F.D. Flam, Columnist

Climate Change Is Scary; ‘Rat Explosion’ Is Scarier

Scientists warn of global warming of 2 degrees Celsius. If you think that won’t affect you, think how it may affect pests.

October 30, 2018 at 3:02 PM UTC

Corrected

November 5, 2018 at 6:37 PM UTC

By F.D. Flam

F.D. Flam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering science. She is host of the “Follow the Science” podcast.

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What’s so scary about climate change?

The term is not scary — at last not in a visceral, skin-crawling sense. Scientists have shown that the likely 2 degrees of global warming to come this century will be extremely dangerous, but, you know, “2 degrees” is hardly a phrase from nightmares and horror films.