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Tue 05 May 2010A dark forecast of climate change rooted in the preference of safety over sorrow
BOOK OF THE DAY:Climate WarsBy Gwynne Dyer Oneworld 297pp, £12.99
FOR SEVERAL decades, climate scientists have been warning of the dangers of global warming. The theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) suggests the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation are causing a change in the Earth’s atmosphere, leading to a gradual increase in its temperature and that of its oceans.
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