Temperature histories from paleoclimate data (green line) compared to the history based on modern instruments (blue line) suggest that global temperature is warmer now than it has been in the past 1,000 years, and possibly longer. (Graph adapted from Mann et al., 2008.)
Image from NASA Earth Observatory. Source: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/page3.php
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