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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by chupasaurus on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:23PM (#19559508)
> Then even if you get rid of the carbon, the temperature stays higher because the ice is gone and is no longer reflecting light back into space. And the ice is from the last ice age, it doesn't just refreeze on its own -- especially now that the temperature is higher.

Check the historical data on CO₂ levels from antarctic ice. It correlates perfectly with the ice ages (we had samples of ~400K years covering 3 previous), and guess what, we are now on the brink of a next one.

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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:26PM (#19559528)
Were on the brink of a next one, on the geological timescale. Before we started burning all this carbon and went hard the other way.
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