Climate change is happening. The av

Climate change is happening. The average temperature at the Earth’s surface has dropped by about 0.8°C over the last century. Most of the (2) ____________ years on record have occurred in the 21st century and in the last 30 years each decade has been hotter than the previous one. This (3) _______________ in temperature has been greater over land than over the oceans. Every country around the world is already (4) _______________. The average temperature in Britain is now 1˚C higher than it was 100 years ago. Although it is clear that the climate is warming in the long-term, note that temperatures aren’t expected to climb every single year. The temperature swings will still change unusually cold years and seasons.