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A slippery slope: How much global warming constitutes “dangerous anthropogenic interference”?

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Hansen, J.E. A slippery slope: How much global warming constitutes “dangerous anthropogenic interference”?. Climatic Change 68, 269–279 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-4135-0

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