Average U.S. temperatures have increased 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since records began in 1895, with 80 percent of that increase occurring since 1980, a new draft report from the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee finds. The report, released Friday, is a draft, as the NCADAC cautioned, and will be finalized in 2014. As the report also notes:
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