Global Warming
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I dunno...I always figured the fact that the Earth has changed temperatures over time is something every kid learns in first grade.
Like no one ever heard of the Ice Age before? Or knew that for most of the world's history, it was much warmer?
I guess I'm just a little confused when I hear people using that as an argument against climate change. Because it doesn't have any bearing on whether humans can change the temperature themselves by pumping loads of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Or indicate that everything will be just fine if the temperature does change drastically. After all the other characteristic of history is that lifeforms died out in large numbers, often corresponding to changes in the environment. So it seems like a strange parallel to draw IMO.