Fact-check: “The earth is warming at a rate faster than expected.”
Verdict: Partly True (68% confidence)
The observed warming rate has genuinely accelerated — a peer-reviewed 2026 study found ~0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, roughly double the 1970–2015 rate of ~0.18°C per decade, and Earth's energy imbalance has more than doubled since the 1970s–90s. However, the claim depends critically on what 'expected' means: the IPCC AR6 found that earlier model projections were broadly consistent with observations when forcing differences were accounted for, and a 2024 NASA-led study found no sys…
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