Earth Hasn’t Heated Up This Fast Since the Dinosaurs’ End

[New World Explorer]

Carbon is pouring into the atmosphere faster than at any time in the past 66 million years—since the dinosaurs went extinct—according to a new analysis of the geologic record. The study underscores just how profoundly humans are changing Earth’s history.

The carbon emissions rate is ten times greater today than during the prehistoric hot period that is the closest precedent for today's greenhouse warming.

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160321-climate-change-petm-global-warming-carbon-emission-rate/

[Shawnster]

What kind of hard data do we have from 50 million years ago?  For that matter, what hard data do we have for 5,000 years ago?

[New World Explorer]

1 minute ago, Shawnster said:

What kind of hard data do we have from 50 million years ago?  For that matter, what hard data do we have for 5,000 years ago?

Ask Flintstones   

[Tortuga]

Earth Hasn’t Heated Up This Fast Since the Dinosaurs’ End

 

Which end of the dinosaur are they referring to???

[GStorrs46]

Yes but was the heat the reason the Flintstones wore the type of clothes they did ?

 

GStorr46

[Shawnster]

On 3/22/2016 at 10:08 AM, Tortuga said:

Earth Hasn’t Heated Up This Fast Since the Dinosaurs’ End

 

 

Well, then, it's about time.

[Pjdriver]

I wish it would heat up a little where I'm at.   And yes, I am on planet earth.

 

Edited April 8, 2016 by Pjdriver

[hatcheckgirl]

These visuals are quite interesting, if not compelling:

http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/earth/explainer/these-5-visuals-demonstrate-how-much-our-planet-really-heating?cx_navSource=related-side-cx#cxrecs_s

 

It also references this Bloomberg site, for more fascinating visual graphs:

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/

 

Evidence we can either believe or not.  We are at the pointy end of this old system though......

[Ahuvah]

A few years ago the South Island had an Iceberg float past it ... !!!  The islands in the Pacific can no longer farm because of seawater seeping into what was once fertile land.