Though this may sound like the work of global warming skeptics, it isnt. Global warming itself catastrophic climate alarmism climate mitigation policy each of these components is complex and uncertain. This is a photo of earth taken by the epic imager on the dscovr satellite on march 29, 2017. The accumulation in the earths atmosphere of these gases is mainly the result of the gargantuan consumption of the developed countries, particularly the united states. The wri report is entirely designed to blame developing countries for sharing the responsibility for global warming. Each not only dismisses the claims about global warming and climate change, and the plentiful evidence that supports those claims, but also notes the dangerous erosion of science.
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