Two leading voices from opposing camps in the climate change debate squared off last night in Hickory.

William Schlesinger of the Cary Institute, a former dean of Duke’s environment school, argues that we ignore the changing climate at our peril. John Christy of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Alabama’s state climatologist, counters that cold, hard facts contradict the most outrageous claims about impending doom.

Click play below to view both scientists response to the debate’s final question.

Click play below to view the entire 1:15:15 event.

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