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why is studying past climate changes and their impacts such as the impacts from the rapid warming event of the paleocene - Eocene thermal maximum so important today ?

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Studying past climate changes and their impacts, such as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), is important today because it helps us understand how the Earth's climate system works and how it may respond to current and future changes.
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