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Climate change, on COSMOS, Sunday, 1st June 2014, 9 p.m. ET, on Fox

Posted on 29 May 2014 by ecoquant

… And will be repeated on National Geographic TV on Monday, 9 p.m., ET. Hat tip to Dr Dan Satterfield. Go Neil!

Posted in carbon dioxide, citizenship, civilization, climate, climate education, ecology, education, environment, forecasting, geoengineering, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, politics, rationality, reasonableness, risk, science, statistics, WHOI | Tagged Cosmos, Fox TV, National Geographic TV, Neil deGrasse Tyson | 1 Comment
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