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March 7, 2016

Average Temperature Briefly Tops 2 Degrees in New Climate Milestone
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The world has reached a new climate change milestone. On Thursday, for a
brief period, the average temperature in the Northern Hemisphere was
more than 2 degrees Celsius above normal for the first time in recorded
history. The 2-degree marker has been accepted by governments around the
world as a key red line to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of global
warming. This comes after February became the most unusually warm month
on record-smashing the record set the month before.


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