Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers but profoundly changed Earth's climate

Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 23:39 in Earth & Climate

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports provides new evidence that ancient farming practices led to a rise in the atmospheric emission of the heat-trapping gases carbon dioxide and methane - a rise that has continued since, unlike the trend at any other time in Earth's geologic history.

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