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On the recordMarch 31, 2014
I am asking my staff guy to bring over to you--I do not have the chart that you have, but the answer to your question, why does it change? Over the last million years, as you will see on the chart that I am about to give you, it is almost an exact correlation with levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Discussing the correlation between CO2 levels and temperature changes over time.

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