Kate S. Petersen

USA TODAY

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The claim: Astudy shows global warminghas slowed significantly over the last 20 years

Average globaltemperatures have risen nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheitsince the late 1800s,and therate of warming has increasedsignificantly over the last40 years.

Still, ablogcirculating on social media claims a recently released study shows that warming has slowedin recent decades.

“New Evidence Shows Global Warming has Slowed Dramatically Over Last 20 Years,” reads theheadline of the May 19 blog post, which wasshared more than 450 timesin less than a month..

The blog referencesastudyrecentlypublished in the journal JGR Atmospheres.

However, the claim misrepresents the study.

Thestudyauthorssay their paper does not showthat warming has significantly slowed overthe last 20 years. Further, the paper, which introduces a new data processing technique, only tangentially addresses the issues raisedin the post.

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