Eli5 how did fossil fuels damn the world? I learned about coral reef deaths in 7th grade, I’m now 30

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What exactly is the science? I know green house gasses heat us up but in layman’s terms what happened, and why did it happen? I live in a rural area, and work a blue collar job. My coworkers all think it’s fake, even though I point out current world events. I don’t exactly understand it myself exactly but I know it’s real. Explain like I’m five please

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“… plants spent hundreds of thousands of millions years…”

This answer is great, but the above number is too big. You may have just meant it as a turn of phrase. In reality the Great Oxygenation event (caused by blue-green algea) was 2.4 billion years ago. Hundreds of thousands of millions is hundreds of billions.

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