UN climate change report dismisses slowdown in global warming

foxnews.com - The Earth has changed in “unprecedented ways” since 1950, the U.N. says, and its scientists are 95 percent certain that humans are responsible.Yet the planet has largely stopped warming over the past 15 years, data shows -- and a landmark report released Friday by the U.N.’s climate group could not explain why the Mercury has stopped rising.Global surface temperatures rose rapidly during the 70s, but have been relatively flat over the past decade and a half, rising only 0.