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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’

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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months ago

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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts as long as we continue to use gas, oil and coal at our current pace.

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The Ministry for the Future is a good book, read it.

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