How our understanding of the climate is changing

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Humanity's understanding of the climate is deepening, but it must not distract from the core mission of cutting carbon emissions as quickly as possible, writes energy analyst Patrick Cook

Discourse around climate change centres on the relationship between carbon emissions and temperature, and our urgent need to reduce our carbon emissions. Recent climate science research has shown that...

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