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Published online 20 August 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news980820-1
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Satellite climate record in error
A record of cooling in the lower troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere, seems to have more to do with changes in the orbits of the satellites making the measurements, than any real climatic effect. Once these changes are accounted for, the trend turns from a cooling to a modest warming trend.
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