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PostDecember 3, 2019

Why we should be far more afraid of climate tipping points

Scientists have speculated about a climate "tipping point," without too much certainty regarding when it would occur or what its exact consequences would be. In this article, James Temple, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, warns that this point may be approaching more quickly than we think.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614766/why-we-should-be-far-more-afr…

Image by: Unsplash/Annie Spratt

by MIT Technology Review
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