Years ago, climate scientists offered an increase of 2 degrees - TopicsExpress



          

Years ago, climate scientists offered an increase of 2 degrees Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) as the safe limit or ceiling for the long-term warming of the planet. We are now seeing dangerous effects worldwide, even as we approach a rise of only 1 degree Celsius. The evidence is mounting that scientists have underpredicted the threat. Perhaps this is another reason — along with our polarized politics and the effect of fossil-fuel lobbying — we have underreacted to the reality, now unfolding before our eyes, of dangerous climate change. - Naomi Oreskes, Sunday Review, New York Times
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:10:00 +0000

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