Will unchecked global warming destroy civilisation by century's end? What three degrees of global warming really means

Peter Barrett
2006 Policy Quarterly  
A temperature change of 3ºC is something we experience wherever we are on earth every day - in fact a typical daily change in most places is more like 8 or 9ºC. In the past few years scientists have become concerned because global temperature has risen 0.6ºC. So why the fuss?
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