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has been warming

  • present perfect progressive of warm (3rd person singular).

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Over the past two decades, it has been warming more than twice as quickly as during the late 20th Century.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Earlier research found the culprit: The western Pacific Ocean has been warming significantly, creating an atmospheric domino effect that reaches all the way to North America.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2025

Since the 1970s, the region has been warming at double the global mean rate.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

Still, this much seems clear: The rapid sea-level rise appears to start in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been warming far faster than the global ocean.

From Washington Post Apr. 10, 2023

Over the past four decades, the Arctic as a whole has been warming about four times faster than the global average.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022