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#403 - Richard Betts - Why Is Climate Science So Disputed?

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The Greenland Ice Sheet and the Amazon Rainforest Tipping Point

The more warmn we put into the system, the more we risk these large scale changes like irreversible er melting of the greenland ice sheet. But you can't put your finger on any particular level of globe wa that wouldt definitely kick off any kind of chain reaction. You seeyes no universable changes. By being high you are actually protected and refrigerated. And you have e a frozen area which covers over an area that perhaps would be even now prone to melting. The real threat from er to the amazon probably comes from a combination of de forest tion and climate change.

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