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act to restore those patterns if they’re threatened, whether it was due to human
activity or not. I expect to see a great deal of activity on the geoengineering front
as the reality of climate change kicks in, but the effectiveness of such efforts is
very far from being proven.
3.7 Al Gore and Climate Change
Al Gore, whether you love him or loathe him, has done perhaps the most amaz-
ing job of scientific communication of all time. He has received a lot of praise,
and a lot of criticism, for his efforts to educate people worldwide about climate
change and global warming. After losing the Presidential el