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BBC climate doc adviser: Earth is sending us really powerful messages

By Adam Vaughan

13 April 2019

A wildfire burning — You could hardly watch the news last year without seeing wildfires, says Chris Rapley
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“It really does hammer home the message that it’s not some science-y issue, it affects you and animals,” says Chris Rapley of the BBC’s new climate change documentary: Climate Change – The facts.

The former director of the Science Museum in London served as science adviser to the show, which he believes is incredibly timely after last year’s extreme weather and a drumbeat of striking climate science.

“2018 has seen a big shift. The planet sending us really, really powerful…

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