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Scientists have discovered that the Earth used to heat up more than we thought

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Scientists have discovered that the Earth has warmed more in the past than previously thought. Over the past 500 million years, the planet’s climate has undergone major changes: several times it has drastically changed from hot to cold, the level of the oceans has risen and fallen, and glaciers have melted and reappeared.

Now scientists are warning that because of the increase in carbon dioxide emissions every year, the temperature of the planet may rise more than previously predicted, the study says. published in the journal Science, transmits The New York Times.

It is noted that the better scientists can reconstruct the history of the planet’s climate, the better they will be able to predict how it will change in the future.

In a new study, a group of scientists presented a large-scale overview of this history, combining geological data with predictions obtained using computer models of the global climate.

Researchers believe that Earth was much hotter in the past, especially during periods when carbon dioxide concentrations were high.

The discovery is worrying because humans are now releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which could cause the planet to warm more than previously expected.

“We are not saying that the planet will warm immediately. But in the long term, Earth is likely to become warmer than we previously thought“, – notes the head of the study, Emily J. Judd.

Humanity adds about 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year, which poses a far greater danger than the slow geological changes of the past.

“When carbon dioxide levels and temperatures change too quickly, ecosystems simply do not have time to adapt, leading to mass extinctionsJudd warns.

Earlier we told that sharks that “lived” on coral reefs leave their homes because the oceans continue to warm.