Do we question the danger of global warming? Let us go back 251.9 million years and learn from ancient history. So many volcanoes erupted that they were scattered across entire continents. They blasted out the deadly fumes of carbon dioxide for thousands of years. Did it cause global warming? Yes, the earth's temperature rose 10 degrees Celsius, Did it cause extensive damage? Ninety percent of life on earth was lost due to the severity of the imbalance of carbon dioxide in the air.
It was the worst mass extinction in the history of the the world. It took the earth nearly 10 million years to recover.
And, it wasn't the only mass extinction that has been accompanied by changes in carbon emissions. In fact, every mass extinction -- every one -- has been marked by carbon imbalance in the atmosphere.
This is the danger of burning fossil fuels. With ancient history as our teacher, let us learn.
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