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The '''average global temperature''' of [[Earth]] is 15 degrees [[Centigrade]].

The '''average global temperature''' of [[Earth]] is 15 degrees [[Centigrade]].

*Without the [[greenhouse effect]] life on this planet would probably not exist as the average temperature of the Earth would be a chilly -18° Celsius, rather than the present 15° Celsius. [http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7h.html]

*Without the [[greenhouse effect]] life on this planet would probably not exist as the average temperature of the Earth would be a chilly -18° Celsius, rather than the present 15° Celsius.<ref> [http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7h.html Introduction to the Atmosphere]</ref>

*"The mean global temperature, at least as measured by satellite, is now the same as it was in the year 1980. In the last couple of years [[sea level]] has stopped rising. [[Hurricane]] and [[cyclone]] activity in the northern hemisphere is at a 24-year low and [[sea ice]] globally is also the same as it was in 1980."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468084,00.html Scientists Call AP Report on Global Warming 'Hysteria'] - December 16, 2008 </ref>

*"The mean global temperature, at least as measured by satellite, is now the same as it was in the year 1980. In the last couple of years [[sea level]] has stopped rising. [[Hurricane]] and [[cyclone]] activity in the northern hemisphere is at a 24-year low and [[sea ice]] globally is also the same as it was in 1980."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468084,00.html Scientists Call AP Report on Global Warming 'Hysteria'] - December 16, 2008 </ref>