Wait... that was El Niño? It was maybe one or two good storms. Does that count? Or was it “El It Just Rained Once or Twice”?

It’s happened before. The earliest bacteria produced oxygen as a waste product, poisoning the environment and causing massive die offs. A new equilibrium was reached with the rise of organisms that could use oxygen. Most organisms are in equilibrium with their environment because equilibrium states are lasting and…

From a strictly scientific standpoint, it is an interesting question.