Global warming controversy

The global warming controversy is a decades-old dispute about the effects of humans on the global climate and the policies that should be followed to avoid future effects. Although not fully settled, the bulk of scientific opinion on climate change is that recent warming is largely human-caused.

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This article is about that controversy. The description and scientific explanation of global warming is spread over several articles:

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• The basic scientific description is in greenhouse effect and global warming.
• Past climate behavior is in historical temperature record, temperature record of the past 1000 years, and satellite temperature record.
• Causes of recent climate trends are in attribution of recent climate change.

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