What we should learn from history regarding #ClimateChange

“The PETM involved more than 5°C of warming in 15-20 thousand years (actually a little slower than rates of warming over the last 50 years), fueled by the input of more than 2000 gigatons (a gigaton is a billion tons!) of carbon into the atmosphere.”

Ancient #Climate Events: Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum

#PETM #extinction #FossilFuel
https://courses.ems.psu.edu/earth103/node/639

Ancient Climate Events: Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum | EARTH 103: Earth in the Future

Really nicely illustrated and explained by #Acronium:
“Something was here before us… and scientist are terrified”
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #FossilFuel #PETM
https://youtu.be/CAEdwHRUP4k?is=tqid9NHUCbIktsCS
Something Was Here Before Us… And Scientists Are Horrified

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