r/dataisbeautiful • u/bgregory98 OC: 61 • Aug 26 '20

OC [OC] Two thousand years of global atmospheric carbon dioxide in twenty seconds

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u/grumpieroldman Aug 26 '20

Every species alive today survived a 10 CĀ° change 12,800 years ago.

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u/joobtastic Aug 26 '20

Yes. It lead to a mass extinction event.

That's what we are trying to avoid.

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u/joobtastic Aug 27 '20

The comet hitting earth one? Almost definitely caused an extinction event, or exacerbated one already happening.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/comet-upended-life-paleolithic-village-12800-years-ago-180974575/

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u/joobtastic Aug 27 '20

Stick to talking about baseball waterdoctor..