Thursday 31 January 2019

Energy and Environment: Gone in a generation: Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives.

Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
Gone in a generation: Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives.
The continental United States is 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was a century ago. Seas around the coasts are nine inches higher. Damage is mounting because of these fundamental changes, and Americans are living it.
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