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Climate slowdown means extreme rates of {short term} warming 'not as likely' (BBC)
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent, BBC News
Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term.
Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere.
Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades.
But long-term, the expected temperature rises will not alter significantly.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22567023
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