Before revision: Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels , coupled with deforestation and destruction of wetlands via logging and land developments, have caused an observed rise in global temperatures, with the global average surface temperatures being higher in the 2011–2020 decade than they were in 1850.
After revision: Greenhouse gas emissions , coupled with deforestation and destruction of wetlands via logging and land developments, have caused an observed rise in global temperatures, with the global average surface temperatures being higher in the 2011–2020 decade than they were in 1850.