02 Oct 2004 Global Warming Quiz

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During what time period did the annual mean temperature increase from about 7 degrees C to over 10 degrees C?

A. As the last ice age ended

B. The early 1700s

C. The late 1900s

D. A and C

E. It has never happened

Answer: B. From 1695-1733, the annual mean temperature as measured in central England rose from 7.25 degrees C to 10.47 degrees C.

I’ll leave it to my environmentalist friends to explain how such a thing could happen prior to the Industrial Revolution.



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