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Re:What happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to g... by mrfusion on Monday June 18, 2018 @11:48AM (#17339125)
Along a similar vein the rain forests were supposed to have disappeared 10 years ago and I think we were all supposed to suffocate. That’s what I remember hearing as a kid in the 90s.

I wonder what went wrong with those predictions? Did we end up taking enough action to stop that?

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Re:What happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to g... by mkempe on Monday June 18, 2018 @12:56PM (#17339721)
Since CO2 is an essential nutrient for the kingdom of plants, the rise in CO2 level has caused land-based vegetation to increase 14% globally over 30 years, and phytoplankton to increase tenfold in the North Atlantic over 50 years.
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