Historical evidence suggests that substantive climate change

A. nearly always has occurred over several million years.
B. nearly always occurs only during pronounced movement of tectonic plates.
C. can happen in as short a period as a few decades.
D. is very new, limited in appearance to the last few centuries.


Answer: C

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