I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past

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SDF — 8/3/2006 2:30:13 PM (archived)

I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past. It was so hot that the oceans steamed contantly, and Earth's climate everywhere was unsuitable to mammals, unless they were very small, nocturnal, and lived in underground burrows. The icecaps are receding, whether we speed it up or not by burning fossil fuels. Is being steam-boiled the future for humanity? Or will we find a way to air condition our entire existence without dumping heat into the oceans and atmosphere?

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111 degrees in NY,NY - Buck Galaxy - 8/3/2006 9:45:08 AM
- Temperature records in the U.S. - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2006 8:08:49 PM
- re: 111 degrees in NY,NY - REB - 8/4/2006 12:22:31 PM
  - 20 days of 100+ in N. Texas, so far this year - Fox - 8/5/2006 2:27:38 AM
    - Still a mild and wet summer here. - REB - 8/7/2006 12:16:05 PM
  - We hit 118 in Woodland Hills (where I work) two weeks ago. - alcaray - 8/4/2006 7:33:07 PM
- re: Some of the coldest temperatures on the planet - Johannes - 8/3/2006 10:23:04 PM
- re: 111 degrees in NY,NY - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 7:23:37 PM
  - Review some more - alcaray - 8/3/2006 9:17:52 PM
    - re: Review some more - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 11:05:32 PM
      - I did not say there was no heat island effect. - alcaray - 8/3/2006 11:57:07 PM
        
        re: I did not say there was no heat island effect. - gbaikie - 8/4/2006 8:16:46 PM
        
        Are you trying to make the assertion that there has never been a 111 F tempature in NYC before now? - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 1:27:56 PM
        
        Highest temp ever in Central Park = 106 - Fox - 8/5/2006 2:22:07 AM
        
        Conservatives can't read, I guess. Or are you guys pulling my chain? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2006 3:29:14 PM
- I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - SDF - 8/3/2006 2:30:13 PM
  - re: I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - REB - 8/4/2006 12:30:15 PM
  - Of course there has been temperature changes over the long course of earth's history - Buck Galaxy - 8/4/2006 6:35:26 AM
  - re: I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 8:22:54 PM
  - Uh Oh. - Scott Evil - 8/3/2006 3:06:56 PM
- OK start with NY, NY. - Scott Evil - 8/3/2006 2:03:48 PM
  - re: OK start with NY, NY. - LJK - 8/3/2006 4:20:42 PM
- 1 BILLION Degrees............ - carl - 8/3/2006 2:00:44 PM

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