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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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Do you think an apology is in order?


Has the Earth ever been as hot as it is now?


No, according to current scientific understanding,the Earth is not currently as hot as it has been at certain points in its geological history, with the most recent significantly warmer period occurring during the last interglacial period around 125,000 years ago; however, the current rate of warming is unprecedented in the recent geological record, making the current warming particularly concerning.

Has the Earth ever been as hot as it is now?

Even after those first scorching millennia, however, the planet has often been much warmer than it is now. One of the warmest times was during the geologic period known as the Neoproterozoic, between 600 and 800 million years ago. Conditions were also frequently sweltering between 500 million and 250 million years ago.
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