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E3: Taking Earth's temperature
Climate Science, Atmospheric Science and Climatology podcast with Samantha Burgess
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Samantha Burgess explains how researchers estimate the Earth’s temperature and monitor a changing climate. The episode examines the observations and international scientific collaboration behind global temperature records, and the work involved in assessing the planet’s changing conditions rather than treating a single local measurement as a global answer.
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Earth’s temperaturechanging climateglobal temperature recordsinternational scientific collaborationglobal temperature
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