• According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, average temperatures around the world have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) since 1880, much of this in recent times,

• The rate of climate change is speeding up. The last two decades of the 20th century were the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for several millennia. And the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that 11 of the past 12 years are among the dozen hottest since 1850.

• According to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report compiled between 2000 and 2004, average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average, .

• Arctic ice is disappearing at an alarming rate. Polar bears and indigenous cultures are in danger from the sea-ice loss.

• Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting—for example, Montana's Glacier National Park now has only 27 glaciers. It had 150 back in 1910.

• Extreme weather events, such as wildfires, heat waves, and strong tropical storms are increasing and this is also attributed in part to climate change by many experts.

So there you have it. All the most interesting and frightening facts about global warming.

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