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The last time Earth was this hot hippos lived in Britain (that’s 130,000 years ago)

Doctor Syntax Silver badge

"Currently orbital conditions are suitable to trigger the next glacial inception. We’re due another ice age. However, as pointed out in a recent study in Nature, there’s now so much carbon in the atmosphere the likelihood of this occurring is massively reduced over the next 100,000 years."

Back in the 60s/70s the prospect of another ice age was a concern. That was before global warming research became a global industry.

Once in a while it's worth considering the reality of maintaining a status quo indefinitely and the alternatives of x metres of sea level rise vs y kilometres of ice.

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