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anthropogenic climate change  

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  • In 2008, climate scientists celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Keeling Curve, one of the iconic images of science, rivaling the double helix or Darwin's sketches of finches. March 1958 marked the inception of the historical recording of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at a small observatory on top of Hawaii's Mauna Loa. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Anthropogenic Climate Change]

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