UK gears for hottest day as study says ‘no doubt left’ on global warming

Major historical data shows current warming is unprecedented in past 2,000 years

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The scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming is likely to have passed 99%, according to unprecedented research.

“Three studies published in Nature and Nature Geoscience use extensive historical data to show there has never been a period in the last 2,000 years when temperature changes have been as fast and extensive as in recent decades,” reports The Guardian.

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