The proper speed of ecosystem change is glacial (with pockets of accelerated change in the midst of a shift).
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Jul 16 '10, 15:27
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No, I'm serious. We're probably approaching the high peak between two ice ages right now. The one before now was very minor, but the one after "now" could be a more traditional ice age (you know, this time, like the movie. Last time, it was just like cities were few hundred miles north, temperature-wise.)
My belief, which is based an the aggregation of scientific data, is that we're accelerating the natural systems that will kick start the next ice age. Our output of pollution is only one factor in the equation, but it's in there nonetheless. The solar cycles are part of it (we're stuck at an inexplicably long solar minimum right now, so maybe we're not quite at the peak of the Heat Age right now), the temperature of the ocean is a large determinant factor, and it's more than possible that the stuff happening underground could also play into it (anything from volcanic activity to magnetic field shifts).
So what I'm saying isn't that we can stop said ice age by cutting our pollution; I'm simply suggesting that if we act now, in a sane manner, as a species, we can lessen its impact slightly and make it more comfortable. Which is mutually beneficial to everything on the planet.
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