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Major Tipping Points in the Earth's Climate System popular
Released jointly by a major insurance firm and an environmental group, ranked Canada as 12th in the world in terms of assets in jeopardy because of rising sea levels predicted by climate scientists. It warned that the planet's atmosphere and ecosystems were close to dangerous "tipping points" that could cause sea level to rise. This would affect hundreds of millions of people and cost up to $28-trillion in losses.
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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2009-11-24
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Released jointly by a major insurance firm and an environmental group, ranked Canada as 12th in the world in terms of assets in jeopardy because of rising sea levels predicted by climate scientists. It warned that the planet's atmosphere and ecosystems were close to dangerous "tipping points" that could cause sea level to rise. This would affect hundreds of millions of people and cost up to $28-trillion in losses.
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