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Comment Re:So the Climate...Changed (Score 3, Insightful) 113

CO2 causes heat to be trapped in the atmosphere.
Humans have released a lot of CO2 in the last 2 hundred years.

The 'anthrogenic' part of climate change is the rapidity of the change.

The climate has changed in the past, but never as quickly as it is changing now. The rapidity of the change means it is much more difficult to adapt. This is why it is an issue.

Specific animals and plants will not be fine as their local environments change more quickly than they can adapt or migrate.
This includes humans.

Overall, 'The Earth' will be fine.
Also, 'Life' will be fine.

Humans, on the other hand, have a problem.

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