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and Causation  Sugar consumption is up. Global temperatures are
up. Is one causing the other?  Is the rise in sugar consumption
in America causing the average global temperature to rise? Are
rising temperatures causing people to eat more sugar? Both of
these factors are rising, but how are they related? Are they
related by correlation, causation, or both?   We made a few
discoveries so far in this concept:   A correlation is the
mutual relationship between two or more things. We see here a
correlation between three things: (1) CO 2 emissions from fossil
fuel burning are rising (2) atmospheric CO 2 levels are rising,
and (3) average global temperatures are rising. These three
things exhibit positive correlation . They are all going in the
same direction. If one factor rises while another sinks they
have negative correlation . For example, the amount of forest
land is decreasing. This