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> The only human activity so far on a large enough scale to impact the biosphere as a whole is fossil fuel use. If you want to count that as "terraforming." I
by arcticfox 8y ago
> The only human activity so far on a large enough scale to impact the biosphere as a whole is fossil fuel use. If you want to count that as "terraforming."
I must be misunderstanding you; the majority of places in the world today are radically different than they were pre-human. That seems pretty inarguable.
- jniedrauer 8y agoIt's death by a thousand cuts though. A bunch of localized effects that add up. That's not "terraforming." No one thing has impacted the entire planet except for fossil fuels. We dispersed a lot of lead globally in the mid 20th century, but that was also fossil fuel related. Plastic buildup in the ocean is also fossil fuel related. And of course the atmospheric changes.
- mirimir 8y agoThe Romans also did a pretty good job with lead.