In 2008 there were only 39, 214 inhabitants left and, according to predictions, this number will continue to fall until it reaches 30, 000.

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But fortunately, it's not crossing over Havana according to the predictions now.

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The software could also be used to verify the likelihood of other predictions, according to the research paper.

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According to Lovelock, this is why his predictions on climate change are more extreme, but also more accurate than those of leading scientific bodies like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which he claims is limited in its assessment because it is made up of specialists whose focus is too narrow.

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