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Earth’s Climate Has Always Changed. Why All the Fuss?
Season 4
Episode 6
If you take a look at global temperature graphs that span millions or billions of years, you can see that our planet’s temperature has made wild swings. In fact, the Earth used to be completely covered in snow and ice! So, what’s the big deal about a few degrees of warming today?
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