Are we a "hotspot" for global warming?

Tico Times: Central America accounts for only 0.5 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, yet is considered a "hotspot" for climate-related damages in the future. Larry Luxner A road near Copán, Honduras, is destroyed by Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Honduras and Nicaragua in 1998. Experts say rising seas and fierce hurricanes will be a consequence of global warming. From the print edition WASHINGTON, D.C. – Only 15 years from now, permanent drought conditions triggered by global warming will...

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