Climate change is rapidly accelerating. Data show 16 of the world’s 17 hottest years have occurred since 2000. Carbon dioxide concentrations have accelerated to the highest levels in human history. There is no natural explanation for this. Scientists and models may have been too conservative in the past. The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, heat waves, droughts, flooding and wildfires are all accelerating. So are health effects from climate change, such as heat stress, air pollution and infectious diseases. Oceans are warming about 13 percent faster than previously thought and the destruction of coral reefs is happening at...
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