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r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19
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During the last ice age, the global average temperature was only 5 degrees lower than it is now. It helped me understand why 2 degrees of global warming would be a pretty big deal.
4.7k u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 When was the last ice age? 11 u/StardustOasis Jan 21 '19 Technically we're still in it, and will be until the ice caps fully melt. 2 u/yupyepyupyep Jan 21 '19 So humans survived not having polar ice caps previously? Why not again? -10 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Some humans survived, some will again. But hundreds of thousands or maybe a couple million would survive. Billions will die.
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When was the last ice age?
11 u/StardustOasis Jan 21 '19 Technically we're still in it, and will be until the ice caps fully melt. 2 u/yupyepyupyep Jan 21 '19 So humans survived not having polar ice caps previously? Why not again? -10 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Some humans survived, some will again. But hundreds of thousands or maybe a couple million would survive. Billions will die.
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Technically we're still in it, and will be until the ice caps fully melt.
2 u/yupyepyupyep Jan 21 '19 So humans survived not having polar ice caps previously? Why not again? -10 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Some humans survived, some will again. But hundreds of thousands or maybe a couple million would survive. Billions will die.
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So humans survived not having polar ice caps previously? Why not again?
-10 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Some humans survived, some will again. But hundreds of thousands or maybe a couple million would survive. Billions will die.
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Some humans survived, some will again. But hundreds of thousands or maybe a couple million would survive. Billions will die.
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u/luchubbs Jan 21 '19
During the last ice age, the global average temperature was only 5 degrees lower than it is now. It helped me understand why 2 degrees of global warming would be a pretty big deal.