We Have At Most Ten Years - Not Ten Years To Decide Upon Action, But Ten Years To Alter Fundamentally The Trajectory Of Global Greenhouse Emissions... We Are Near A Tipping Point, A Point Of No Return, Beyond Which The Built In Momentum And Feedbacks Will Carry Us To Levels Of Climate Change With Staggering Consequences For Humanity And All Of The Residents Of This Planet.

-James Hansen

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We Have At Most Ten Years -

James Hansen

We Have At Most Ten Years - Not Ten Years To Decide Upon Action, But Ten Years To Alter Fundamentally The Trajectory Of Global Greenhouse Emissions... We Are Near A Tipping Point, A Point Of No Return, Beyond Which The Built In Momentum And Feedbacks Will Carry Us To Levels Of Climate Change With Staggering Consequences For Humanity And All Of The Residents Of This Planet.

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Decide Upon

Years

Humanity

Coral Reefs, The Rain Forest Of The Ocean, Are Home For One-third Of The Species Of The Sea. Coral Reefs Are Under Stress For Several Reasons, Including Warming Of The Ocean, But Especially Because Of Ocean Acidification, A Direct Effect Of Added Carbon Dioxide. Ocean Life Dependent On Carbonate Shells And Skeletons Is Threatened By Dissolution As The Ocean Becomes More Acid.

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Rain

Ocean