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- James Hansen, a NASA climatologist, testified to Congress in June 1988 that the climate was warming and would continue to do so as long as humans pumped fossil fuel pollution into the atmosphere
- The source frames 1988 as a pivotal year when the world began "waking up to climate change," with Hansen's June Congressional testimony as the originating scientific statement
Why it matters: Hansen's June 1988 testimony is positioned in the source as the moment scientific evidence of fossil fuel-driven warming entered the Congressional record, the foundational reference point for the climate debate that followed.
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