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| • | We are in the Anthropocene Age |
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| • | and we are not getting out of it any time soon |
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| • | There will be surprises; sudden surprises |
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| • | Do models underestimate what lies ahead of us? |
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| • | It is difficult to disentangle current effects of |
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| greenhouse warming and natural variations |
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| • | Natural variations such as El Niño have profound |
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| impacts on human affairs, including health |
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| • | Predictions of El Niño have been used to mitigate |
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| impacts |
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