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NavigationScientists have been taking Mother Earth's temperature lately, and the patient definitely has problems. No doubt about it: our planet is growing warmer.
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That global fever could trigger a host of worrisome effects, including floods, violent storms, droughts, and outbreaks of killer diseases.

This chapter gives you the basics of global warming and discusses potential consequences for our weather, our world, and ourselves. Here's what awaits you:


 
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