US climatologist Dr James Hansen, and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is pictured during a photocall in Coventry, in central England, on March 19, 2009. Hansen will join campaigners who are expected to take part in a day of action to highlight the danger of climate change. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

US climatologist Dr James Hansen, and Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is pictured during a photocall in Coventry, in central England, on March 19, 2009. Hansen will join campaigners who are expected to take part in a day of action to highlight the danger of climate change.

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