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Do we face dangerous global warming?

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"Do we face dangerous global warming?" Scott Armstrong gave a talk at Lehigh University on June 7, 2019 about research with Kesten Green on scientific climate forecasting. The talk was invited by the graduating Class of 1959, of which he is a member, for their 60th Reunion.
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