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the earth is adaptive, yes, but not as fast as us, who have been putting in a steady and ever increasing stream of pollution and greenhouse gasses since we started burning coal, possibly even before. Even if it is adaptive, then that's still changing the weather to compensate for the increase in greenhouse gasses.
And considering the amount of forces involved, humans are far more likely to adapt to change in not only the weather, but our technology and our uses of said technology. The earth, on the other hand, is huge, and it takes much longer for it to heal itself. not to say it isn;t the best at solving its own problems, but it's a planet, and it needs time. us, on the other hand, are very flexible, able to change our economy on a whim, and adapt for major changes in our environment. we can't fix the damage to the atmosphere, but we can stop the pummeling we're giving it to let the earth work itself out.