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Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?

Writers of speculative- and science-fiction often identify a key point in time and explore how a seemingly insignificant event might change the path of humanity. One of these moments came in the 1970s when oil giant Exxon chose to ignore its own commissioned research on the impact of fossil fuels.

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Australian writers ponder future ravaged by climate change, pandemic in speculative fiction anthology After Australia

In a timely new anthology, 12 Indigenous writers and writers of colour consider what our nation will look like in 2050 and accidentally predict the events of 2020.
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