The greatest warming experienced over the globe in the last 100 years has occurred in ____

a. Greenland and the mid-latitude continents in summer and fall
b. the United States in winter and spring
c. parts of Antarctica during the entire year
d. the arctic and over the mid-latitude continents in winter and spring
e. the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and parts of Antarctica in spring and summer


ANSWER: d

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