Be Very Worried

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Be Worried. Be Very Worried.

The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame. Why the crisis will hit so soon—and what we can do about it

By JEFFREY KLUGER
No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth. Never mind what you've heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is upon us.