CLIMATE CHANGE:   Thirty Kyotos Needed to Control Warming

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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Thirty Kyotos Needed to Control Warming

David Malakoff

When exhausted delegates emerged from round-the-clock negotiations in Kyoto, Japan, last week with a global agreement to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases, some observers hailed the deal as a diplomatic miracle. Climate scientists say, however, that it will be miraculous indeed if the Kyoto pact even temporarily slows the accumulation of warming gases in the atmosphere. The cuts are too small and are likely to be overwhelmed by developing nations, they say.

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