Australia:Climate debate over: CSIRO scientist

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A CSIRO scientist who contributed to a UN climate change report says it shows the global warming debate is over.

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist, Dr Penny Whetton, was the lead author of the regional climate projections chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report which was released in Paris tonight (AEDT).

The report says human activity had "very likely" caused most global warming since the mid-20th century.

Evidence from global air and ocean temperatures, melting snow and ice and rising sea levels show that "warming of the climate system was now unequivocal," Dr Whetton said.

(The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

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