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THE NEXT 18 MONTHS MAY BE CRITICAL
Cost of Climate Change

The Next 18 Months May Be Critical

August 15, 2019 Roy L Hales 3 Comments

By Roy L Hales

The heat wave that toppled European temperature records last month, reduced half of Greenland’s ice sheet to slush. Though wildfires are common in northern regions, there is no record of anything corresponding to what is transpiring today. Close to 5.5 million hectares are ablaze in northern Russia, and another million in Alaska. As a BBC environmental correspondent recently stated, the next 18 months may be critical if we hope to halt the rise of global temperatures at 1.5 degrees.

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