Defining dangerous anthropogenic interference

Few would dispute that the nations of the world should collectively do what must be done to avert elevating atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to the point of “dangerous anthropogenic interference” (DAI) with our climate. However, the devil, as they say, is in the details, details most recently explored by Smith et al. (1) in this issue of PNAS.

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