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Worse Than the Worst: Climate Report Says Even Most Dire Predictions Are Too Tame
ABCNews -- There's even less time for humanity to try to curb global warming than recently thought, according to a new in-depth scientific assessment by 26 scientists from eight countries. Sea level rise, ocean acidification and the rapid melting of massive ice sheets are among the significantly increased effects of human-induced global warming assessed in the survey, which also examines the emissions of heat-trapping gases that are causing the climate change. "Many indicators are currently tracking near or above the worst-case projections" made three years ago by the world's scientists, the new Copenhagen Diagnosis said. Nor has manmade global warming slowed or paused, as some headlines have recently suggested, according to the report, which you...
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2.10.10 - Updated 12:06am ET
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