Grist: Generally speaking, anthropogenic climate change doesn`t come at us like some Pacific Rim Kaiju monster, leaping suddenly into view from the watery depths. It`s slow and confusing and hard to observe on a day-to-day basis. But that doesnt mean that we don`t have some nasty - and sudden - surprises in store. A new report by the National Research Council looks at the social and ecological dangers that could lie ahead.
The report has a Hollywood-friendly two-part title: "Abrupt Impacts of Climate...