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Firefighter and volunteers use a water hose near a burning blaze trying to extinguish a fire in the village of Glatsona on Evia (Euboea) island, on August 9, 2021. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, August 9, 2021--the first of four that make up the IPCC's Sixth Assessment report--reiterates in scientific language (it deals with the physical science basis of global warming) what we have already known for quite some time from scores of previous studies: humanity faces a climate emergency, global warming is human driven, major climate changes are irreversible, and time is running out to avoid a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.
If we convince ourselves that combating the climate crisis is equivalent to fighting a world war, we do have a realistic chance of rescuing planet Earth.
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The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, August 9, 2021--the first of four that make up the IPCC's Sixth Assessment report--reiterates in scientific language (it deals with the physical science basis of global warming) what we have already known for quite some time from scores of previous studies: humanity faces a climate emergency, global warming is human driven, major climate changes are irreversible, and time is running out to avoid a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.
If we convince ourselves that combating the climate crisis is equivalent to fighting a world war, we do have a realistic chance of rescuing planet Earth.
The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, August 9, 2021--the first of four that make up the IPCC's Sixth Assessment report--reiterates in scientific language (it deals with the physical science basis of global warming) what we have already known for quite some time from scores of previous studies: humanity faces a climate emergency, global warming is human driven, major climate changes are irreversible, and time is running out to avoid a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.
If we convince ourselves that combating the climate crisis is equivalent to fighting a world war, we do have a realistic chance of rescuing planet Earth.