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IbogaProject

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5. This is a faster shift than ever before

Reply to Hugin (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 12:28 PM

Jul 8

And there is a catastrophic risk with the arctic methane hydrates nearing their melting point. That killed like 95% of animal life back during the pemerin extinction. The last time we were above 420 ppm of CO2 our worldwide temperatures were ~20 degrees warmer all the time on average.

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