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Climate Change Accelerates: Global Warming Rate Doubles

3/22/2026

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Scientists are debating whether climate change is accelerating after research shows the rate of global warming has nearly doubled in the last decade.
Many researchers say climate change effects are intensifying, with more severe storms, warming oceans, and melting glaciers.
Recent United States extreme weather includes unusually high temperatures and blizzards.
Antarctic sea ice is at record lows, and glaciers worldwide are melting faster, raising sea levels.

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Scientists are debating whether climate change is accelerating after research shows the rate of global warming has nearly doubled in the last decade.
Many researchers say climate change effects are intensifying, with more severe storms, warming oceans, and melting glaciers.
Recent United States extreme weather includes unusually high temperatures and blizzards.
Antarctic sea ice is at record lows, and glaciers worldwide are melting faster, raising sea levels.