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How long will it be before the climate forces us to change?

To judge by the story of the little ice age, there will be decades of terrible suffering before we adapt

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

This time last year, homeowners in Oxfordshire and Berkshire were recovering after storms had brought down power lines and blocked roads. Soon, power cuts were the least of their problems. The Thames flooded. In the south-west, the emergency services evacuated the Somerset Levels, and the sea wall at Dawlish in Devon collapsed — cutting the rail line to Cornwall.

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