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This number came up regarding the Permian mass extinction
I never realized that the threshold was so low.
This also ignores any potential tipping points which could come much sooner.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/da yearthdied.shtml... The combined temperature rise of 10°C is generally accepted as a figure able to cause truly mass extinction...
I never realized that the threshold was so low.
http://www.solcomhouse.com/metnoaa.htm [Broken]The rapid rate of warming since 1976, approximately 0.2*C per decade, is consistent with the projected rate of warming based on human-induced effects.
...PETER D. EWINS; CEO, UK Meteorological Office
DR. JAMES BAKER; Under Secretary, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"
This also ignores any potential tipping points which could come much sooner.
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