claim: There is ample evidence that Earth's average temperature has increased in the past 100 years and the decline of mid- and high-latitude glaciers is a major piece of evidence.
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:276
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: In the scientific literature, there is an overwhelming consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:0
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:147
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: There is considerable evidence that over the very recent period of the last 100–1000 years, the sharp increases in human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, has caused the parallel sharp and accelerating increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases which trap the sun's heat.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:165
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: The history of the Himalayas broadly fits the long-term decrease in Earth's average temperature since the mid-Eocene, 40 million years ago.
evidences.votes: REFUTES REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:82
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: The Altai region has also experienced an overall temperature increase of 1.2 degrees Celsius in the last 120 years according to a report from 2006, with most of that increase occurring since the late 20th century.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS