NASA: Just 10 Years To Climate Change "Tipping Point"

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First Posted: 05-29-07 10:28 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Even "moderate additional" greenhouse emissions are likely to push Earth past "critical tipping points" with "dangerous consequences for the planet," according to research conducted by NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute.

With just 10 more years of "business as usual" emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, says the NASA/Columbia paper, "it becomes impractical" to avoid "disastrous effects."

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