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Salon
Salon
Science
Matthew Rozsa

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Why more shark encounters are coming | History Defined

Cityscape on horizon over shark infested sea Getty Images/Wavebreakmedia

In 1975's iconic killer shark movie "Jaws," a New England small town mayor refuses to accept that beachgoers are being attacked by a great white shark. Because he cares more about the local economy than the public welfare, he needlessly endangers innocent people — a failure not unlike that of politicians who refuse to support policies that can address climate change.

In the ultimate sign of karma from the universe, it appears that one of the dangers of climate change might now be more sharks in our human spaces.

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