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Nature 403, 233 (20 January 2000) | doi:10.1038/35002154

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Global-warming sceptics left out in the cold

Colin Macilwain

A widely noted discrepancy between satellite-based and ground-based measurements of average global temperature does not call into question the fact that the Earth's atmosphere is warming up, according to a US National Research Council (NRC) panel.The panel includes researchers who in the past have argued that the lack of evidence for warming from data gathered by satellite-based equipment cast doubt on global warming.