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caption: 'Annual average temperatures (red line) across the Midwest show a trend towards increasing temperature. The trend (heavy black line) calculated over the period 1895-2012 is equal to an increase of 1.5°F. (Figure source: updated from Kunkel et al. 2013<tbib>95f2ea7d-12e3-4ed5-9247-7cf139db91a9</tbib>).'
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  title: Midwest
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description: 'Annual average temperatures (red line) across the Midwest show a trend towards increasing temperature. The trend (heavy black line) calculated over the period 1895-2012 is equal to an increase of 1.5°F. (Figure source: updated from Kunkel et al. 2013<tbib>95f2ea7d-12e3-4ed5-9247-7cf139db91a9</tbib>).'
display_name: '18.1: Temperatures are Rising in the Midwest'
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