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It's a large system and operates on timescales that are at least generational in human terms. So it feels slow to us, even if it's very, very fast in geologic times.


Imminent collapse means?


In this context, “imminent” can be 20-100 years.

Here’s a graph of historic CO2 levels over recent geological history, note that 2008 and (forecasts for) 2100 are the same column of pixels: https://blueskiesmeteorology.com/carbon-dioxide-at-400-ppm-w...


> Imminent collapse means?

Nothing without more context.




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