The report is a review of some 400 major scientific contributions to our understanding of Earth Systems and climate. It comes with less than 80 days to go to the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering predictions.
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