Nature Video examines the impacts of a world that is a few degrees hotter.
The future of our climate is uncertain. We will see regional changes in weather patterns and global rises in sea-level, for example — but to an extent that depends on how much the world warms.
As negotiators at the UN climate talks in Paris prepare to agree a unified strategy to slow climate change, reporter Adam Levy investigates some of the predicted effects of rising temperatures, and what we can expect if nations fail to act.
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Paris climate talks: the consequences of climate change. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18857
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