Earth 'Locked Into' Temperatures Not Seen in 2 Million Years

EcoWatch
Sep 28, 2016, 10:43 am111 pts
By Nika Knight Earth is the warmest it's been in 100,000 years, a new reconstruction of historical temperature data finds, and with today's level of fossil fuel emissions the planet is "locked into" eventually hitting its highest temperature mark in 2 million years. 2015 was the warmest year since modern…

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