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Re:No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happen... by xenocyon on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:39PM (#20526864)
This xkcd graphic really shows how massive this effect is: https://xkcd.com/1732/

A lot of people just don't understand why a couple of degrees is a big deal, not understanding that the rate of change we are talking about is vastly different from what our biosphere has experienced in the past.

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Re:No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happen... by merpnderp on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:59PM (#20527146)
Add in the confidence intervals and that graph tells a completely different story.
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