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June 1, 2006
North Pole Tropics
Upon further research, scientists have discovered the North Pole was a Miami-like 74º F in the summer time . . . 55 million years ago.
The Earth went thru a period of hyper carbonization. No one's really sure why, but the fact of the matter is the Earth was HOT. Sea levels were at their all time high and our atmosphere was flooded with enough greenhouse gases to spur on the rise of huge and I do mean HUGE forests.
For scientists, it's a pretty big discovery since it gives us a glimpse of what Earth would be like if global warming persists. Our planet has an amazing balancing system in place that with or without us, will recover.
The more greenhouse gases we put in the air, the hotter the Earth gets, melting all polar ice caps, reshaping coastlines, eventually nearly wiping us out, to replace us with huge forests, to suck up all the nasty carbons we created, to regulate and reverse the effects, eventually cooling the planet down, which causes the forests to recede, to start all over again with new life.
Will we still be here when the slate has been wiped clean? Come back to this post in 55 million years to find out.
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