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The Beyond-Two-Degree Inferno

November 27, 2015 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“In Dante’s Inferno, he describes the nine circles of Hell, each dedicated to different sorts of sinners, with the outermost being occupied by those who didn’t know any better, and the innermost reserved for the most treacherous offenders. I wonder where in the nine circles Dante would place all of us who are borrowing against this Earth in the name of economic growth, accumulating an environmental debt by burning fossil fuels, the consequences of which will be left for our children and grandchildren to bear? Let’s act now, to save the next generations from the consequences of the beyond-two-degree inferno.” — Marcia McNutt, Science, July 3, 2015

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(Contributed by Alexandra Basili, FSU 2019)

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Tagged with: Circles of Hell, Inferno, Science

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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