Hothouse Earth: Here’s What the Science Actually Does – and Doesn’t – Say

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By The ConversationAug 13, 2018, 11:14 am271 pts
By Richard Betts A new scientific paper proposing a scenario of unstoppable climate change has gone viral, thanks to its evocative description of a "Hothouse Earth." Much of the media coverage suggests that we face an imminent and unavoidable extreme climate catastrophe. But as a climate scientist who has…

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