Post #4246529
2026-07-30 15:35 UTC
*Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World*
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...👉we're still at the point where we can change things and do something about it."👈
When the #GreatDying occurred, temperatures increased by 8-12 °C (46-54 °F) across thousands of years.
In the present day, across just a few hundred years of emissions, temperatures are projected to rise 1.5-4 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.. "
[However, some regions,...
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@HistoPol@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 15:35
...e. g. #Europe, are warming at a more rapid pace, e. g. the #BalticSea since the start of the #IndustrialRevolution: "With observed warming of 1.35 °C between 1982 and 2006 that 👉exceeds the global average rate by a factor of seven...👈" (2008) "The temperature trends show a similar three layers pattern with fast warming at the surface (~ 0.06 K decade− 1) and bottom (> 0.04 K decade− 1) and slow in the intermediate layers (< 0.04 K decade− 1)...." (2008) @kim_harding@mastodon.scot