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What would Earth's climate look like in a few centuries without anthropogenic warming? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ContentFeature/GlobalWarming/images/ep
by etrabroline 7y ago
What would Earth's climate look like in a few centuries without anthropogenic warming?
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ContentFeature/GlobalWarming/images/epica_temperature.png https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ContentFeature/GlobalWarmi...
I've seen no compelling argument as to why an ice age would be preferable to warming.
- SenHeng 7y agoHave you ever lived somewhere that's hot all year round? Heat greatly reduces productivity. https://epic.uchicago.edu/news/hot-temperatures-decrease-worker-productivity-economic-output/ https://epic.uchicago.edu/news/hot-temperatures-decrease-wor...
- harambae 7y agoThat's one theory. Some others are that there is more disease in the warmer areas or that since early agricultural/domestication took place further north it gave those communities a head start
- harambae 7y agoThat link appears broken, but presumably it's similar to this one? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EPICA_temperature_plot.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EPICA_temperature_pl...
- etrabroline 7y agoyes.