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By Chris Mooney By Chris Mooney

Energy and Environment

July 12

Road markings appear distorted as the asphalt starts to melt due to the high temperature in New Delhi on May 27, 2015. (Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency)

The temptation to paint a dire picture of climate change, at a time when the Trump administration seems bent on questioning a widely accepted body of climate science and withdrawing from international agreements, is clear. But the picture still has to be plausible and accurate, a number of scientists argued this week in response to a lengthy article in New York Magazine.
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