Humanity's damaging impact on the climate

 Nature

Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN scientists in a landmark study.

The report says that since 1970, global surface temperatures have risen faster than in any other 50-year period over the past 2,000 years.

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This warming is "already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe”, like the deadly wildfires in Greece and the US and the floods in India.

Prof Ed Hawkins, one of the report's authors, says the scientists cannot be any clearer on this point.

"It is a statement of fact, we cannot be any more certain; it is unequivocal and indisputable that humans are warming the planet."

But there is new hope that deep cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases could stabilise rising temperatures.

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