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There were periods in the ice ages when ice spread toward the equator and Earth temperatures lowered.

The most recent one lasted about 60,000 years and ended 10,000 years ago, apparently, without any government assistance.

In today’s terminology, it is called global warming, and I wonder what caused it then?

Which brings another question:

We’ve been told repeatedly that if the Earth temperature rises only by one degree, the consequences will be disastrous. But what happens if the temperature drops by one degree? Era of happiness and prosperity?