<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div>---------------------------------------</div><a href="http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?customersID=LinksAMR&mode=FullRecord&IsProductCode=Yes&product=WOS&Init=Yes&Func=Frame&DestFail=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webofknowledge.com&action=retrieve&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&SID=8BugwjF4bktbKKxXTOR&UT=WOS%3A000481557000001">http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?customersID=LinksAMR&mode=FullRecord&IsProductCode=Yes&product=WOS&Init=Yes&Func=Frame&DestFail=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webofknowledge.com&action=retrieve&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&SID=8BugwjF4bktbKKxXTOR&UT=WOS%3A000481557000001</a> <div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-title" style="margin:2px 22px 12px;list-style:none;padding:0px;font-size:21px;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:600;color:rgb(42,45,53);background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">There is no Plan B for dealing with the climate crisis</span></div><div class="gmail-block-record-info" style="margin:0px 22px 22px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(42,45,53);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:22px"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600">By:</span><a title="Find more records by this author" href="http://apps.webofknowledge.com/OutboundService.do?SID=8BugwjF4bktbKKxXTOR&mode=rrcAuthorRecordService&action=go&product=WOS&daisIds=235626" alt="Find more records by this author" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,90,132);text-decoration-line:none">Pierrehumbert, R</a> (Pierrehumbert, Raymond)<sup style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;font-weight:600">[ <a tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,90,132)"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">1</span></a>,<a tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,90,132)"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">2</span></a>,<a tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,90,132)"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">3</span></a> ]</span></sup></p><span name="show_resc_blurb_link" id="gmail-show_resc_blurb_link" class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600;display:inline"><a class="gmail-snowplow-view-ResearcherID-and-ORCID" title="View author identifiers such as Web of Science ResearcherID or ORCID." tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,90,132)">View Web of Science ResearcherID and ORCID</a></span></div><div class="gmail-block-record-info gmail-block-record-info-source" style="margin:0px 22px 22px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(42,45,53);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;list-style:none;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-sourceTitle" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px;font-weight:600"><span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS</span></span></p><div class="gmail-block-record-info-source-values" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px"><p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:18px;display:inline-block"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600">Volume:</span> <span style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">75</span></p> <p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:18px;display:inline-block"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600">Issue:</span> <span style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">5</span></p> <p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:18px;display:inline-block"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600">Pages:</span> <span style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">215-221</span></p></div><p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:18px"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;font-weight:600">DOI:</span> <span style="margin:0px;list-style:none;padding:0px">10.1080/00963402.2019.1654255</span></p><p class="gmail-FR_field" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;list-style:none;padding:0px;line-height:18px"><span class="gmail-FR_label" style="margin:0px;list-style:none;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