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Posted on November 18, 2018

A desolate prognosis

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/26/how-extreme-weather-is-shrinking-the-planet

Posted on July 29, 2018

Quand la France se réchauffera…

“Quand la France se réchauffera : tout ce qui va changer dans nos vies” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2017/10/27/01008-20171027ARTFIG00070-quand-la-france-se-rechauffera-tout-ce-qui-va-changer-dans-nos-vies.php

How true those words are, even to-day!

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