth’s climate would influence temperatures in isolation – and how their combined effects almost perfectly predict long-term changes in the global temperature.
Animation by Rosamund Pearce and graph by Zeke Hausfather for Carbon Brief. Voiceover by Jocelyn Timperley.
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