since 1979

And what about the years before that?

defrost a day ago | parent | next [-]

Other agencies tracked ocean thermoclines.

Eg: Totally not tracking submarines, we're looking at dolphins and whales!

Scripps itself has been running since 1903.

mlcrypto a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	tzs a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's like saying coastal sea level rise is nothing to worry about in places like Florida because that whole area was at the bottom of an ocean 100 million years ago.
	▲	BLKNSLVR a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Hint: https://xkcd.com/1732/
	▲	andsoitis a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Did you mean “humans or capitalism”? In any event, who cares what the climate was like before humans walked the planet? We do care about what it is like while we’re around because it puts significant constraints on our lives.
	▲	jay_kyburz a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Earth has, human civilization as we know it has not.