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Earth has warmed in recent decades, but trends over past 4,000 years unclear | Fact check

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The claim: Earth has not warmed in the last 38 years, warmed by only 1.08 degrees in 150 years and has cooled for the last 4,000 years

In this file photo dated Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, a man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, about 100 miles north of Athens, Greece. A new massive United Nations science report was released on Monday Aug. 9, 2021, reporting on the impact of global warming due to humans.©Thodoris Nikolaou, AP

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