James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050

By Bob Berwyn

A team of scientists led by former NASA climate researcher James Hansen, who formally raised the alarm about climate change to U.S. government leaders in his 1988 testimony to Congress, is working on a new study that warns of a possible short-term spike of planetary heating 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050.