“A fast transition away from fossil fuels in the next few decades could be enough to put off rapid sea-level rise for centuries. That’s a decision worth countless trillions of dollars and millions of lives.
'The range of outcomes,' Bassis says, 'is really going to depend on choices that people make.'”
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