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December 10, 2003

Human Land Use Has Changed Climate for 8,000 Years

The magnitude of human cultural and social processes upon ecological systems has not been adequately appreciated. We have a long history of diminishing the global ecological system.

Man has been changing climate for 8,000 years: Agriculture may have released huge amounts of greenhouse gases into atmosphere.

Humans began altering the climate 8,000 years ago, long before the industrial revolution, claims a leading climate scientist.

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