Beware: This planet could face disaster

President Donald Trump’s comments to the United Nations on climate change show a lack of knowledge on what is happening [“Trump warns on migration, green energy,” News, Sept. 24].

The president should realize that the planet is close to a tipping point:

Large parts of the Amazon rainforest are on the verge of producing more carbon dioxide than they are absorbing.

The arctic is rapidly losing more ice and could trigger rising oceans.

The oceans are warming, and their circulation patterns could change.

The planet is under stress. Trump should not ignore the environmental disasters that we could face.

— William Lemmey, Astoria, Queens

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