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Jon. E. Keeley (U.S. Geological Survey scientist) in discussion with the author, November 4, 2019.

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Jon. E. Keeley (U.S. Geological Survey scientist) in discussion with the author, November 4, 2019.

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Jon. E. Keeley (U.S. Geological Survey scientist) in discussion with the author, November 4, 2019.

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Jon. E. Keeley (U.S. Geological Survey scientist) in discussion with the author, November 4, 2019.

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Jon. E. Keeley (U.S. Geological Survey scientist) in discussion with the author, November 4, 2019.

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Lauren Jeffrey (British YouTuber) in discussion with the author, December 3, 2019.

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Здесь и далее: по состоянию на июль 2022 года Facebook, Instagram, Twitter и Linkedin внесены в реестр запрещенных сайтов на территории РФ.

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Kerry Emanuel (climate scientist, MIT) in discussion with the author, November 15, 2019.

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Justin Ritchie (@jritch), “With this in mind, it is fair to say that the global energy system today, as modeled by IEA, is tracking much closer to 2˚ of warming this century than previously thought. Thread: 5/11,” Twitter, November 18, 2019, 9:37 a.m., https://twitter.com/jritch/status /1196482584710004736.

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Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio), “#Regram #RG @rainforest alliance: The lungs of the Earth are in flames…,” Instagram photo, August 22, 2019, https://www.instagram.com/p/B1eBsWDlfF1/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet. Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano), “The Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20 % of the world’s oxygen and its been burning for the past 3 weeks. It’s our responsibility to help to save our planet. #prayforamazonia,” Twitter, August 22, 2019, https://twitter.com/Cristiano/status/1164588606436106240?s=20. Journalists, too, described the Amazon as the lungs of the world. “The Amazon remains a net source of oxygen today,” said a journalist on CNN. Susan Scutti, “Here’s What We Know About the Fires in the Amazon Rainforest,” CNN, August 24, 2019, https://www.cnn.com.

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