General Article Myths about climate change

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The climate is always changing anyway

The Earth’s climate has always changed naturally in the past. But what is happening now is potentially a big change in the Earth’s climate, this time caused mainly by human activity.

Carbon dioxide is a major heat-trapping greenhouse gas. Its concentration in the atmosphere is now higher than at any time in at least the last 800,000 years. Although this is not new in the history of the planet, it is entirely new in human history. It is expected to have ...

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