the average temperature increase in the last 100 years is only 2°F. How can such a small amount be impactful?

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Not looking for a political argument. I need facts. I am in no way a climate change denier, but I had a conversation with someone who told me the average increase is only 2°F over the past 100 years. That doesn’t seem like a lot and would support the argument that the climate goes through waves of changes naturally over time.

I’m going to run into him tomorrow and I need some ammo to support the climate change argument. Is it the rate of change that’s increasing that makes it dangerous? Is 2° enough to cause a lot of polar ice caps to melt? I need some facts to counter his. Thanks!

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seems no one mentioned it so here’s a little something for perspective:

there’s roughly 140 million square miles (362 million square km) of water surface area on the earth. that’s 71% of the total surface area of the earth putting water into the atmosphere, and eventually condensing and raining down.

with that much surface area, even a very very small change in average global temperature, up or down, can drastically affect the amount of moisture that gets into the air, and the amount that does or doesn’t come back down. a very small increase means longer lasting, more intense droughts on some areas, and massive storms, flooding, and higher water levels in other areas.

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