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Spreading climate doom may make it harder to halt global warming

Focusing too much on extreme weather could trigger a backlash against climate action in the mid-2020s, when global temperature rises are set to slow down as the El Ni単o climate pattern fades

By Madeleine Cuff

16 August 2023

Protestor at an unofficial temperature record in Death Valley, California on 16 July

RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images

Will 2023 mark the arrival of the climate apocalypse and with it, a call to action? With extreme events and record-breaking temperatures across the world, there is certainly a pervasive sense of doom among the general public, says at the University of Pennsylvania. There is understandable worry over whether its too late, whether weve crossed some tipping point.

The answer to that is complex, but as the emerging El Ni単o climate pattern builds in strength towards the…

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