Author: Gavin Lee
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Doomsday Math: The “Fat-Tail” Risks of Climate Change
Imagine the room you’re sitting in, only 4.0°C warmer. Maybe you’re a little uncomfortable. The planet, 4.0°C warmer, is in crisis. Considered an extremely dangerous outcome by climate scientists, it would likely entail massive sea level rise, food and water scarcity affecting billions of people, and the collapse of the biosphere (Kemp et al. 2022;…