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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

14 May 2018

Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusion

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