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caseymoz

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13. I don't know.

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #10)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 10:25 AM

Aug 2013

Why do you think the whole earth was fundamentally different, and how fundamental are you talking about?

Whether Britain becomes tropical, or something of that sort happens depends on how far Global Warming goes and how long we continue to manufacture greenhouse gases.

I seriously think Antarctica and northern Canada and Siberia might save humankind from complete extinction. That might be some pretty good land once the glaciers are gone, and they'd be far easier than terraforming Mars, IMHO.

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It mentions extinctions 55 million years ago, caseymoz Aug 2013 #5

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We need to know how and why life survived then. caseymoz Aug 2013 #8

And one admittedly rather less severe(if perhaps faster, maybe) than PETM, at that. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #10

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Okay, but these were NOT the kind of palms I was referring to. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #17

I don't know. caseymoz Aug 2013 #13

It's really hard for ME, personally, to explain..... AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #16

But all the average forecasts I've heard caseymoz Aug 2013 #18

True, but the newest projections have gone a lot farther than that, apparently. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #19

always looking for the good news when it comes to climate change, aren't you? CreekDog Aug 2013 #24

In all honesty, is that really such a bad thing? AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #26

Oh yeah, those Canadian and Siberian breadbaskets NickB79 Aug 2013 #20

Tell that to the guy who originally brought it up, not me. n/t AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #25

"The Perfect Storm" keeps building. Uncle Joe Aug 2013 #15