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Title: 2°C rise by 2100: IPCC
Source:The Financial Express
Date:28 September 2013

Human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming since the mid-20th century and is expected to lead to a rise in surface temperature exceeding 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. These are the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which released its Fifth Assessment Report (AR-5) in Stockholm recently. The report says the world is on track for more than 2 degrees and possibly more than 4 degrees warming by 2100. Emphasizing that the average surface temperatures were up 0.85 degrees since 1880, the report said that it is extremely likely — with 95% certainty — that humans are the dominant cause global of warming. The report revealed that the evidence for human influence in climate change has grown in the last five years.




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