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Re:The Amazon Is Not the Earth’s Lungs by orwin on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:27AM (#20929247)
> The global average temperature has been higher than that in the past Yes > there was plenty of oxygen in the atmosphere. Well, citation needed.
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Re:The Amazon Is Not the Earth’s Lungs by SlowRobotAhead on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:28AM (#20929275)
>there was plenty of oxygen in the atmosphere. Well, citation needed.

Isn’t that entirely the basis of the giant flora and fauna we know existed?

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Re:The Amazon Is Not the Earth’s Lungs by marcosdumay on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:40AM (#20929403)
The loss of formatting is a problem for understanding your comment, but you seem to be arguing that there isn't evidence that the level of oxygen on the atmosphere is steadly going down since the Great Oxidation Event. If, so, there's plenty of evidence.
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