I'm not sure that this topic belongs here, kimmq.

"The Earth knows what's happening, and is reacting to it like a living organism under acute heat stress, literally gasping for breath."

this is is the kind of hysterical, chicken little statement that causes the media to loose credibility. Go review a few entry level college geology textbooks. Whatever happens to humanity, the earth will get along just fine when temperatures climb (with or without our interference).