Since the Industrial Revolution A) human population growth rates have decreased
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Question
Since the Industrial Revolution
A) human population growth rates have decreased with a subsequent decrease in the warming trend that characterized pre-Industrial Revolution times.
B) global temperatures rapidly increased, then steadied out over the past 25 to 30 years.
C) global temperatures have continued to warm at accelerating rates.
D) no observable warming or cooling trends have occurred, rather temperatures have oscillated between warm and cold periods.
A) human population growth rates have decreased with a subsequent decrease in the warming trend that characterized pre-Industrial Revolution times.
B) global temperatures rapidly increased, then steadied out over the past 25 to 30 years.
C) global temperatures have continued to warm at accelerating rates.
D) no observable warming or cooling trends have occurred, rather temperatures have oscillated between warm and cold periods.
Explanation / Answer
D) no observable warming or cooling trends have occurred, rather temperatures have oscillated between warm and cold periods.
Since around the time of the Industrial Revolution, Earth's atmosphere has warmed by a little less than 1° C