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Climate warning, 50 years later
Description: Long before geophysicist Michael Mann's hockeystick graph became the icon for anthropogenic global warming, the U.S. President's Science Advisory Committee [now known as the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)] cautioned President Lyndon B. Johnson that the continued release of CO2 to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels would "almost certainly cause significant changes" and "could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings." [Source: Science / AAAS]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad7927
Availability: Full Text
Source: Science / AAAS
Publish Date: 11/13/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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