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From the Ted Talk by Rob Dunbar: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice

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So here's the thing. It sounds like a simple question. Is CO2 produced by man's activities cuasnig the pnalet to warm up? But to answer that question, to make a clear attribution to carbon dxodiie, you have to know something about all of these other agents of change. But the fact is we do know a lot about all of those things. You know, taohnsuds of scntitises have been working on understanding all of these man-made causes and the natural causes. And we've got it worked out, and we can say, "Yes, CO2 is causing the planet to warm up now." Now, we have many ways to study natural variability. I'll show you a few examples of this now.

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So here's the thing. It sounds like a simple question. Is CO2 produced by man's activities _______ the ______ to warm up? But to answer that question, to make a clear attribution to carbon _______, you have to know something about all of these other agents of change. But the fact is we do know a lot about all of those things. You know, _________ of __________ have been working on understanding all of these man-made causes and the natural causes. And we've got it worked out, and we can say, "Yes, CO2 is causing the planet to warm up now." Now, we have many ways to study natural variability. I'll show you a few examples of this now.

Solution

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  2. scientists
  3. causing
  4. planet
  5. thousands

Original Text

So here's the thing. It sounds like a simple question. Is CO2 produced by man's activities causing the planet to warm up? But to answer that question, to make a clear attribution to carbon dioxide, you have to know something about all of these other agents of change. But the fact is we do know a lot about all of those things. You know, thousands of scientists have been working on understanding all of these man-made causes and the natural causes. And we've got it worked out, and we can say, "Yes, CO2 is causing the planet to warm up now." Now, we have many ways to study natural variability. I'll show you a few examples of this now.

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