Climate scientists dismiss Australian geologist's 'ridiculous' carbon dioxide claims

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Climate scientists dismiss Australian geologist's 'ridiculous' carbon dioxide claims
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Misleading online posts say the Earth has just come out of an ice age so temperatures are bound to rise Scientific consensus has firmly established carbon emissions from human activity have warmed the planet at an unprecedented rate

Scientists have dismissed as"ridiculous" an Australian geologist's claims that the climate crisis is part of the Earth's geologic history as the planet's atmosphere used to have significantly higher levels of carbon dioxide.

A climate professor told AFP the misleading claims appear to refer to prehistoric carbon dioxide levels from when the Earth could not support human life.

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