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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 04 > Arctic warming reverses 1,900-year cooling trend

Arctic warming reverses 1,900-year cooling trend

Study links rise in temperature to greenhouse gases

By Renee Schoof / The Bulletin
September 4, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Arctic was cooling for 1,900 years because of a natural change in Earth's orbit until greenhouse gas accumulation from the use of fossil fuels reversed the trend in recent decades, according to a study published Thursday in Science magazine.

Scientists reconstructed the....

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