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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So, “average temperature of the entire planet” is *very* different from the ambient temperature you’re feeling on any given day. Heat is energy, and if the *average* temperature of the Earth goes up by 2° F, that’s an *enormous* amount of energy added to the Earth’s atmosphere. In addition to that, the really concerning thing is, like you mentioned, the rate at which that increase is happening, because it bodes very poorly for the future if it keeps going. 100 years is a drop of water in a lake compared to how long these temperature fluctuations usually take. I would recommend taking a look at [this classic xkcd](https://xkcd.com/1732/) to get a sense of just how quickly this warming is happening
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