Global warming has accelerated in a "statistically significant" way since 2015, according to a study published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
"Over the past 10 years, the estimated warming rate has been around 0.35C per decade, depending on the dataset, compared with just under 0.2C per decade on average from 1970 to 2015," the study found.
"This recent rate is higher than in any previous decade since the beginning of instrumental records in 1880," it added.
The study relied on observational data on cli
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