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Climate change catastrophe has been exaggerated for over 30 yr now UN predicted catastrophe in 1989 https://www.apnews.com/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0 ht

• adrianN 7y ago
  The IPCC predictions tend to be too conservative: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-science-predictions-prove-too-conservative/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-science-p... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43e8yp/the-uns-devastating-climate-change-report-was-too-optimistic https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43e8yp/the-uns-devastatin... It's just that "catastrophic" changes meaning over time. Permafrost melting on a massive scale? Catastrophic prediction thirty years ago, just another item in the news today. Losing almost all coral reefs? Today it's just something we can't prevent anymore.