| ▲ | bhickey 4 hours ago | |
The _state_ isn't alarming, it's the rate of change. The transition is happening on a scale of human lifetimes instead of geological time. | ||
| ▲ | filoeleven 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Yeah. The XKCD "Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature" is, I'm pretty certain, the most frightening chart I have ever seen. | ||
| ▲ | jacquesm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Precisely. Humans can adapt to almost anything but we can not do it fast enough with 8 billion+ people. | ||