claim: the world is barely half a degree Celsius ( 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit ) warmer than it was about 35 years ago
evidence: The warmest peak of the Eemian was around 125,000 years ago, when forests reached as far north as North Cape, Norway ( which is now tundra ) well above the Arctic Circle at 71°10′21″N 25°47′40″E﻿  /  ﻿71.17250°N 25.79444°E﻿  /  71.17250; 25.79444.