
Gaia Vince, the former news editor of
Nature, is a freelance science writer whose work has appeared in
The Guardian, The Times (UK), New Scientist, Seed, Science, and on the BBC. She is currently traveling internationally looking at the social and environmental impacts of climate change.
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As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic factors as with a changing climate.
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