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What surprises could climate change have in store for us?

Noah Sachs (Richmond): Climate Change Triage. Daniel Osberghaus (ZEW): Prospect Theory, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Can geoengineering slow climate change? Johann Grolle interviews David Keith. Brad Plumer on one problem with geoengineering: Once you start, you can’t really stop. Gambling with civilization: Paul Krugman reviews The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World by William D. Nordhaus. William D. Nordhaus, the father of climate-change economics, says good policies must lie somewhere between wrecking the economy and wrecking the world. What's in it for U.S. to cut greenhouse gas emissions? The game of climate whac-a-mole will hit the tropics first. Eric Holthaus and Ritchie King on how to fix global warming before it’s too late. What surprises could climate change have in store for us? Brad Plumer on the National Research Council’ new report, "Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises". Industry-funded Cambridge astrophysicist Willie Soon helps sow climate-change doubt, adds to partisan divide. Joe Kloc on why Reddit's science forum needed to ban climate deniers. Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers on the government scandal that shows the people have to take radical action to prevent climate change. How do you get people to give a damn about climate change? Obama’s second term is all about climate change: Jonathan Chait on the president's kind-of-secret agenda (and more). National Geographic maps our coastline after we melt all Earth’s ice, raising seas over 200 feet.