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How is Climate Change Detected?

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Effective beginning 5/27/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change. Using data from direct measurements and proxies, scientists continue to learn more about the Earth’s past climate. Studying the long-term climate record has given researchers many clues about the nature of climate change. Earth’s…
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Energy & Forest Products

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Effective beginning 6/02/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change. EnergyDependence on petroleum and other fossil fuels threatens U.S. energy, economic, and environmental security. A nation with insecure or inadequate energy resources is at risk of being unable to feed and house its people, care…
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Climate Change

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Effective beginning 5/20/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change. How do we know the climate is changing?Using historical and natural records, scientists have been able to measure the Earth’s past climate. People have measured the Earth’s temperature and amount of rainfall since the mid-1800s,…
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