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Scientists Warn Drastic Climate Impacts Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

Inside Climate News: Leading climate scientist James Hansen used a study published Tuesday to continue to hammer home the warning that humanity is nearing "the point of no return" when it comes to reversing or even mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.

The study, initially made public in draft form last July as a "discussion paper" so it could be circulated ahead of the climate talks in Paris, holds that multi-meter sea rise could happen within a matter of decades, rather than centuries as previous estimates suggested. Hansen argues the dramatic sea level rise could put the earth's coastal cities in grave peril while a sudden influx of population from those cities will bring discord and conflict to the rest of the world.

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