It's been 30 years since James Hansen told Congress about global warming. We might call it climate change these days, but Hansen was right.
Seth Borenstein and Nicky Forster collect the mountain of data proving climate change is already here. Thirty years ago, a NASA scientist named James Hansen tried to warn Congress about the dire future of what he called global warming. He was right, and the future is now.
Borenstein and Forster write for the Associated Press.
FULL STORY: 30 years after warning of global warming: They were right
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