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‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (www.theguardian.com)

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Turns out Hansen should have been a household name in the '90s.

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[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

it really wasn't. I was around then. Nobody was talking about it like it was a thing that was going to happen. At best it might be talked about in relation to a movie or something as something that could possibly happen. Even then it was more like the sun going nova timeline wise.

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