Stephen Hawking:

We are close to the tipping point, where global warming becomes irreversible. Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees [Celsius], and raining sulfuric acid.

— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

Context

Told BBC News, referring to President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate deal.

Date / Period

2017

Source

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