The Reality, Risks, and Response to Climate Change
The American Association for the Advancement of Scientists (AAAS) published a new report, What we Know, urging Americans to take actions on climate change. The report presents three key messages:
climate scientists agree: climate change is happening here and now;
we are at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes with highly damaging impacts; and
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