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Dr Akshay Deoras
Academic
Senior research scientist at the University of Reading.
Notable Quotes
"This is not just a heatwave, it is a heat-dome driven furnace that will grip most of the southern UK and push temperatures into truly exceptional territory."View Story →
"Unless we drastically cut down the emission of greenhouse gases, global warming is not going to stop."View Story →
"The risk of exposure goes down provided we don’t see fresh strikes - if we get fresh strikes, that is going to be problematic."View Story →
"What has happened [in Iran] is definitely unprecedented because it's all coming in from missiles dropping in and airstrikes on oil refineries."View Story →
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