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Carbon cuts a must to halt warming-US scientists

DEC 14, 2007

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021761

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Reuters : There is already enough carbon in Earth’s atmosphere to ensure that sea levels will rise several feet (meters) in coming decades and summertime ice will vanish from the North Pole, scientists warned on Thursday.
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