The Great Global Warming Debate: Part 2

The video explores the debate on global warming, discussing natural climate cycles and historical warming periods like the Medieval Warm Period. It highlights the need for direct evidence of historical temperatures, as instrumental records are limited. Climate proxies, such as tree rings and ice layers, are used to estimate past temperatures. Michael Mann's hockey stick graph shows a temperature rise in the 20th century, but skeptics question its accuracy and representation of the Medieval Warm Period. Despite limitations, all graphs agree that the late 20th century was the warmest in the past millennium.

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