In 1989, NOAA said most global warming occurred before 1919.
Analysis of warming since 1881 shows most of the increase in global temperature happened before 1919 – before the more recent sharp rise in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, said Thomas Karl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
7 Dec 1989, Page 14 – at Newspapers.com
NOAA now shows cooling from 1881 to 1919, and that all global warming occurred after 1910.
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