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We know that temperature got a good 1-2 °C warmer than today during the Eemian period 130,000 years ago. That was enough for a considerable portion of Greenland
by sam86pa 6y ago
We know that temperature got a good 1-2 °C warmer than today during the Eemian period 130,000 years ago. That was enough for a considerable portion of Greenland to melt.
The exact map of ice extent during the Eemian is under debate; the region is notoriously difficult to model as this is directly next to a highly fickle ocean current known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Labrador Sea. As a result, different model assumptions produce different possible maps.
- vmception 6y agohuh, I wonder how the corals and ecosystem survived back then?
- DubiousPusher 6y agoThis all happened much more slowly. Climate change isn't necessarily destructive to life. It's destructive to life when the rate of change exceeds the rate of adaptation of many species. Warming 2 degrees in even just 10,000 years is much more survivable than when it happens in 300.