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> The sum total of human activity for 150 years has warmed the Earth few degrees

I mean, we just managed to do in 150 years what previously took ~100 THOUSAND years of natural activity to achieve.

Not a big deal. I don't know why people are even freaking out about it.




Cooling and warming by a few degrees can happen in much less time, possibly just a few centuries - see Younger Dryas.

Which, from what I can tell, should make us more worried, since it shows how drastic and unpredictable the climate can respond to changing conditions, like greatly increasing the carbon in the atmosphere.




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