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Cryosphere Faces Permanent Damage When World Overshoots 1.5C

Cryosphere Faces Permanent Damage When World Overshoots 1.5C, Scientists Warn

A UN-backed report warns that even temporarily overshooting the Paris agreement's 1.5C warming target could cause permanent and widespread losses of glaciers, snow and polar ice sheets. With Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets already melting about six times faster than in the…

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