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[–] xyzzy 1 points (+1|-0)

Does it matter if it's man-made? It's more or less known what heats or cools earth, and a fast change isn't good for most species and areas.

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 2 points (+2|-0)

I keep hearing the argument from people that "the earth has gone through cycles like this before" and while that may be, humanity hasn't experienced that before.

[–] xyzzy 3 points (+3|-0)

Humanity has endured ice ages, but a few degrees change would more than decimate many species, including humans.

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

I'd venture that putting pavement all over the earth's surface, chopping down forests, turning all of the earth's surface into farm land, etc has done far more harm to other wildlife on earth. Humans are simply destroying everything in our path. A few degrees temperature change in the next 100 years is really fairly mild compared to everything else we're doing to mess with and destroy animals' habitats. This habitat destruction has happened far more rapidly, and there is absolutely zero political will to stop or reverse it as well.