Climate Change
Global warming is the rise in the Earth's mean surface temperature.
The global warming trend over the last 50 years is nearly twice that of the last 100 years.
The average amount of water vapour in the atmosphere has increased over land and ocean because warmer air can hold more water vapour.
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