“Without rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the Earth is currently on course to reach temperatures of roughly 5.4°F above preindustrial levels by the end of the century.”
You’d have to look back millions of years to find temperatures that high on Earth, a period far before the climate that allowed humans to flourish. Here’s the evidence from paleoclimate science:
https://theconversation.com/is-it-really-hotter-210126
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