Homework Help: Earth Science

Posted by kazz on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 7:55pm.

Computer models of Earth's climate project increases in the average temperature from 2°C to 6°C by the end of the century. Have these high temperatures ever occurred before in the past 400 000 years?

Earth Science - drwls, Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:05pm
According to the graph at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_temperature_record, the answer is No.

For temperatures above 6 C, you have to back about 50 million years.

Man has quickly turned things around.
Earth Science - kazz, Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:12pm
thanks a lot:)

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