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Earth could cross the global warming threshold as soon as 2027

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"Our approach allows climate sensitivity and its uncertainty to be estimated from direct observations with few assumptions.” Image: Unsplash/Joshua Woroniecki

Shirley Cardenas
Researcher and Writer, McGill University
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