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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

The World Solved Acid Rain. We Can Also Solve Climate Change

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The World Solved Acid Rain. We Can Also Solve Climate Change

www.scientificamerican.com

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

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Lessons from how we tackled acid rain can be applied to our world today

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Good chance that climate change will solve us.

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