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CDNEmpire OP t1_jb5m1p5 wrote

Reply to comment by Syfer2x in During the last ice age, how long would it have taken for the ice sheets to form? by CDNEmpire

That’s fair. I mean we definitely can be helping things by speeding up, or even completely changing the natural process.

The natural balance will eventually be restored. Just a question if we’re still around to witness it

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Jewnadian t1_jb5mw2b wrote

That's not really a guarantee, it's entirely possible to push a planet into runaway greenhouse mode and it never recover to where carbon/DNA based life is possible again.

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GumboDiplomacy t1_jb5s6gl wrote

This is a good visual representation of climate throughout earth’s geological history. Notice how slow most of these changes are, a matter of a couple of Celsius change over millions of years. Then look at the change over the last 200 years.

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SgtExo t1_jb5yz1d wrote

Check out this helpful xkcd timeline, it is a bit old by now and we should be on the optimistic path, if not even a bit better depending on if green tech keeps getting adopted faster. But it is a good way of seeing how stable temperatures have been for the last 20 000 years.

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