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World is finally waking up to climate change, says 'hothouse Earth' author

Jonathan Watts, the Guardian

20 August 2018 •

World is finally waking up to climate change, says 'hothouse Earth' author

Report predicting spiralling global temperatures has been downloaded 270,000 times in just a few days

The scorching temperatures and forest fires of this summer's heatwave have finally stirred the world to face the onrushing threat of global warming, claims the climate scientist behind the recent "hothouse Earth"...

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